Rabbi Moshe Sokol, PhD
Lander College for Men
Lander College for Men is led by Dean Moshe Sokol, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Thyssen Foundation Research Fellow, and received semicha from the Israel Torah Research Institute (ITRI) in Jerusalem after seven years of post-high school studies in yeshivos in Philadelphia, New York and Israel. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, and Touro College graduate and undergraduate schools.
Dean Sokol has served Touro College in various administrative capacities, including founding and directing the Graduate School of Jewish Studies and a collaborative medical program with the Technion in Israel. He has also served as senior program officer at the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, where he traveled around the world organizing seminars and educational programs. Rabbi Sokol has published over two dozen essays in Israeli, British and American journals and books in the fields of Jewish philosophy and morality, and is a sought-after expert on the integration of Jewish law and professional ethics. Sokol’s continued examination of ethical and halachic issues marks him as a new pioneer in Jewish philosophy.
Areas of Expertise
Ethics and Jewish studies
Publications
In The News
The sages put their faith in creative argument, The Jewish Chronicle
Bringing the Talmud to life, The Jerusalem Post
St. Louis family to be honored by Touro's Lander College, St. Louis Jewish Light
'It's fun winning!,' The Jewish Standard
‘Halacha is not only about Kashrut and Shabbat,’ The Jewish Week
