Examining the Impact of Covid on the Mental Health of the Jewish Family
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Rabbi Mark Dratch
Rabbi Mark Dratch served as Executive Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America from 2012-2024 and is the founder of JSafe (The Jewish Institute Supporting an Abuse-Free Environment) and was on the leadership team of FaithTrust Institute, a multifaith organization addressing abuse in faith communities. Dratch is a graduate of Yeshiva University (Yeshiva College, 1979; RIETS (rabbinic ordination), 1982; Ferkauf Graduate School (Jewish Education), 1982); and received an MSW from Wurzweiler School of Social Work (2012 Dratch served as a…
Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick
Laurie Novick is Director and Head Writer of Deracheha: womenandmitzvot.org, a project of Yeshivat Har Etzion in partnership with the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women (Migdal Oz) and the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash. Laurie has worked as a Yoetzet Halacha for nineteen years, chiefly as a Senior Responder for yoatzot.org. Laurie is also certified as a Fertility Counselor and as a Sharsheret Breast Cancer Educator, guiding women on the intersection of health and halacha. Laurie also taught at Nishmat for many years and…
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz serves as Associate Principal, General Studies and co-Director of Machon Siach at SAR High School in the Bronx, New York, and as a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. She earned her Ph.D. in History of Science from Princeton University. Dr. Schwartz has spent more than twenty years in the field of Jewish secondary and post-secondary education. She writes and lectures widely about issues of contemporary importance in the North American Orthodox community.
Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann
Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann is the Director of the Beth Din of America. Rabbi Weissmann received rabbinical ordination from RIETS in 2001 and advanced rabbinical ordination (Yadin Yadin) in 2014. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Prior to his association with the Beth Din of America, Rabbi Weissmann worked as an attorney at several prominent law firms, including Debevoise and Plimpton LLP.