On Wednesday December 10, 2014, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik will deliver the annual Ruth B. Wildes Memorial Lecture.
The lecture will take place at Manhattan Jewish Experience, The Jewish Center, 131 West 86th Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues) in Manhattan.
There will be a VIP Reception/Q and A Session with a smaller group of MJE supporters and board members at 7:00 p.m. To join this group, call 917-841-8870.
Rabbi Soloveichik is a leading Jewish thinker, theologian, and spiritual leader. He attended Yeshiva University, obtained his Rabbinic ordination from RIETS of Yeshiva University and holds a Ph.D. from Princeton in Religion. Currently Senior Rabbi of Shearith Israel, the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue in Manhattan, he also serves as Director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University.
Grandson of the famed Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik (brother of “the Rav”), Rabbi Meir exemplifies the synthesis of Torah wisdom and scholarship and intellectual vibrancy and worldliness. Since his days at as rabbinic intern at The Jewish Center and Assistant Rabbi at Kehilath Jeshurun, Rabbi Soloveichik has been a friend and role model to our family and a great support to my brother Mark and his outreach work at MJE. His blend of Torah and worldly wisdom is something we admire and an ideal which MJE promotes to the many participants at its classes and events.