AN OPEN PETITION TO THE LEADERSHIP OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY

We, the undersigned students, faculty, alumni, and friends of Yeshiva University, deeply regret Yeshiva's decision to deny tenure to Assistant Professor of Jewish Mysticism and Thought Alan Brill. Dr. Brill, a brilliant scholar of impeccable character and integrity, represents the highest ideals of Torah Umadda and academic excellence that comprise the mainstay of the Yeshiva experience. His departure would constitute an irreplaceable loss, not only for his current students, but for thousands of future students and for the broader Jewish community as well.

We respectfully urge Yeshiva's leaders to reconsider their decision.




Aryeh Abelow, YC '05
Joshua E. Abraham, YC '99
Debbie Abramowitz, Concerned Parent
Chaim Abramowitz, Concerned Parent
Zach Abramowitz, YC '04
Gilad Adamit
Eric Adelman, SSSB '05
William Adler, YC '01, Adjunct Lecturer of Political Science, Hunter College
Yaakov Agatstein, YC '04
Yair Amsel
Nissan Antine
David Anziska, YC '99
Jay Apfelbaum, SSSB '05
Mitch Appleson, SSSB '03
Shimon Aronhime, YC '06
Andrew Aronoff, SSSB '06
David Asher, YC '04, RIETS '08
Ben Aspir
Aryeh Assouline, SSSB '06
Jon Atkin
Jacob Avraham, YC '05
Simcha Axelrod, SSSB '98
Jay Bailey, YC '92
Omid Balakhaneh, SSSB '04
Avi Baldinger, YC '05
Eliot Bank
Zev Bannett, YC '05
Shmuel Barak, SSSB '04
Anat Barber, SCW '04, SCW Student Council President
Yehuda Bareli, SSSB '06
Joshua Barron
Ronen Bass, SSSB '04
Ephraim Bauer, YC '05
Ariel Bayewitz
Joseph Becker
Jonathan Bedder, YC '06
Bruno Belaciano, YC '05
Gavriel Bellino, RIETS
Daniel Ben-David, SSSB '07
Ethan Bendheim, YC '06
Jonathan Bendheim, YC '99
Jacob Benesch, SSSB '07
Aviv Ben-Menachem, YC '05
Jonathan Benowitz, YC '04
Ari Berger; David Berger, YC '04
Ellen Katz Berkovitch, Director, Kavvanah Center for Jewish Thought and Spirituality
Menachem Berkowitz, SSSB '99
Jonathan Berliner, YC '08
E.J. Solomon Berman, SCW '76
Judy Berman, SCW '84, BRGS
Yonah Berman, YC '02
Michael Bernfeld, YC '06
Michael Bernstein
Hyim Bessin
Jonathan Bezalel, SSSB '05
David Bienenfeld, YC '06
Amitai Bin-Nun, YC '04
Elichai Bitter, YC '05
David Lewis Blaier
Amitai Blickstein, YC '04, RIETS '07
Nachshon Block, SSSB '05
Daniel Bloom, YC '03, RIETS, BRGS
Jason Boll, YC '04
Jacob Bollag, YC '09
Jonathan Bonodzaner, SSSB '06
Marc Borenstein, YC '05
Jonathan Brand, YC '05
Jason Brandler
Jonathan Braun, SSSB '06
Menachem Braun, YC '05
Micha Braun
Seth Braunstein
Sharon Breban, WSSW
Avraham Bronstein, YC '03, BRGS '04, RIETS '05
Yitzhak Bronstein
Elliot Buckman, YC '06
