Kenneth Brander


Kenneth Brander is President and Rosh HaYeshiva of the Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions. He is a member of the Jewish Federations of North America’s Rabbinic Cabinet Round Table.

Biography

Brander is a 1984 alumnus of Yeshiva College and received his ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary where he was a student of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He studied at Florida Atlantic University, obtaining a PhD in general philosophy and comparative literature. His dissertation was titled "The Temple in Jerusalem Idealized and the Historic-Synagogue-Institution: A Study in Synagogue Purposes in an American Context."
From 1990–91, Brander was the acting rabbi of New York’s Lincoln Square Synagogue, after serving for four years as its assistant rabbi. He served as the senior rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue for 14 years. From 2005–2018, he served as vice president of Yeshiva University. In 2018, he assumed the position of President and Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone.

Works

In 2018, he moved from the United States to Israel with his family. He has five children.