Rabbi Jacob Joseph School

In 1969, it stopped its younger grades. Enrollment was low, and the neighborhood had changed. The school also produces a semi-annual scholarly publication, the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society ("The RJJ Journal"), edited by one of its rabbinic alumni. The purpose of the Journal is to "study the major questions facing Jews ... through the prism of Torah values," and "explore the relevant biblical and Talmudic passages and survey the halakhic literature including the most recent responsa. The Journal does not in any way seek to present itself as the halachic authority on any question, but hopes rather to inform the Jewish public of the positions taken by rabbinic leaders over the generations." Rabbi Dr. Marvin Schick served for over 30 years as the (unpaid) President of RJJ until his death in 2020; he had succeeded Irving Bunim. ==Notable alumni==

• Robert Aumann (born 1930), recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005 • Rabbi Reuven Bulka (1944–2021), recipient of the Order of Canada and Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Machzikei Hadas • Ari L. Goldman (born 1949), author and former religion reporter for The New York Times • Louis Henkin (1923–2010), human rights law scholar • Marvin Hier (born 1939), founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center • Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, rosh yeshiva of Slabodka • Sidney Lens (1912–1986), labor leader and political activist • Rav Aaron Lopiansky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva of Greater Washington - Tiferes Gedaliah, Halachic authority (posek) • Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (1910–2012), founder and head of Torah Ore yeshiva in the Kiryat Mattersdorf neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, world-renowned educator and decisor of Jewish law, and member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Israel • Sheldon Silver (1944–2022), former speaker of the New York State Assembly. • Rabbi Meir Stern, rosh yeshiva of Passaic • Rabbi Dovid Trenk (1941–2019), Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Moreshes Yehoshua • Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (born 1940), Executive Vice President Emeritus of the Orthodox Union • Rabbi Mordechai Willig (born 1947), Rosh Yeshiva of RIETS • Meir Zlotowitz (1943–2017), founder of Artscroll publications ==References==