About Yashar Books

The mission of Yashar Books is to publish quality, popular Orthodox Jewish scholarship that is both
sophisticated and accessible to a general readership. This means:












Some of the people behind Yashar are:

Rabbi Gil Student — BA from Yeshiva College, private rabbinic ordination, prolific writer and tireless reader

Rabbi Moshe Schapiro — BS from Yeshiva College, MS from Azrieli School of Jewish Education, MLS from
Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, rabbinic ordination from R. Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary, erudite librarian and rabbinic researcher

Dana Salzman — BA, State University of New York at Albany. Former Associate Publisher, Jason Aronson
Publishers. Has 15 years production management experience in all phases of scholarly book publishing.

Mordechai Schiller — veteran editor, copywriter, publicist and direct marketer


Consult our Contact Us page for information on reaching us.