The Independent Student Newspaper of Yeshiva University - Volume LXXXIII Issue 9

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The document compiles the front matter and featured articles of The Commentator, Yeshiva University’s independent student newspaper, dated April 16, 2018 (Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9). It reports on the sudden death of Rabbi Ozer Glickman, detailing his academic background, roles at Yeshiva University, and recognition in business education. It also covers Dean of Students Chaim Nissel’s announcement of a new Wilf campus minyan enabling women to deliver divrei Torah, including quoted policy plans and context from prior controversy.

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Rabbi Ozer Glickman, YU Rosh Yeshiva, Dies Suddenly at 67

In Memory of Rabbi Glickman Zt"l: A Mentor and Role Model

Dean of Students Chaim Nissel Announces New Wilf Minyan Where Women Can Give Divrei Torah

YC Deans Involve Students in Selection of New Political Science Professor

The Editorial

A Positive Development but the Wrong Solution

The Independent Student Newspaper of Yeshiva University Rabbi Ozer Glickman, YU Rosh Yeshiva, Dies Suddenly at 67 APRIL 16, 2018 Volume LXXXIII Issue 9 By Benjamin Koslowe Rabbi Ozer Glickman, a YU rosh yeshiva and teacher in Sy Syms School of Business and Isaac Breuer College, died suddenly on Monday, March 19. Glickman, a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, leaves behind his wife, Ilana, as well as six children and several grandchildren. He was 67 years old. The Commentator learned of Rabbi Glickman’s passing on Monday evening when President Ari Berman announced the news at the beginning of a shiur kelali atthe Beren campus Beit Midrash. Glickman was seen on the Wilf campus as recently as Monday afternoon on the day of his death. Rabbi Glickman studied philosophy at Columbia University, where he received his BA. He also studied philosophy and religion on the graduate level at the University of Toronto, and he earned an MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business in 1980. He studied at Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav Kook and, according to his YUTorah biography,“received rabbinic ordination from leading rabbinic figures in Israel and the Diaspora.” Since 2000, Rabbi Glickman has been affiliated with Yeshiva University as a rosh yeshiva and teacher of Talmud and halakhah to undergraduate and semikhah students. His “Business and Jewish Law” course in Sy Syms School of Business has 68 students registered this Spring 2018 semester; in Isaac Breuer College (IBC), one of the Wilf campus’ four undergraduate Torah studies programs, Glickman’s “Jewish Values in the Contemporary World”course currently has 35 registered students. In May 2015, Glickman received the Adjunct of the Year award from Sy Syms School of Business. SEE GLICKMAN, CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 In Memory of Rabbi Glickman Zt”l: A Mentor and Role Model By Raymond J. Cohen In a speech commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, Rabbi Ozer Glickman Zt”l said of the former Prime Minister of Israel,“it is the fate of all men and women with outsized achievements to be seen as symbols.” Individuals and communities naturally strive to learn principles of guidance from the select few whose accomplishments in achieving ideals transcend the norm. Rabbi Glickman’s own outsized achievements as a rosh yeshiva, first-rate scholar, professor, and veteran of Wall Street led many in theYU community to view him asa symbol of Torah U’Madda in our time. Rabbi Glickman was a philosopher and a poet, atalmudist and a quant. A thinker, a teacher, and a consultant. He mastered the boardroom, the classroom, and the beit midrash. He was all things to all people and yet he was unabashedly himself. He was who he was, wherever he was. He did not vacillate between two realms but rather infused his entire personality into all of his interactions. I first met Rabbi Glickman while collaborating on a story for this newspaper about YU’s new Business Ethics curriculum. Our conversation rapidly developed into a discussion about our role as Jews in the world, which led to a back-and-forth about his upbringing, early education, and career as a trader on Wall Street. Somehow, it evolved into a discourse of Rav Shimon Shkop’s understanding of the laws pertaining to rov (majority) . I was fascinated by both his erudition in Torah and his vast knowledge of the world of finance. Each of these would have been SEE MENTOR AND ROLE MODEL, CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 Dean of Students Chaim Nissel Announces New Wilf Minyan Where Women Can Give Divrei Torah By Avi Strauss Dr. Chaim Nissel, Dean of Students, released a statement on Friday, March 23 describing plans for anew “community” minyan on the Wilf campus next semester where women will be able to give divrei Torah. Dr. Nissel explained that this decision was made after“student feedback” regarding Shabbat services at YU. The statement comes one month after several articles in the student newspapers d

FAQs

Who is reported to have died suddenly, and when?

Rabbi Ozer Glickman is reported to have died suddenly on Monday, March 19, at age 67.

What announcement did Dean Chaim Nissel make about a new Wilf campus minyan?

He announced plans for a new community minyan next semester on the Wilf campus where women and men alike may deliver divrei Torah after services.

What background is provided about Rabbi Ozer Glickman’s education and career?

The document notes studies in philosophy and religion, an MBA in finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business (1980), prior study at Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav Kook, and long-term affiliation with Yeshiva University teaching Talmud and halakhah, alongside a business and Wall Street career.

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