Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander is President and Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone, an international network of 32 institutions and programs encompassing Jewish education, leadership development, community building and outreach initiatives. Prior to making aliya, Rabbi Brander was Vice President for University and Community Life at Yeshiva University (YU), taught rabbinics at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). He served as the senior rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue from 1991 to 2005, overseeing its explosive growth from 60 families to more than 600 families. A 1984 alumnus of Yeshiva College, Rabbi Brander received rabbinical ordination from RIETS as well as a special ordination from the Machon Puah center of medical ethics in Israel, and from then-Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu in the field of medical ethics, reproductive technology and halakha. Rabbi Brander also holds a Ph.D. in general philosophy and comparative literature.
