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Line 1: {{Infobox person \| name = Rabbi ~~Dr.~~ Samuel Belkin \| image =Samuel Belkin 1938.jpg \| caption = ''Photo courtesy of Yeshiva University'' \| birth_date = {{birth date\|1911\|12\|12\|df=y}} Line 12: \| children = Linda Rose Belkn Schuchalter and Salo Maurice Belkin<ref name=NYTobit/> \| parents = Solomon Belkin and Minna (Sattir) Belkin<ref name=Ohles/> \| signature = Samuel_Belkin_Signature_from_Goldman_Collection.png }} ~~[[File:Samuel Belkin 1938.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Rabbi Dr. Belkin as a teacher at Yeshiva in 1938]]~~ '''Samuel Belkin''' (December 12, 1911 ~~in Svislach, Byelorussia~~ – April 19, 1976 ~~in the Bronx, N.Y.~~) ~~is best known as~~was the second [[University President\|President]] of [[Yeshiva University]]. AAn American [[Rabbi]] and distinguished [[Torah]] scholar, he is credited with leading Yeshiva University through a period of substantial expansion.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/belkin-samuel \|title=Samuel Belkin \|accessdate=2008-02-10 \|work=The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot \|dfarchive-date=2018-06-12 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140921/https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/belkin-samuel \|url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Biography== Line 21 ⟶ 22: As a child, he sought to leave Poland after he witnessed his father being shot by a policeman in 1919.<ref>Samuel Belkin, Rabbi William G. Braude, Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 44, 1977 (1977), pp. xvii-xx in JSTOR, American Academy for Jewish Research.</ref> He emigrated to the United States in 1929, studied with [[Harry Austryn Wolfson]] at Harvard and received his doctorate (concerned with the writings of [[Philo]]) at [[Brown University]] in 1935, one of the first awarded for [[Jewish studies\|Judaic studies in American academia]]. In 1940, an elaboration of his Ph.D. thesis was published with the title "Philo and the Oral Law — The Philonic Interpretation of Biblical Law in Relation to the Palestinian Halakah."<ref name="ReferenceA">Jewish Virtual Library, ''Samuel Belkin''.</ref> He then joined the faculty of Yeshiva College, New York, where he taught [[Ancient Greek language\|Greek]]. He became a full professor in 1940 and was appointed dean of its [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]] (RIETS) the same year. In 1943, Belkin was named ~~became~~ president of the college,<ref>{{cite news\|title=Elected as President Of Yeshiva at Age of 32\|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1943/06/29/88548509.html?pageNumber=17\|accessdate=18 November 2016\|newspaper=New York Times\|date=June 29, 1943\|page=17}}</ref> Under his guidance, the institution expanded to become [[Yeshiva University]] in 1945. Belkin was a visionary who transformed Yeshiva from a small college and rabbinical seminary into a significant institution of considerable stature in Judaic Studies, [[natural science\|natural]] and [[social sciences]], and the [[humanities]]. Under his presidency, the [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]] was opened as Yeshiva University's medical school. As a scholar, he published many works on [[halakha\|Jewish law]] and [[Hellenistic civilization\|Hellenistic literature]]. His most significant published works are "Philo and the Oral Law" and "In His Image: The Jewish Philosophy of Man as Expressed in Rabbinic Tradition". Line 27 ⟶ 28: In his work, "In His Image," Dr. Belkin described Judaism as a Democratic Theocracy — a theocracy because the first principle of Jewish thought describes the Kingship of God, and a democracy because the Written and the Oral Law emphasize the infinite worth of each human being.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Belkin stepped down as university president in 1975.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Spiegel\|first1=Irving\|title=Belkin, Citing Illness, Resigns as Yeshiva President\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/09/archives/belkin-citing-illness-resigns-as-yeshiva-president.html\|accessdate=18 November 2016\|newspaper=New York Times\|date=September 9, 1975\|page=29}}</ref> He died in 1976 in [[New York City]] after an illness. He was 64.<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news\|last1=Spiegel\|first1=Irving\|title=Samuel Belkin of Yeshiva Dies\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/19/archives/samuel-belkin-of-yeshiva-dies-32year-president-noted-as-scholar.html?_r=0\|accessdate=18 November 2016\|work=New York Times\|date=April 19, 1976\|page=30}}</ref> ==Legacy== The [[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]] gives an award to one graduating law student each year in Dr. Belkin's honor. The award recognizes the student who exemplifies the combination of excellence in leadership, scholarship and exceptional contribution to the growth and development of the law school. Past recipients of the Dr. Samuel Belkin Award include:▼ ▲The [[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]] gives an award to one graduating law student each year in Dr. Belkin's honor. The award recognizes the student who exemplifies the combination of excellence in leadership, scholarship and exceptional contribution to the growth and development of the law school. Past recipients of the Dr. Samuel Belkin Award include:{{citation needed\|date=June 2022}} Marlene Besterman (1986) Frank M. Esposito (1994) Matthew J. Kluger (1994) Magda M. Jimenez (1995) Thomas Harding (1996) Line 40 ⟶ 44: Kimberly N. Grant (2007) Meghan DuPuis Maurus (2008) Jil Simon (2013), ~~and~~ * Francesca Rebecca Acocella (2016), and * Sarah Helen Ganley (2017) Belkin died in 1976 in [[New York City]] after an illness. He was 64.<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news\|last1=Spiegel\|first1=Irving\|title=Samuel Belkin of Yeshiva Dies\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/19/archives/samuel-belkin-of-yeshiva-dies-32year-president-noted-as-scholar.html?_r=0\|accessdate=18 November 2016\|work=New York Times\|date=April 19, 1976\|page=30}}</ref> ==Bibliography== Line 55 ⟶ 58: ==References== [https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/belkin-samuel Samuel Belkin] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140921/https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/belkin-samuel \|date=2018-06-12 }}, The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot [http://www.yucommentator.com/media/paper652/news/2005/05/16/Yudaica/Samuel.Belkins.Application.To.Riets-951245.shtml Samuel Belkin's Application to RIETS], yucommentator.com *[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/sbelkin.html Samuel Belkin, Jewish Virtual Library], www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org Line 78 ⟶ 81: [[Category:People from Svislach]] [[Category:People from Volkovyssky Uyezd]] [[Category:Jews offrom the Russian Empire]] [[Category:Belarusian Jews]] [[Category:Polish emigrants to the United States]]