5 Notable alumni of Hebrew Theological College
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Hebrew Theological College is ranked #7,644 in the world and #1,950 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 5 notable alumni from Hebrew Theological College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Hebrew Theological College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. David Bigman
1954-. (aged 72)
Rabbi David Bigman is a Modern Orthodox Rabbi. Bigman is the president of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa. He previously served as the head of the Yeshiva along with Rabbis Yehuda Gilad and Shmuel Reiner. He helped found the Ein Hanatziv Midrasha for girls and used to head the Ein Tzurim Yeshiva. Bigman developed the Revadim (“layers “) technique for the study...
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2. Menachem Kellner
1946-. (aged 80)
Judaic scholar
university teacher
philosopher
professor
translator
Menachem Kellner is an American-Israeli academic and Jewish scholar of medieval Jewish philosophy with a particular focus on the philosophy of Maimonides. He is a retired Professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Haifa and is the founding chair of the Department of Philosophy and Jewish Thought at Shalem College in Jerusalem. He has taught courses in philosophy, religious...
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3. Moshe Kletenik
1954-. (aged 72)
rabbi
Moshe Kletenik is an American rabbi who was President of the Rabbinical Council of America.
4. Nosson Tzvi Finkel
1943-2011 (aged 68)
rabbi
Nosson Tzvi Finkel was an American-born Haredi Litvish rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. During his tenure from 1990 until his death in 2011, the Mir Yeshiva grew into the largest yeshiva in Israel with nearly 6,000 undergraduate students and over 1,600 avreichim (married students). According to one estimate, he taught 25,000 students over his...
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5. Abraham J. Twerski
1930-2021 (aged 91)
rabbi
psychiatrist
composer
Abraham Joshua Heshel Twerski was an American Hasidic rabbi, a scion of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, and a psychiatrist specializing in substance abuse.
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