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One of the leading Constitutional lawyers in the United
States, Nathan Lewin is also highly regarded as a
catalyst for the promotion of Jewish education in
Washington D.C. As president of the Jewish Community
Federation of Washington and the chairman of its
education committee during the 1960s, Mr. Lewin hired
Rabbi Pinchas Lipner to start up and head the Yeshiva of
Greater Washington, which is still in existence today.
Founding of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington: Nathan
Lewin, Rabbi Lipner, a representative from the Jewish
Agency, Dr. Lee Spetner, Rabbi Avrom Landesman
Rabbi Pinchas Lipner with his first class of boys at
the Yeshiva of Greater Washington; pictured from left to
right are: Lawrence Rodin, Mitchell Rubenstein, Joel
Becker, Norman Weinstock, Jonathan Groner, Steven
Billauer, Richard Cofsky, Lester Goldman, and Michael
Sperling
Harav Moshe Feinstein zt”l and Rabbi Pinchas Lipner,
head of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington in the
classroom with students
Rabbi Pinchas Lipner with Merit Scholar Finalists
Michael Sperling, Richard Cofsky, and Ira Brandriss;
from the first yearbook of the Yeshiva of Greater
Washington, 1968
Rabbi Pinchas Lipner with the dormitory students of
the Yeshiva of Greater Washington; pictured from left to
right are: Rabbi Lipner, David Resnikoff, Michael Isko,
Alberto Lowinger, Jacob Antebi, Howard Fleischer, Jack
Chammah, Joseph Esses, Joseph Rosenblatt, Simon Homsany,
Ronald Schattner, Richard Schattner, and Mr. Ronnie
Lipman, dorm counselor.
While a student at the Yeshiva of Greater Washington,
Richard Schattner received the United States Air Force
Award and U.S. Department of Agriculture Award for
Chemistry.
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