Lamm, Norman

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Name (Hebrew)
לאם, נחום, 1927-2020
Name (Latin)
Lamm, Norman
Name (Cyrilic)
Лэм, Норман
Other forms of name
Lam, Naḥum
Lėm, Norman
Lam, Nahum, 1927-2020
Lamm, Nahum, 1927-2020
לם, נחום, 1927-2020
לאם, נורמן, 1927-2020
לם, נורמן, 1927-2020
Date of birth
1927-12-19
Date of death
2020-05-31
Place of residence/headquarters
New York (N.Y.)
Associate group
Yeshiva University
Occupation
Rabbis
Jewish educators
Education, Higher
Associated Language
engheb
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 6180417
Wikidata: Q3878469
Library of congress: n 50070423
Sources of Information

Wikipedia description:

Norman Lamm (December 19, 1927 – May 31, 2020) was an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, scholar, academic administrator, author, and Jewish community leader. He was the Chancellor of Yeshiva University until he announced his retirement on July 1, 2013. Lamm served as the third President of Yeshiva University, the first to be born in the United States. He was a disciple of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (one of Orthodoxy's most influential modern scholars), who ordained him at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University's rabbinical school in 1951.

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