Simcha Fishbane, Ph.D., is  professor of Jewish studies, teaching the history of rabbinic literature, and executive assistant to the president. He has received honorary doctorates from Touro College Moscow and Linguistic University in Moscow. His most recent books include "The Shetibilization of  Modern Jewry" (2011) and "The Boldness of a Halakhist" (2008). Fishbane received his Rabbinical Ordination from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1969 and his Ph.D. from Concordia University in 1988.