Meir Soloveichik
Rabbi Meir Yaakov Soloveichik | |
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| Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel | |
| Director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 29, 1977 |
| Spouse | Layaliza Soloveichik (née Klein) |
| Parent | Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik |
| Alma mater | Yeshiva College Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Yale University (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Orthodox Rabbi, Writer |
Meir Yaakov Soloveichik (born July 29, 1977) is an American Orthodox rabbi, academic, and writer. He is the son of Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik, grandson of Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik, and a great nephew of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the leader of American Jewry who identified with what became known as Modern Orthodoxy. He is the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan, New York, the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States.
Soloveichik has written books and articles on Torah, Jewish thought, Jews in America, as well as on American political history. He is the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University, where he is a professor of Judaic Studies.
Soloveichik currently serves as a member of the Religious Liberty Commission and is Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.