Jacob J. Schacter

Jacob J. "JJ" Schacter (born 1950) is an American Orthodox rabbi. Schacter is University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University.

Schacter holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages from Harvard University and received rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva Torah Vodaas. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1973. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey.

While still a graduate student, Schacter became the first Rabbi of Young Israel of Sharon, in Sharon, Massachusetts. Serving in this capacity from 1977 - 1981, he created a new, vibrant, and committed community. He then became Rabbi of the prestigious Jewish Center in Manhattan. He also served as dean of the Rabbi Joseph B Soloveitchik Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts from 2000-2005.

Currently, Rabbi Schacter works in Yeshiva College and Stern College within Yeshiva University. He is a University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought, Adjunct Instructor in Jewish Studies, and a Senior Scholar in Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future.

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