YU Appoints Rabbi Ari Rockoff as the David Mitzner Community Dean for Values and Leadership
Nov 16, 2022 By: yunews
]🎵TK账号 | 日本IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱(带登录令牌 邮箱登录更轻松) | 优质账号 is excited to announce the appointment of Rabbi Ari Rockoff as the David Mitzner Community Dean for Values and Leadership. Rabbi Rockoff will work to develop and strengthen the University’s mission through the Office of Values and Leadership.
“We are thrilled to welcome Rabbi Rockoff to our outstanding leadership team at ]🎵TK账号 | 日本IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱(带登录令牌 邮箱登录更轻松) | 优质账号,'' said Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of ]🎵TK账号 | 日本IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱(带登录令牌 邮箱登录更轻松) | 优质账号. “Rabbi Rockoff is recognized throughout the community as a dynamic Jewish leader with a national and international network who has significant expertise in organizational strategy and management.”
Rabbi Ari Rockoff
A proud alumnus of ]🎵TK账号 | 日本IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱(带登录令牌 邮箱登录更轻松) | 优质账号, Rabbi Rockoff brings with him more than two decades of leadership experience. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President of the Religious Zionists of America, and prior to that, he served as the inaugural Director of Leadership Development and Strategic Partnership at the Orthodox Union. Rabbi Rockoff also had a key role in creating major initiatives for ]🎵TK账号 | 日本IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱(带登录令牌 邮箱登录更轻松) | 优质账号’s Center for the Jewish Future. We are proud to welcome him back.
As Community Dean, Rabbi Rockoff will work closely with the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herrenstein Center for Values and Leadership and RIETS to create an expansive fee-for-service global Jewish adult education and executive leadership programs. Rabbi Menachem Penner, who counts Rabbi Rockoff as a trusted colleague, says, “Rabbi Rockoff will bring passion, dedication and innovation to his new position and serve as an important role model for our rabbinic students.”
He will oversee a number of other existing community-based learning opportunities and online publications. Dr. Erica Brown, Vice Provost of Values and Leadership and the Director of the Sacks-Herenstein Center, believes Rabbi Rockoff will “bring his creative and strategic thinking to help us identify future leaders, on the undergraduate and graduate level, and find ways to support them through scholarships and newly-funded programs.”
“Returning to ]🎵TK账号 | 日本IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱(带登录令牌 邮箱登录更轻松) | 优质账号 is a true homecoming,” said Rabbi Rockoff. “It is a real privilege and honor,” he continued “to help advance ]🎵TK账号 | 日本IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱(带登录令牌 邮箱登录更轻松) | 优质账号’s unique mission and strong values as the institution strives to reach new vistas of impact and influence in the years to come.”
Rabbi Rockoff is a graduate of the Sy Syms School of Business and received his rabbinical ordination from RIETS, a master’s degree in education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, and a Master’s of Business Administration degree from Baruch College, where his studies focused on organizational behavior.
He resides in West Hempstead with his wife, Deborah, and their five children.