Sep 26, 2007 -- Jeffrey Glanz, Ed.D, has been appointed the inaugural occupant of the Stanley and Raine Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values in Jewish Education at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University (YU). Dr. Glanz recently joined the Azrieli faculty after a long and distinguished career as a teacher and assistant principal in the New York City public school system, as a dean of graduate programs, and as a university professor. “Dr. Glanz brings years of outstanding experience in public education and on the university campus, along with a long and impressive list of publications in many of the most prestigious journals in our discipline,” said Azrieli’s Dean David Schnall. “Dr. Glanz’s appointment to the Silverstein Chair signals a major contribution to the field as he sets his considerable talents toward the needs of Jewish education in all its facets.” A sought-after speaker at national conferences, Dr. Glanz joins Azrieli as a full professor with tenure. He brings his broad array of scholarly and professional interests to his position including supervision, educational leadership, administration, curriculum, and teaching of history, theory, and practice; ethical and transformative leadership; leadership styles; establishing schools as collaborative learning communities; teaching of ethics in day schools and yeshivot; and education during and after the Holocaust. ‘I am honored and humbled to hold the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values,” said Dr. Glanz. “Whether it’s talking about ethical behavior in the classroom, sifting through the moral dilemmas educators face daily, or discussing the viability of setting standards in Jewish education, this chair, so graciously donated by the Silverstein family, can serve as the fulcrum for much-needed attention to the study of ethics at Azrieli.” Mr. Silverstein, founder and chairman of Nina Footwear and director of the Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. was recently awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by YU at the university’s 76th annual commencement exercises in May. He is a longtime supporter of YU. Prior to coming to YU, Dr. Glanz served as Dean of Graduate Programs and Chair of the Department of Education at Wagner College in Staten Island. Earlier, he served as executive assistant to the president of Kean University in Union, NJ. He was named Graduate Teacher of the Year in 1999 by the Student Graduate Association and was also that year’s recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship.