Shalom Rosner
Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi
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Shalom Rosner is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi, author and educator, known for his widely followed Torah lectures and his leadership in English-language Torah education in Israel.[1] In 2024, he was appointed Rosh Beit Midrash of the English-speaking program at the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT).
Rabbi Shalom Rosner | |
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Rabbi Shalom Rosner (left) with Rabbis Mordechai Willig (center) and Aryeh Lebowitz (right) at Camp Kaylie | |
| Alma mater | Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, Yeshiva University |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Position | Founding Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Kehillat Nofei HaShemesh |
| Semikhah | Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary |
Biography
Rosner was raised in New York. He is the son of Dr. Fred Rosner, a noted medical ethicist and physician.[2] Following high school, Rabbi Rosner spent two years at Yeshivat Shaalvim in Israel.[3] Rabbi Rosner then studied at Yeshiva University, where he earned a degree in economics and a Master’s degree in Jewish Education and Administration from the Azrieli Graduate School.[1] He received rabbinic ordination (semicha) from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and was a member of the Beren Kollel Elyon as well as a Kupietsky Kodshim Fellow.[4]
Until his aliyah to Israel in 2008, he served as a maggid shiur at Yeshiva University’s Stone Beit Midrash Program and as rabbi of Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchok (“the Island Shul”) in Woodmere, New York, for approximately six years.
After moving to Israel, Rabbi Rosner became a leading educator in English-speaking Torah programs. He taught for a number of years at Yeshivat Reishit Yerushalayim and later served as a senior lecturer at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh.
He is also a founding figure and spiritual leader of the Nofei Hashemesh community in Beit Shemesh. [5]
In 2024, Rabbi Rosner was appointed head of English-language Judaic studies at Jerusalem College of Technology (Machon Lev campus). In this role, he leads the English-speaking Beit Midrash program, aiming to create a high-level Torah learning environment parallel to Hebrew-language programs while integrating academic study.[6]
Published Works
Rosner has authored several volumes focusing on Jewish law and the weekly Torah portion, published by Koren Publishers and OU Press:
Personal life
Rabbi Rosner is married to Dr. Tamar Rosner, a pediatrician, and they have seven children.[8]