11 Facts About Bruria David

Rebbetzin Bruria David was an American-born Israeli Haredi Jewish rebbetzin and Torah scholar.

Bruria David was the founder and dean of Beth Jacob Jerusalem, a prestigious Haredi religious girls seminary located in the Unsdorf neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Bruria David was the only child of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, and the wife of Rabbi Yonasan David, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Pachad Yitzchok in Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborhood.

Bruria David was born in 1938, the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner and Masha Lipshitz.

Bruria David's parents married in 1933 and moved to Mandatory Palestine, but they returned to New York a year later, where Bruria was born.

Rebbetzin David received her doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University in 1971 as a student of Salo Baron.

Bruria David's dissertation, titled The Dual Role of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes: Traditionalist and Maskil, deals with Rabbi Chajes's relationships in the traditional world of Orthodox Judaism as well as insights into his worldview and beliefs based on his publications, halachic writings, and personal correspondence.

Rebbetzin Bruria David founded Beth Jacob Jerusalem, known as Machon Sarah Shneirer, in the early 1970s as a post-secondary seminary in Israel, which is geared for American and European graduates of Bais Yaakov who wish to pursue Torah study on an advanced academic level.

Bruria David personally interviewed most applicants, with the exception of those who opted for a written entrance exam instead of an interview.

Together with her husband, Yonasan David, Bruria edited the works of her father, entitled Pachad Yitzchok.

Rebbetzin Bruria David died on April 9,2023, at the age of 84.