Joel B. Wolowelsky
Joel Blumenthal Wolowelsky (b. 1946) is a Modern Orthodox thinker and author. He is the dean of faculty at the Yeshivah of Flatbush high school, where he teaches Ethics and mathematics. He has written extensively on topics pertaining to the role of women in Judaism and Jewish medical ethics. He served as Associate Editor of "Tradition, the Journal of Jewish Thought", and The Young One, published by the Rabbinical Council of America, the "Tora u-Madda Journal" published by Yeshiva University, and "MeOtzer HoRav: Selected Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik". Education and career. Wolowelsky earned his  Bachelor of Science degree at Yeshiva University in 1969 and his doctorate in philosophy at New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development in 1979. He served as chairman of advanced placement studies at Yeshivah of Flatbush. Wolowelsky is on the advisory boards of the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education at Bar-Ilan University, the Boston Initiative for Excellence in Jewish Day Schools, and the Pardes Educators Program in Jerusalem.