Wikipedia's first sentence called it “rabbi of the community synagogue of monsey”. Today it says “american rabbi”.
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Moshe David (Dovid) Tendler is the rabbi of The Community Synagogue of Monsey . He is a senior Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University 's RIETS and the Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics and Professor of Biology at Yeshiva College . He has a Ph.D. in Microbiology and is noted as an expert on Jewish medical ethics and their relationship to Halakha . Tendler is the son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein , a world renowned posek . Indeed, many of Feinstein's "Iggerot Mosheh" responsa are addressed to his son-in-law Tendler prefaced with the accolade "HaRav HaGa'on R. Moshe David Tendler", illustrating the great reverence with which Tendler is held. His wife, Shifra (child of Feinstein), died in October, 2007.1
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Moshe David Tendler (born August 7, 1926) is an American rabbi , professor of biology and expert in medical ethics.Who's who in American Jewry .
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Moshe David Tendler (born August 7, 1926) is an American rabbi , professor of biology and expert in medical ethics. Who's who in American Jewry .
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American rabbi (1926–2021) Moshe David Tendler (August 7, 1926 – September 28, 2021) was an American rabbi , professor of biology and expert in medical ethics.He served as chairman of the biology department at Yeshiva University.October 15, 1998. the biology department chairman at Yeshiva University in New York
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rabbi of the community synagogue of monsey
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