Richard Joel

Samstag, 09. September 1950

Richard M. Joel (born September 9, 1950) is a Jewish scholar who was the fourth president of Yeshiva University (YU), a Modern Orthodox Jewish university with some 7,000 students at its undergraduate and graduate divisions in New York City. He has written on topics that include Jewish leadership, the dangers and challenges of BDS movement on college campuses and civil discourse.