Steven Burg
Vladimir Burmistrovich, YC '06
Benjamin Burnat, SSSB '01
Eytan Burstein
Jon Burstein, SSSB '06
Ezra Butler, YC '03
Menachem Butler, YC '06
Samuel Cahn, SSSB '99
Nathaniel Callen, YC '05
Marie Center, Reference Librarian
Joshua Chaitovsky
Daniel Chambre
Yoni Chambre
David Chen, MTA '06
Alexander Chester, TMSTA '01
Mike Chiert, SSSB '06
Benzion N. Chinn, YC '04
Jason Chouake, YC '08
Elad Cnaan, YC '04
Refael Cohen, SSSB '05
Aaron Cohen, YC '05
Rabbi Uri Cohen, YC '92, BRGS '92, AGI '94, RIETS '98, JLI Ed. Director, Center for Jewish Life, Princeton
Yonatan Cohen
Eli Cohn
Benjamin Cole, SSSB '05
Jonathan Fiskus, YC '06
Eliyahu Cooper, YC '06
Yechiel Crupar, YC '03
Michael (Menachem) Danishevsky, YC '04
Marc Danzger, SSSB '05
Judah Dardik, SSSB '98, RIETS '01, AGS '03
Ariel Daube, Columbia '05
Noam J. Davidovics, YC '02
Moshe Davis, YC '04
Ariel Davis, YC '04
Noah Davis
Elyakim Deutsch, YC '04
Yehuda Deutsch, YC '05
Hillel Deutsch
Aryeh Dienstag, YC '05
Karin Dimant, SCW '00
David Druce, YC '04
Yisrael Dubitsky, YC '92, PS Librarian at JTS
Dovid Duchman, SSSB '06
Ilia Duhovnii, YC '06
Dvir Duman, YC '07
Eitan Earnest
Menashe East, YC '01
Daniel Eckstein, SSSB
Binyamin Ehrenkranz
Dovid Ehrlichman, YC '06
Yoel Eis, SSSB '06
Raphael Eis, YC '03, RIETS, AGS
David Eiselt, SSSB '07
David Eisen, YC '92
Greg Eliason, SSSB '06
Yaakov Elman, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University
Jonathan Eltes, SSSB '05
Col. Jehiel R. Elyachar, [Visiting] Professor of Talmud
Adrian Engel, YC '06
David Epstein, SSSB '04
Saul Epstein, YC '02, BRGS '06, RIETS '06
Etan Epstein, YC '06
David Erdfarb
Amichai Erdfarb, YC '99, RIETS '02
Alper Eskinazi, SSSB '06
Steven Exler, RIETS, BRGS
Edward Farbenblum, YC '04
Fruma Farkas, SCW '03, Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies
Allan Farkas, YC '04, RIETS '07
Jonathan Farkas, YC '07
Sam Feinsmith
Louis H. Feldman, Abraham Wouk Family Professor of Classics and Literature, Yeshiva University
Ari Feldman, YC '04
Yosef Feldstein, SSSB '06
Reuven Fenton, YC '03
Mathiew Ferster
Eli Fialkoff
Elisha Figdor, SSSB '05
Michael Finkelstein, YC '07
Dovi Fischer
Keith Flaks
Meir Flanebaum, YC '05
Arie Folger, RIETS '03, Rabbi of Basel, Switzerland
Jonathan Frank, YC '05
Gerald A. Frank
Josh Frankel, MTA '99, YC
Ezra Frazer, YC '01, RIETS '05
Uriel Frenkel
Ari Fridman, YC '06
Tzachi Fried, YC '05
Elli Friedman, SSSB '05
Tamara Friedman
Ephraim Gabbai, BRGS, RIETS
David Gantz, YC '03
Aaron Gavant, YC '05
Shai Gerson, YC '01
David Gertler, YC '06
Menachem Gielchinsky, YC '06
Ariel Ginis, YC '06
Jaime Gitler, YC '06
