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July 19, 2019

Parashat Balak, Are the Jewish people worthy of blessings?

Rabbi David Silber

Rabbi David Silber

David Silber is the founder and dean of Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York and Israel. Rabbi Silber received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He is a recipient of the Covenant Award, for excellence in innovative Jewish education, and is the author of A Passover Haggadah: Go Forth and Learn (Jewish Publication Society 2011), For Such a Time as This: Biblical Reflections in the Book of Esther (Koren Publishers 2017), and Malkhut Adam: Iyunim Bsefer Shmuel (Maggid 2021). He is also a nationally acclaimed lecturer on the Bible. Rabbi Silber is married to Dr. Devora Steinmetz. They have eight children and live in New York City.

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Drisha faculty and alumni are thrilled to be contributing to the global 929 English project. Click here to learn along with the rest of the world engaged in this exciting initiative. Please enjoy this short audio piece by Dean Rabbi David Silber, dedicated in special memory of Joan Silverstein Meyers and Ellen Goodstein Koplow.