Yaakov Bender
Yaakov Bender[1][2] (born 1950) is an American Orthodox rabbi. He is the rosh hayeshiva (dean) of Yeshiva Darchei Torah (Far Rockaway).[3] He was appointed[4] first as a seventh-grade rebbi (Hebrew teacher) in 1978 and less than a year later as principal.[5] Bender is a speaker, writer[6] and adviser on Jewish education.
He is an active member of the Vaad Roshei Yeshiva - the governing rabbinic board - of Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools.[7]
His parents, Rabbi Dovid and Basya Bender, were pioneering educators on the American Jewish scene.[8] His paternal grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Bender, traveled in the 1930s within the United States to raise funds for yeshivas in New York such as RIETS and Israel.[9] [10]
In 1997 he was recognized as an outstanding Jewish educator by The Covenant Foundation.[11]
COVID-19 vaccination advocacy
Bender encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, saying "We haven't lived through enough?"[2][12]
Works
- Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash[13]
 - Chinuch for Today[14]
 - Chinuch With Heart[15]
 - Chinuch With Chessed[16]
 - The Chinuch Haggadah[17][18]
 - Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash Vol. 2[19]
 - Chinuch With Simchah[20]
 - A Heart for Another [21]
 
References
- ^ Sharon Otterman (May 16, 2018). "DeVos Visits New York Schools, but Not Ones Run by the City". The New York Times.
 - ^ a b Liam Stack (September 6, 2021). "For a Second Year, Jews Mark the High Holy Days in the Shadow of Covid". The New York Times.
 - ^ "darchei.org". August 23, 2018.
 - ^ "HEARTFELT" (PDF). January 14, 2018.
 - ^ Jeffrey Bessen (May 16, 2018). "Showing off Yeshiva Darchei Torah: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visits Far Rockaway school". Long Island Herald.
 - ^ "Rabbi Yaakov Bender - Mishpacha Magazine".
 - ^ "Meet our Staff". www.torahumesorah.org.
 - ^ Gliksman, Devorah (2009). A Tale of Two Worlds. Artscroll. ISBN 9781422608883.
 - ^ Rabbi Eliezer Brand (February 3, 2021). "The Crown Has Fallen". Ami.
 - ^ https://x.com/JSoundbites/status/1195890572956966918
 - ^ "Yaakov Bender". The Covenant Foundation.
 - ^ "Orthodox Rabbis Encourage the COVID Vaccine Ahead of Rosh Hashanah". The Jewish Exponent. September 3, 2021.
 - ^ Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash. Artscroll. January 2021. ISBN 978-1-4226-2777-8.
 - ^ "ArtScroll.com - Chinuch for Today - In Stock at ArtScroll!". www.artscroll.com. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
 - ^ Chinuch With Heart: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. January 2018. ISBN 978-1-4226-1967-4.
 - ^ Chinuch With Chessed: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. January 2013. ISBN 978-1-4226-1340-5.
 - ^ The Chinuch Haggadah: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. March 2019. ISBN 978-1-4226-2287-2.
 - ^ Jay Michaelson (April 5, 2019). "The Best New Haggadot And The Best Of All Time". The Forward.
 - ^ "ArtScroll.com - Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash vol. 2". www.artscroll.com.
 - ^ "ArtScroll.com - Chinuch With Simchah". www.artscroll.com.
 - ^ "ArtScroll.com - A Heart for Another". www.artscroll.com.