Marc Gitler
Avi Gitler
Joseph Gitler
Yona Glass, SCW '07
Moshe Glasser, YC '05
Yaakov Glasser, YC '98, RIETS '02
Benjamin Golbert, YC '06
Ari Gold, SSSB '06
Rami Goldberg, YC '04
Mordy Goldenberg, YC '07
Corey Goldfeder, YC '04
Barry Goldgrab
Alan Goldsmith, YC '05
Monica Goldstein, SCW '92
Julie B. Yanofsky Goldstein, SCW '99, BRGS '04
Ben Goldstein, YC '05
Simcha Goldstein
Uri Goldstein
Jason Goldstoff, YC '06
Harris Goodman
Moshe Goodman, YC '05
Martin Goodman, YC '99, RIETS '04
Ross Gordon, YC '04
Ari Gordon, YC '05
Hal Gordon, YC '73
Jacob Gormezano, YC '06
Nechama Gottlieb, SCW '05
Benzi Green
Moshe Greenbaum, YC '05
Yechiel Greenbaum, YC '76, RIETS '81
Jeffrey Greenberg, SSSB '00, RIETS '03
Moshe Greenblatt, YC '05
Eli Grodko, SSSB '05
Brian Grosberg, YC '95
Yehonatan Gross
Yigal Gross, YC '06, RIETS '10
Mike Grynberg, YC '92
Azriel Grysman, YC '06
Eli Hagler, YC '06
David Hain, YC '01
Yonah Hain, YC '04
Jacob Hakimi, SSSB '04
Khashayar Hakimian, SSSB '04
Yaniv Hanni
Benjamin Harbor
Joshua Harrison, YC '07
Jacob Hartz, YC '06
Menachem Hecht, YC '04
Aaron Heller
Jeremy Hellman, YC '03
David Hellman, YC '04
Zachary Helprin, SSSB '06
Michael Herman, YC '04
Shmuel Herzfeld, RIETS '99, BRGS '99, YC '95, TMSTA '92
Akiva Herzfeld, YC '00
Yair Hindin
Jamie Hirsch, YC '04, Commentator Editor-in-Chief '03-'04
Rabbi Jonathan Hirsch, RIETS '96
Brian Hirschman, YC '06
Joshua Hoffman, BRGS / RIETS
Ari Hoffman, YC '03
Shelli Hoffman
Avi Holczer, SSSB '05
Chaim Hollander, SSSB '95, YUHS '91
Shmuel Honig, YC '04
Benjamin Hooper, YC '06
Joshua Hosseinoff, YC '96
Dov Huff
Ephraim Ickovitz
David A. Ingber
Jonathan Jacob, YC '07
Shimshon Jacob, YC '05
Benji Jacobs, SSSB '05
Yonina Bendheim Jacobson
Joshua Jacoby, YC '06
Daniel Jerome, YC '06
Yehuda Joffre, Belz School of Jewish Music
Josh Joseph, BRGS, RIETS '99
Shmuel Kadosh, YC '03, RIETS, BRGS
Yonatan Kaganoff
Chavi Kahn, SCW '02
Eliezer Kahn, YC '00
Tzvi Kahn, YC '05, Commentator Editor-in-Chief '03-'04
Moshe Kamioner, MTA '05
Josh Kanter, YC '06
Solomon Kapelyus
Michael Kaplan, RIETS
Yitzi Karasick
David Kasher
David Kastner, YC '05
Phillip Katz
David Katz
Bernice Katz, Library Assistant
Ayelet Katz, SCW '02, BRGS '03
Meir Katz, YC '01
Steve Katz, YC '52
Joseph Katzer, MTA '06
Nathan Kaufman, YC '04
Oren Kaufman, YC '05
Shira Kaufman, SCW '01
Mikael Kavian, SSSB '04
Yaniv Kerem, YC '04, YCSA President
Ryan Khordipour
Jeffrey Kilstein, YC '05
Bryan Kinzbrunner, YC '01, Revel '03, RIETS '06
Yoni Kirschner
Nachum Klar
Danny Knoll, SSSB '06
Zachary Knoll, YC '05
Stewart Koenigsberg
Eli Kohl, RIETS '07
Elliot Kollander, SSSB '05
