New York: Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (a.k.a. “The Rav”) succeeds his father.
–as head of (“Rosh Yeshiva” of) RIETS (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights (upper Manhattan).
Soloveitchik ordained over 2,000 rabbis and is a seminal figure in Modern Orthodox Judaism. He was the “standard–bearer,” as well for the 250 year Soloveitchik rabbinic/scholarship dynasty (incorporating the Lichtenstein and Twersky luminaries).
Soloveitchik’s works include: “The Lonely Man of Faith”; “Halakhic Man”; “Halakhic Mind”; Kol Dodi Dofek [My Love (God) Beckons]
(b. 1933 in then–Russia; d.1993 in NY)