Hayyim Angel

Who is Hayyim Angel?

Rabbi Hayyim J. Angel is the National Scholar of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. He teaches advanced Bible courses to undergraduates and rabbinical students at Yeshiva University, and lectures widely. He has published over 100 scholarly articles, primarily in Bible, and is author or editor of eleven books. He previously served for seventeen years as Rabbi at Congregation Shearith Israel of New York. He lives in New York with his wife and twin daughters.

He attended Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem, Israel and received a B.A summa cum laude in Jewish Studies from Yeshiva College, an M.A. in Bible from the Bernard Revel Graduate School, and an M.S. in Jewish Education from the Azrieli School of Jewish Education at Yeshiva University in New York City. In 1995 he received semicha from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.