Rabbi Daniel Landes is the founder and director of Yashrut, a Torah institution dedicated to the rigorous study of Talmud and Halacha and to the pursuit of moral integrity. Yashrut ordains Rabbis and educates students who demonstrate and promote the Torah’s call to moral excellence, providing strength to the Jewish people and the world.
Before making Aliyah, Landes was a founding faculty member of both Simon Wiesenthal Center and Yeshiva of Los Angeles, and served as an adjunct professor of Jewish law at Loyola Law School. He also served as rabbi of B’nai David–Judea Congregation, where he helped cultivate a community grounded in Orthodox halakhic tradition, social action, and spiritual vitality.
