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.
Speaker's Resources
e-TiM: Tisha B'Av 5784
Dr. Naomi Seidman, Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Rabbi Adam Mintz, Rabbi Alex Israel, Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl, Rabbi Yosie Levine, Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick, Yosef Lindell
Program
Jul 29, 2024
Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Beshalach)
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz
Audio
Jan 25, 2024
Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Vzot Habracha)
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz
Audio
Oct 5, 2023
Am I Doing Tisha B'Av Right?: Aveilut Practices and the Feelings They Evoke, or Don't
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz
Audio
Jul 27, 2023
e-TiM: Tisha B'av 2023
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Dr. Yael Ziegler, Elana Stein Hain, Rabbi Doron Perez, Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky, Rabbi Jay Kelman, Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Shulie Mishkin
Program
Jun 12, 2023
Schwartz-Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Vayikra)
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz
Audio
Mar 23, 2023
e-TiM: Parshat Hashavuah 5783 with weekly guest speakers
Becky Friedman, Dr. Moshe Sokolow, Dr. Rebecca Winter Gottlieb, Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz, Leah Silver, Leora Moskowitz Orenshein, Rabba Wendy Amsellem, Rabbanit Dr. Adena Berkowitz, Rabbanit Leah Sarna, Rabbi Aaron Greenberg, Rabbi Allen Schwartz, Rabbi Aviad Tabory, Rabbi Benjamin Samuels, Rabbi Daniel Fridman, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi David Ely Grundland, Rabbi David Fine, Rabbi Dr. Jacob Jaffe, Rabbi Gedalyah Berger, Rabbi Hyim Shafner, Rabbi Jared Anstandig, Rabbi Judah Kerbel, Rabbi Mark Glass, Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner, Rabbi Moshe Shulman, Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, Rabbi Shaul Robinson, Rabbi Shlomo Gemara, Rabbi Steven Gotlib, Rabbi Wes Kalmar, Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, Ruth Shane, Sarah Gordon, Sofia Freudenstein, Zissy Turner
Program
Oct 12, 2022
Examining the Impact of Covid on the Mental Health of the Jewish Family
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Rabbi Mark Dratch, Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann, Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick
Audio
Jul 11, 2021
Jewish Medical Ethics 2021
Dr. David Pelcovitz, Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman, Rabbi Mark Dratch, Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann, Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick
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May 12, 2021
e-TiM Parshat Shavua 5781 with weekly guest speaker
Atara Kelman, Dr. Aaron Koller, Dr. Nechama Price, Dr. Rebecca Winter Gottlieb, Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Miriam Gedwiser, Professor Shoshana Schechter, Rabba Wendy Amsellem, Rabbanit Leah Sarna, Rabbi Allen Schwartz, Rabbi Aviad Tabory, Rabbi Benjamin Samuels, Rabbi Brahm Weinberg, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi David Blackman, Rabbi Dr. Jacob Jaffe, Rabbi Dr. Seth Grauer, Rabbi Eitan Aviner, Rabbi Jay Kelman, Rabbi Joel Finkelstein, Rabbi Michael Whitman, Rabbi Moshe Shulman, Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, Rabbi Noah Cheses, Rabbi Sam Berkovitz, Rabbi Shaul Robinson, Rabbi Shlomo Gemara, Rabbi Ya'akov Trump, Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich, Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, Rabbi Yosef Adler, Rabbi Yosie Levine, Rachel Slutsky, Rifki Freundlich, Shira Hecht-Koller, Zissy Turner
Program
Oct 15, 2020
Where Is Orthodoxy Headed?
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Rabbi Dr. Marc D Angel, Rabbi Mark Dratch, Rabbi Shaul Robinson
Audio
Mar 18, 2015
Where Is Orthodoxy Headed?
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Rabbi Dr. Marc D Angel, Rabbi Mark Dratch, Rabbi Shaul Robinson
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Mar 16, 2015