Yardaena Osband, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. Yardaena studied for two years in Midreshet Lindenbaum and received her BA in Jewish Studies and Music at Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women. Yardaena attended medical school at the Sackler School for medicine and completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York.
She has taught in many schools, synagogues, and has been a scholar in residence. She lectures on Tanach, Halacha, and Talmud with a specific interest in the biographies of the Taanim and Amoraim. She is also the co-host of the Daf Yomi podcast Talking Talmud.
Yardaena also serves on the board of ORA- Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, The Riverdale Minyan and is a founder of the Orthodox Leadership Project. She and her family also started the Michael E. Osband Senior Swab campaign with Gift of Life. Yardaena currently resides in New York with husband and children.