Daniel Greer

The Journey of Yeshiva Rabbi Daniel Greer is best known as the founder of the Yeshiva of New Haven, which was started as a small orthodox day school but gradually grew into a few full Yeshivas with elementary school and high school for boys and girls. After studying to be ordained as Rabbi with Yehoshua Neuwirth, Daniel Greer moved to New Haven. It is then when he thought that there were not enough Religious schools in New Haven, so he set up the Orthodox day school. To make Yeshiva and its surroundings better, Daniel Greer set up various organizations to redevelop the neighborhood around Yeshiva, including the fight against prostitution in the locality. Greer also worked as a lawyer for 14years in New Haven and had also served as the New Haven Commissioner of City Police. The Case and the controversy After a life which people appreciated and acclaimed, Rabbi Daniel Greer ’s image hit several Walls when a former student of Yeshiva, Eliyahu Mirlis, accused Daniel of repeated...

Daniel: His wife and life Daniel Greer has had a very turbulent professional life since he graduated from the Princeton University. Even though he was engrossed in discharging his responsibilities as a prominent and moving figure associated with the Save Soviet Jewry, Daniel did not miss out his personal obligations. In 1971 he got married to Sarah Bergman who was a day school teacher. Soon after Greer’s marriage, in 1972 he stood against Richard Gottfried as a nominee for the state assembly in one of the Manhattan Districts on the upper west side. However, Greer was utterly upset with the welfare condition of the city. The shift to Israel In 1973, Greer and Sarah Greer shifted to Israel with work permits and had made up plans for aliyah. When they arrived in Israel it was the time of the Yom Kippur War. Greer joined as a law apprentice under Eliyahu Lankin. This man was also the captain of the Altalena, the cargo ship that was sunk as per orders while Yitzchak Rabin gave ord...

His Career and Professional moves for growth! Daniel Greer ’s Work and professional phase of life, after he completed his education was a complete roller coaster ride. He went on to do a lot of things, experimented and tried several things, stuck on to his orthodox values and put his relentless efforts to make alterations to the society. After completing his graduation from The Princeton University he joined a Wall Street Law firm to proceed with his profession. He, however, did not work there for long and shifted quickly into the administration of John V. Lindsay. He initially joined and worked as an examining attorney for the investigation commissioner but was subsequently promoted to become the general counsel of Ports and Terminals. He was also promoted to become the Deputy Commission of Ports and Terminals Later. Greer’s advocacy for the state While Daniel Greer was working as the counsel and commissioner for the Ports and terminals, he also got associated with the Save ...

Parents and Origin Rabbi Daniel Greer was a very ordinary New York-born Jewish kid with educated hardworking parents. His father Moses Greer was a graduate from the City College of new work and worked as a wholesale reseller of wool. Daniel Greer ’s mother, Angele Greer was an intellectual educated Egyptian lady with a graduation from the University of Paris. Both of Daniel’s parents where modern orthodox Jews and much of their orthodox ways of thinking were embedded in the way Daniel thought and saw the world. He was brought up attending day school and later his high schooling at Manhattan Talmudical Academy. Schooling and High-Schooling On successful completion of high school education, he joined the Princeton University to pursue his graduation and further qualification. For the first two years in the university, he used to eat alone in his own room so that he could have kosher food. For his junior year, he studied biology major at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem after...