Shaya Korn
Jonathan Koslowe, YC '06
Eric Kotkin, RIETS
Isaac Kotlicky, YC '05
Simoneh Kovechar, SSSB '04
Shilo Kramer
Shaul Kramer, SSSB '07
Jeffrey Krantz, D.D.S.,YU '76
Daniel Kraus, YC '05
David Krausz, YC '05
Binyamin Krohn, YC '06
Daniel Kronengold, YC '02, RIETS '06
Edward Krule, YC '05
David Kulak, YC '04
Alex Kushnir
Eli Lansey, YC '06
Alex Lapidus
Asher Laub
Chaim Laufer
Petro Layevskyy, SSSB '04
Tuvia Lazar, YC '03
Menachem Lazar, YC '04
Amir Lehrer, SSSB '04
Aaron Leib, YC '03, RIETS '06
Kobi Leifer, SSSB
Aryeh Leifert, YCT, BRGS
Yoni Leitman
Ben-Zion Lende
David Lerner, YC '07
Ari Leubitz, SSSB '95
Eric Levin
Yehoshua Levine, YC '03, Harvard Medical School '07, Commentator Editor-in-Chief '02-'03
Mickey Levine, YC '08
Deena Levine
Eitan Levisohn
Aaron Levy, BRGS / YCT '04
Deborah Levy
Michael Libraty, YC '05
Mo Lidsky
Avi Lieberman
Ian Lichter, YC '04
Avram Lifshitz
Rabbi Dov Linzer, Rosh HaYeshiva, YCT
Kevin Lipstein
Yaakov Liss, YC '04
Oren Litwin, YC
Josh Lovinger, RIETS
Josh Mahler, SSSB '04
Raphael Mahpour, YC '06
Zach Mainzer, SSSB '04
Cary Maister, YC '05
David Malca, YC '06
Shoshi Malitsky
Judah Malka
Schelomo Marmor
Jeremy Maryces, YC '98
Binyamin Mayefsky, YC '00, RIETS '04
Monty Mazer
Jonathan Mazurek, YC '04
Dov Medinets, YC '05
Menachem Menchel, YC '05
Jonathan Merl, YC '05
Avi Mermelstein, YC '04
David Mikofsky, YC
Lawrence Miller, SSSB '05
Yonatan Miller, YC '05
Etan Mintz, Revel / RIETS
Etan Mintz, YC '01, Revel '04, RIETS '04
Tobiah Mintz, YC '04
Stan Mirvis, YC '05
Dov Mittelman, RIETS '05
Benyamin Moalem, YC '05
James Moche, YCT '03
Vadim Monisov, SSSB '04
Dovid Moradi, YC '06
Samuel Morgenbesser
Josh Moser, YC '04
Daniel Moskovits, YC '04
Yehuda Moskowitz
Chuck Muhlbauer, SSSB '03
Gavi Nadel, YC '05
Zev Nagel, YC '05
Ariel Naor, YC '06
Ilana Nattel, SCW '04
Louis Nemzer, YC '04
Asher Neren, RIETS '04
David New
Ryan Newfield, YC '05
Natan Ophir (Offenbacher), YC '74
Zion Orent, YC '02
Chaim Orent, YC '05
Asher Oser, RIETS
Yoel Oz, YC '04, RIETS '07
Shalom Ozarowski, YC '04, RIETS '07
Aaron Paine, YC '05
Andrew Parver, YC '06
Reuven Pepper, YC '05
Andrew Pepper
Shimon Peretz
Yoni Perl, SSSB '06
Michael Perlstein, RIETS '04
Yonatan Picard, SSSB '06
Albert Pinkhasov, SSSB '06
Avraham Pittleman, YC '04
Daniel Pollack, YC '04
Yossi Pollack, YCT '05
Yaakov Pollak, YC '05
David Polsky, YC '01, BRGS '04, RIETS '04
Ari Polsky, YC '04
Jonathan Price, YC '02
Alan Rabinowitz, YC
Joseph Rahmani
Shayndi Raice, SCW '04, BRGS '05, Observer Editor-in-Chief '03-'04
Binyamin Ran, YC '04, BRGS
Mordechai Raskas, YC '04
Daniel Raymon, YC '04
