Wikipedia's first sentence called it “bochein at riets an affiliate of yeshiva university”. Today it says “rosh yeshiva and bochein”.
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American Orthodox rabbi This article is about a university administrator. Rav Schwartz Ezra Schwartz is a Rosh yeshiva and bochein (Official Examiner for Shiur placement exams at RIETS / YU ) at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , an affiliate of Yeshiva University in New York City. In that role, he administers tests to incoming students and assigns students to classes. Schwartz is the fifth bochein in the history of RIETS. He now teaches in the RIETS semikha program. He used to be an instructor of Talmud at the Mazer Yeshiva Program at Yeshiva University. Prior to 2012, he instructed Talmud at the Irving I. He also coordinated the Rosansky Program in Contemporary Halacha. He also coordinates the Bronka Weintraub High School Bekiut Program, for high school students to study Talmud. He was a member of the staff of YU President Richard M. Joel , where he served as Assistant to the President for Research and Communications.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Ezra Schwartz (born April 11, 1974) is a bochein at RIETS an affiliate of Yeshiva University . In that role he administers tests to incoming students and assigns students to classes. Schwartz is the fifth Bochein in the history of RIETS. He also serves as an instructor of Talmud in the Irving I. He is also a member of the staff of YU President Richard M. Joel , where he serves as Assistant to the President for Research and Communications.
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Ezra Schwartz (born April 11, 1974) is a Rosh yeshiva and bochein (Official Examiner for Shiur placement exams at RIETS / YU ) at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , an affiliate of Yeshiva University in New York City . In that role he administers tests to incoming students and assigns students to classes. Schwartz is the fifth bochein in the history of RIETS. He now teaches in the RIETS semikha program.He used to be an instructor of Talmud at the Mazer Yeshiva Program in Yeshiva University.Prior to 2012, he instructed talmud at the Irving I.He also coordinated the Rosansky Program in Contemporary Halacha. He was a member of the staff of YU President Richard M. Joel , where he served as Assistant to the President for Research and Communications.
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Ezra Schwartz is a Rosh yeshiva and bochein (Official Examiner for Shiur placement exams at RIETS / YU ) at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , an affiliate of Yeshiva University in New York City . In that role, he administers tests to incoming students and assigns students to classes. Schwartz is the fifth bochein in the history of RIETS. He now teaches in the RIETS semikha program. He used to be an instructor of Talmud at the Mazer Yeshiva Program at Yeshiva University. Prior to 2012, he instructed Talmud at the Irving I. He also coordinated the Rosansky Program in Contemporary Halacha. He also coordinates the Bronka Weintraub High School Bekiut Program, for high school students to study Talmud. He was a member of the staff of YU President Richard M. Joel , where he served as Assistant to the President for Research and Communications.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Ezra Schwartz (born April 11 , 1974 ) is a Rosh yeshiva and bochein (Official Examiner for Shiur placement exams at RIETS / YU ) at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , an affiliate of Yeshiva University in New York City . In that role, he administers tests to incoming students and assigns students to classes. Schwartz is the fifth bochein in the history of RIETS. He now teaches in the RIETS semikha program. He used to be an instructor of Talmud at the Mazer Yeshiva Program at Yeshiva University. Prior to 2012, he instructed Talmud at the Irving I. He also coordinated the Rosansky Program in Contemporary Halacha. He also coordinates the Bronka Weintraub High School Bekiut Program, for high school students to study Talmud. He was a member of the staff of YU President Richard M. Joel , where he served as Assistant to the President for Research and Communications.
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bochein at riets an affiliate of yeshiva university
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rosh yeshiva and bochein
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