Through their academic achievement and commitment to Torah Umadda, they will also serve as role models and spiritual-intellectual exemplars for the Jewish people, providing skilled leadership to the Jewish community. They have been engaged in intensive learning courses, mentoring of colleagues, and halakhic leadership training. Two additional students, Rabbis Eitan Mayer and Zvi Romm, have been chosen as Fellows for this academic year.
Fellows receive scholarships plus stipends for housing and tuition for graduate school.
In 1994, the Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish Studies was established at Yeshiva College with an endowment by Mr. Beren.