David Regev, YC '00
Josh Reinitz, YC '07
Yael Reisman, SCW '04
Sharon Rosenberg Reiss
Elliot Resnick, YC '05
Ian Ribald, YC '07
Adam Richard
Jonathan Richton, SSSB '05
Joshua Richton, SSSB '06
Joseph Ringel, YC '01, BRGS '03, RIETS '05
Johnny Rivera
Gadiel Rivkin, YC '07
Yechiel N. Robinson, YC '06
Cori Ann Robinson
Mitchell Rocklin, YC '04
Beny Rofeh
Aaron Roller
JJ Rosenbaum, SSSB '04
Reuben J. Rosenberg
Aliza Rosenberg, SCW '01
Eli Rosenberg, YC '06
Jonathan Rosenberg
Daniel Rosenberg
Ryan Rosenblatt, YC '04
Yonah Rosenblatt, YC '06
Jennie Rosenfeld, Faculty, YUHSG
Evan I. Rosenhouse, SSSB '05
Michael Rosman, YC '05, Junior Class Vice President
Mark Rossler
Jonathan Rotenberg, YC '05
Moshe Rothchild, YC '89, RIETS '93
Elliot Rothman, YC '05
Eli Rouimi
Yirmiyah Rubenstein, YC '06
Saul Rubin, YC '07
Shlomo Rydzinski, YC '04
Yaacov Rydzinski, YC '04, RIETS '07
Mayer Rydzinski, YC '73, AECOM '76
Joyce Weg Rydzinski, YUHSG '70, AECOM '76
Dan Sachs, SSSB
Amir Sadighpour,YC '04
Aaron Safier, SSSB '05
Yossi Salmon, YC '06
Seth Salpeter, YC '04
Adam Von Samek, YC '07
Jose Sanchez, SSSB '04
Joshua Sanchez
Ben Sandler, YC '99
Yehuda Sarna, YC '01
Ehud Sasson, YC '06
Tova Schachar, BRGS MA '04 and Ph.D. pending
Ariel Schachter
Yisroel Schachter, YC '04, President, Yeshiva Student Union
Daniel Schanler, YC '04
Daniel Schanler, YC '05
Alan Scharf
Simcha Schaum, YC, RIETS, BRGS
Yakir Schechter, YC
Yonatan Schechter
Ari Schick, YC '02, BRGS '04
Moshe Schiffmiller
Zvi Schindel, YC '04
Shalom Schlagman
Jeremy Schnall, YC '06
Aryeh Schneider
Robert Schneider, SSSB '04
Matthew Schneider, YC '03
Jeffrey Schrager
Josh Schreiber
Judd Schreiber, CSL '06
Raquel Schubert '01
Jacob Schulder, SSSB '04
Jonathan Schwalb, YC '06
Yisrael Schwartz, SSSB '06
Eytan Schwartz, SSSB '07
Gershon Schwartz, YC '02
Hart Schwartz, YC '07
Ben Schwartz; Shlomo Schwartzbard, YC '04
Gabriel Secemski, SSSB '04
Benyamin Segan-Kohanim, SSSB '05
Benjamin Seleski, SSSB '06
Avi Septimus, YC
Simcha Shabtai, YC '05
David Shadpour, YC '06
Allan Shanin, YC '05
Ephraim Shapiro, YC '00
Pinchas Shapiro, YC '02, BRGS '03, Commentator Editor-in-Chief '01-'02
Noam Shapiro, YC '03, BRGS '04, RIETS '05
Michael Shiner, SSSB '06
Yehuda Shmidman, YC '03
Kire Shotor, YC '05
Max Sicherman, YC '04
Nachman Siegel, Netivot Yosef, Israel
Richard Silverman, SSSB '04
Jonathan Simhaee, YC '04
Aaron Simkovich, YC '04
Rabbi Baruch Simon, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva University
Avraham Sinensky, YC '04
Samuel (Shmuli) Singer, YC '03, BRGS '04, AECOM '07, Commentator Editor-in-Chief '01-'02
Ben Skydell
Paul A. Slater, M.D.
