IDF chief rabbi visits Yeshiva University
Rabbi Rafi Peretz delivers lecture to students, meets with members of YU's 'Soldiers in Exile' club
Peretz delivered a lecture to the rabbinical students, spoke with yeshiva heads and members of the YU faculty and administration, and held a special meeting with former IDF soldiers currently enrolled at YU.
“Rabbi Peretz is an impressive individual, a model soldier and a world class Torah scholar,” said Rabbi Yona Reiss, the Max and Marion Grill Dean of RIETS.
“From the moment he took office, Rabbi Peretz – one of the IDF's first religious pilots – made it his mission to instill Jewish pride in his soldiers and the nation of Israel as a whole. It is our greatest privilege to expose our students, our future Jewish leaders, to Jewish role models of this caliber while ever-strengthening our bond with Eretz Yisrael.”
“As former IDF soldiers, it means so much to us that Israel's Chief Military Rabbi would make time to speak with us,” added Daniel Green, an undergraduate student enrolled at Yeshiva College and the current president of YU's student-run 'Soldiers in Exile' club.
“Israel is central to our lives and constantly on our minds. It is a pleasure to attend an institution where those values are shared.”
