OUDepartment of Public Relations

February 3, 2000

RABBI ADAM MINTZ
OF LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE IN NEW YORK
TO BE HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTION TO JEWISH LIFE

Rabbi Adam Mintz, of the Lincoln Square Synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, will be honored at the Orthodox Union's (OU) Rabbinic Centennial Medallion Awards Dinner on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in New York.

The OU will honor Rabbi Mintz as well as 11 other outstanding rabbis and their congregations who have made unique contributions to Orthodox Jewish life in America. Rabbi Yosef Grunblatt, spiritual leader of the Queens Jewish Center in Forest Hills, NY – who will also be honored at the dinner – will be the keynote speaker.

"Rabbi Mintz is an impressive community and spiritual leader who has made an enormous contribution to Jewish life, " said Mandell I. Ganchrow, M.D., President of the OU.

Rabbi Mintz previously served as Associate Rabbi at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun and taught Talmud at the Ramaz Upper School – both in Manhattan. Currently a doctoral candidate in early modern Jewish history at New York University, where he is researching the life and works of Rabbi David Oppenheim – the early eighteenth century chief rabbi of Prague – Rabbi Mintz has published extensively in scholarly journals in the areas of Jewish law and Jewish history.

Rabbi Mintz received his semicha (rabbinic ordination) and advanced Yadin Yadin Semicha at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Rabbinical Seminary (RIETS) of Yeshiva University. He earned his B.A. from Yeshiva College in New York and his M.A. in medieval Jewish history from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University.

"We cannot overemphasize the importance of rabbis, synagogues and communal institutions working in concert to insure a thriving Orthodoxy," said Rabbi Raphael B. Butler, Executive Vice President of the OU. "The Orthodox Union acknowledges the synagogue as the focus of Jewish communal life. Each community is built around a vibrant synagogue led by a dynamic rabbi. It is that leadership that we are proud to honor."

The honorees include: Rabbi Yosef Adler (Congregation Rinat Yisroel, Teaneck) Rabbi Moshe Bomzer (Congregation Beth Abraham Jacob, Albany); Rabbi Reuven Bulka (Congregation Machzikei Hadas, Ottawa); Rabbi Mark Dratch (Agudath Sholom, Stamford); Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt (Queens Jewish Center, Forest Hills); Rabbi Dr. Basil F. Herring (Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach); Rabbi Shaya Kilimnick (Beth Sholom, Rochester); Rabbi Zvulun (Sidney) Lieberman (Beth Torah Congregation, Brooklyn); Rabbi Yisroel Miller (Poale Zedeck Congregation, Pittsburgh); Rabbi Arthur Schneier (Park East Synagogue, New York); and Rabbi Harvey Well (Or Torah Congregation, Skokie).

For dinner reservations, please contact Steven Karp at (212) 613-8134.

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