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Yehuda (Leo) Levi (Hebrew: יהודה (ליאו) לוי) (January 15, 1926 – June 17, 2019) was a German-born American-IsraeliHaredi rabbi, physicist, writer and educator. He wasRector andProfessor ofElectro-optics at theJerusalem College of Technology. Levi was best known as the author of several books on Science and Judaism, and Judaism in contemporary society, as well as onphysics.
Levi was born inGermany and was educated in theUnited States. He received hisBachelor's andmaster's degrees inelectrical engineering fromCity College,N.Y. and hisPh.D. inphysics from thePolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1964. He studiedTalmud atGur Aryeh Institute'skollel, and receivedsemicha (Rabbinic ordination) from RabbiYitzchak Hutner and additionally from RabbiJoseph Breuer.
In 1970 he settled inJerusalem with his wife and three sons, where he founded the electro-optics department of the Jerusalem College of Technology. He served as Rector of the college from 1982 to 1990.
Levi was a Fellow of the Gur Aryeh Institute for Advanced Jewish Scholarship, has been president of theAssociation of Orthodox Jewish Scientists[1], both in the US and in Israel, and was the recipient of the Feder (Torah & Science) and Abramowitz-Zeitlin (Jewish literature) awards.
He was latterly part of the faculty at theYeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim (The Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies).[1] Levi died in June 2019 at the age of 93.[2]
In addition to over 100 articles published in various scientific, technical, and Judaica journals, Prof. Levi has published several books. He is known for combining analysis of practical issues inJewish law with philosophic discussion.
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