Michael Slomnicki
Joe Socher, YC '03
Sam Sokol, YC '05, President, Mission Israel
Yossi Sokol
Shael Sokolowski, SSSB '05
Yoel Sonnenfeld, YC '06
Aryeh Sova, YC '05
Shira Graber Spielman, SCW '00
Jonathan M. Spielman, YC '02
Jonathan Spiewak
Gabi Spiewak
Jonathan Spinner, YC '04
Scott Spolter, SSSB '05
Adam Sprung, SSSB '04
Howard Sragow, YC '90
Allen Srulowitz, YC '05
Ari Stavsky, YC '01
Aryeh Stavsky, YC '06
Israel Steckler, YC '05
Gil Stein
Matthew Stein
Avi Steinberg, YC
Aaron Steinberg, YC '06
Jeremy Steinberger, YC '06
Adam Steiner, YC '04
Mayer Steinman, SSSB '04
Zev Steinmetz, SSSB '04
Seth Steinmetz
Joshua Stern
Elisheva Stern, SCW '06
Ephraim Stern, SSSB '04
Eliyahu Stern, YC '02, RIETS '04, BRGS '04
Eliot Stern, YC '03, BRGS
David Stern
Dovid Sukenik, SSSB '04
Daniel Stieglitz, YC '04
Daniel Strauchler, YC '04
Gabriel Strauss, YC '06
Joshua Strauss
Zack Streit, YC '03, Commentator Editor-in-Chief '02-'03
Sammy Sulta, YC '05
Melissa Sydney
Yitzhak Szyf
Avraham Tanev
Sharon Taublib, SCW '02
Shlomo Tendler
Benjamin Toledano, SSSB '06
Natan Tor, YC
Matthew Turchin, YC '08
Yehuda Turetsky
Evan Twersky, SSSB '03
Efrayim Unterman, YC '05
Benjamin Vago, YC '05
Jack Varon
Ramy Vilensky, YC '05
Joshua Wajcman, YC '04
Daniel Waknine, SSSB '08
Dovid Walz
Jason Warn, YC '05
Eiran Warner, YC '06
Josh Waxman, YC '01, BRGS '05
Brahm Weinberg, YC '04
Shealtiel Weinberg, YC '06
David Weinberg, YC '07
Shmuel Weinberger, YC '06
Avi Weiner
Jay Weinstein, SSSB '04
Elie Weinstock
Yaacov Weisenberg, YC '02
Ari Weisfogel
Aaron Weisman, YC '06
Daniela Weiss, City College '05
Rabbi Dov Weiss, MTA '91, YC '95, BRGS '00, RIETS '00; Director of Operations, YCT
Sharon Weiss, SCW '03
Ari Weiss
Abraham Weitzman
Peter Wetzler, YUHS '61
Matan Wexler, SSSB '04
Richard White, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Arabic, Yeshiva University
Akiva Wienerkur, SSSB '06
Jonathan Wiesen, YC '04
Dovid Wildman,YC '06
Chaim Williams,YC '05
Daniel Wise, YC '04
Michael Wolf, YC '05
Naftali Wolfe, YC '04
Daniel Yaghoubi, SSSB '05
David Yamnik, SSSB
Seth Yedwab, SSSB '05
Joshua Yuter, YC '99, RIETS '04, BRGS '04
Michael Zabar, YC '07
Sarra Zacks, Ethan Zadoff, YC '05
Leib Zalesch, YC '05
David Zeidel
Sammy Zimmerman, SSSB '05
Jamie Zinaman, CSL '06
Oran Zweiber, YC '05



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