Smadar Rosensweig (Smadar ''Eliach'') is an adjunct assistant professor of Bible at

Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a Private university, private Modern Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.

Stern College for Women The Stern College for Women (SCW) is the undergraduate women's college of arts and sciences of Yeshiva University. It is located at the university's Israel Henry Beren Campus in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan. The college provides program ...

. Prior to that she served as lecturer of Judaic studies and history at

Touro College Touro University is a private Jewish university system headquartered in New York City, with branches throughout the United States as well as one each in Germany, Israel and Russia. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac a ...

. Smadar Rosensweig received her B.A. from Barnard College and M.A. from Azrielli (Yeshiva University)

Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...

. She delivers shiurim and lectures extensively throughout the New York metropolitan area. She is the daughter of Rabbi David Eliach and Dr.

Yaffa Eliach Yaffa Eliach (May 31, 1935 – November 8, 2016) was an American historian, author, and scholar of Judaic studies and the Holocaust. In 1974, she founded the Center for Holocaust Studies, Documentation and Research in Brooklyn, New York, which ...

, Holocaust scholar and professor emeritus at

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...

. In 1983 she married Rabbi Michael Rosensweig, a

Rosh Yeshiva Rosh yeshiva or Rosh Hayeshiva (, plural, pl. , '; Anglicized pl. ''rosh yeshivas'') is the title given to the dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and th ...

RIETS Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS ) is the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University (YU). It is located along Amsterdam Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Named after Yitzchak Elchanan ...

and Rosh Kollel of its Beren Kollel Elyon.Ancestry Library Edition

References

External links

YU Torah Online

Yeshiva University Speakers Bureau

Speakers Bureau: Speakers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosensweig, Smadar Living people Jewish women theologians Year of birth missing (living people) Orthodox Jewish women religious leaders American Modern Orthodox Jews 21st-century American educators American Jewish theologians Modern Orthodox Jews American Zionists Yeshiva University alumni Yeshiva University faculty Touro College faculty Rebbetzins