This is a list of notable people associated with Yeshiva University, a private university in New York City. The list includes alumni, attendees, and faculty members past and present of the university.
Notable alumni
Academia David Berger (born 1943), dean emeritus at Bernard Revel Graduate School of Judaic Studies Michael Broyde (born 1964), law professor Shaye J. D. Cohen (B.A. 1970), professor of Hebrew Literature & Philosophy at Harvard Samuel J. Danishefsky, professor of Chemistry at Columbia University and the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York Laurence Dreyfus, professor, Bach Scholar, and fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford Ari L. Goldman, Columbia University professor and journalist Paul Gottfried, former professor at Elizabethtown College Hyman B. Grinstein (1899–1982), professor of American Jewish History Gary Gruber, author, physicist, testing expert, educator A. Leo Levin (1919–2015), University of Pennsylvania Law School law professor Matthew Levitt, counterterrorism expert Emanuel Rackman (1910–2008), Modern Orthodox rabbi; president of Bar-Ilan University Michael Rosenak, Israeli philosopher of Jewish education Leonard Susskind, Felix Bloch professor of physics at Stanford University Steven Winter, Walter S. Gibbs Professor of Constitutional Law at Wayne State University Law School
Law
Jeff Ballabon, lawyer Noach Dear (1953–2020), New York Supreme Court judge Alan Dershowitz, attorney, attended BTA Sandra J. Feuerstein, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Jason Greenblatt, U.S. special representative for International Negotiations, executive vice president and chief legal officer to Donald Trump and The Trump Organization Nat Lewin, attorney Abraham David Sofaer, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Shalom David Stone, attorney; nominee for the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals
Government and politics Howard Dean, governor of Vermont, physician (medical degree) Louis Henkin, jurist Daniel Kurtzer, former ambassador to Egypt and Israel Olga A. Mendez, chairwoman of the New York State Senate Labor Committee Grace Meng, congresswoman from New York (J.D.) Sheldon Silver, speaker of New York State Assembly 1994
Arts and media Elon Gold, actor and comedian of Stacked fame, attended MTA Eddie Huang, chef, writer, and television personality (J.D. 2008) Lucy Kaplansky, singer-songwriter Aaron Klein, reporter, radio personality, author Yaakov Lemmer, chazzan Barbara Olson, television commentator Chaim Potok, author, most notably of The Chosen Josh Saviano, actor Nachum Segal, radio host Ari Shaffir, comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and producer Laura Sydell, National Public Radio
Religion Nachman Bulman, rabbi Shlomo Einhorn, dean of Yavneh Hebrew Academy Chaim (Howard) Jachter, rabbi Meir Kahane, Orthodox rabbi and Knesset member, attended BTA Ezra Labaton, rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, rabbi Haskel Lookstein, rabbi Moses Mescheloff, rabbi Avigdor Miller, Haredi rabbi Shlomo Riskin, rabbi Hershel Schachter, rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, rabbi Meir Soloveichik, rabbi and public thinker Joseph Telushkin, rabbi, lecturer, and author Moshe David Tendler, rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Haredi rabbi Mordechai Willig, rabbi Chaim Zimmerman, rabbi
Medicine and sciences Raymond Damadian, pioneer of MRI technology Samuel J. Danishefsky, chemist, winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1995/96 Hillel Furstenberg, mathematician Rudolph Leibel, medical researcher David Macht, pharmacologist Daniel Wise, mathematician Martin L. Yarmush, biomedical engineer and physician
Business Stan Kasten, president of the Los Angeles Dodgers, attended MTA Ralph Lauren, designer, attended MTA Mark Nordlicht, hedge fund manager David Samson, Miami Marlins executive (J.D. 1992) Ahmed Zayat, owner of American Pharoah, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
Other
Baruch Goldstein, perpetrator of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre Ryan Turell (born 1999), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers
Notable faculty and staff Danny Ayalon Samuel Belkin David Berger Saul J. Berman, author Benjamin Blech, author (also alumnus)Benjamin Blech bio J. David Bleich Elisheva Carlebach Shalom Carmy, theologian and Jewish historian (also alumnus) Pinkhos Churgin (1894–1957), first president of Bar-Ilan University Bernard Epstein Louis Feldman Steven Fine Joshua Fishman, linguist Jekuthiel Ginsburg Jason Greenblatt Paul Greengard, Nobel Prize winner Lawrence Hajioff, Judaic studies faculty Elazar Hurvitz, historian Richard Joel, president David Alan Johnson Ephraim Kanarfogel, dean and historian (also alumnus) Arthur Komar Joy Ladin, Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women (2003–2021) Norman Lamm, chancellor (also alumnus) Joe Lieberman, US senator Bernard Madoff, former chairman and treasurer of the board of directors of the Sy Syms School of Business Rachel Mesch, scholar of French literature, history, and culture Marysa Navarro, historian Adam Zachary Newton Michael Rosensweig Oliver Sacks, neurologist Hershel Schachter, rabbi (also alumnus)Herschel Schachter bio Jacob J. Schachter Barry Scheck, lawyer Lawrence Schiffman Shimon Shkop Eli Baruch Shulman Nahum Slouschz Joseph B. Soloveitchik, The Rav (deceased), rabbi and talmudist Telford Taylor (deceased), lawyer Moshe Tendler, rabbi and medical ethics authority (also alumnus) Bob Tufts, former MLB pitcher Mayer Twersky, rabbi Abraham Weiss (1895–1970), professor of Talmud Mordechai Willig, Rosh Kollel (also alumnus) Rachel Wischnitzer Herman Wouk, author Benjamin Yudin, rabbiRabbi Benjamin Yudin , Congregation Shomrei Torah. Retrieved March 27, 2008. "He pursued a dual graduate study program, earning smicha (rabbinic ordination) from Y. U.'s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, as well as a master's degree in Jewish History." Dov Zakheim, political adviser Solomon Zeitlin
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