Hebrew_Theological

'''Hebrew Theological College'''

Established	1922
School type	Private
Location	Skokie, Illinois, USA
Rosh_Yeshiva	Rabbi Shlomo Morgenstern
Chancellor	Rabbi Jerold Isenberg
Enrollment	170 high school 40 men's college 200? women's college
Campus	Urban
Website	www.htc.edu

The '''Hebrew Theological College''', also known as ''Beis HaMidrash LaTorah'', is a Private_university located in Skokie, Illinois. It was chartered in 1922 as one of the first Modern Orthodox Jewish institutions of higher education in America, and is therefore also one of the oldest Jewish institutions in the United States outside of the New_York area. :''Hebrew Theological College's primary purposes are to prepare students for the assumption of formal roles as educators, as well as to train eligible students to meet the requirements and demands of rabbinic ordination. As its secondary purpose, Hebrew Theological College endeavors to provide its students with broad cultural perspectives and a strong foundation in the Liberal Arts and Sciences to facilitate a creative Synthesis of general and Jewish knowledge. In so doing, the College also provides an excellent background for the pursuit of advanced Professional training...'' http://www.htcnet.edu/WEB/Catalog/index.htm The school was founded in the city of Chicago in 1921 by Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Rubinstein and Rabbi Shaul Silber. Rabbi Rubinstein (1872-1944) was an alumnus of Volozhin_Yeshiva who arrived in America in 1917. Rabbi Silber (1876-1946) was a pulpit Rabbi in Chicago and served as president of the school for the first twenty-five years. {{cite book | first=Berel | last=Wein | authorlink=Berel Wein | year=1990 | title=Triumph of Survival | id = ISBN 1-57819-593-4 | pages=334 }} Rabbi Nissan Yablonsky, an alumnus of Slabodka served as the first Rosh_Yeshiva for the first few years. He was followed, after his untimely death, by Rabbi Chaim Korb. {{cite book | title = Faith and Fate | last= Wein | first= Berel | authorlink= Berel Wein | year = 2001 | id = ISBN 1-57819-593-4 | pages=100}} Rabbi Chaim_Kreiswirth served as Rosh Yeshiva from 1947 to 1953. {{cite book | first=Berel | last=Wein | authorlink=Berel Wein | year=1990 | title=Triumph of Survival| id = ISBN 1-57819-593-4 | pages=434 }} The institution moved to Skokie (a northern suburb of Chicago) in the early 1950's. The current Rosh_yeshiva is Rabbi Shlomo Morgenstern, and the mashgiach is Rabbi Tzvi Kamanetsky. The Chancellor is Rabbi Jerold Isenberg. The Yeshiva consists of a ''Bet_Midrash'', a Rabbinical School, the Bellows Kollel, and the Fasman_Yeshiva_High_School. The College is composed of the Bressler School of Advanced Hebrew Studies and the Kanter School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. All students complete a Bachelor_of_Arts in Judaic Studies through the Bressler School, with the option of a second major through the Kanter School. The men's program leads to a B.A. in Talmud, with second majors offered in Business, Computer Science, and Psychology. The women's program, located on a separate campus at the Blistein Teachers Institute for Women, offers Judaic Studies majors in Bible, Hebrew Language, and Jewish History, with dual majors available in Business, Computer and Information Sciences, Education (including Elementary and Special Education), English and Psychology. The university is accredited by the North_Central_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools. ==References== ==See also== *Yeshiva_University - a New_York_City based university, whose undergraduate programs operate according to the Modern Orthodox philosophy of ''Torah_u-Madda'' ("Torah with secular knowledge"). *Bar-Ilan_University – a Tel_Aviv based university which aims "to blend tradition with modern technologies and scholarship, and teach the compelling ethics of Jewish heritage to all". *Lander_College - a New_York_City based college, combining Torah study with secular, university study, based on an outlook of ''Torah u-Parnassa'' ("Torah and livelihood"). *Jerusalem_College_of_Technology - a Jerusalem based college, founded to "educate students who see the synthesis of Jewish values and a profession as their way of life". ==External links== *Hebrew Theological College *Blog entry on origins and early years of Chicago Jewish Institutions Category:Orthodox_yeshivas Category:Orthodox_Jewish_universities_and_colleges Category:Universities_and_colleges_in_Chicago Category:Educational_institutions_established_in_1922