Background
Rebbetzin David is the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner and his rebbetzin, Masha Lipshitz.
Beth Jacob Jerusalem Founder and dean
Rebbetzin David is the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner and his rebbetzin, Masha Lipshitz.
Columbia University.
She received her doctorate in history from Columbia University in 1971 as a student of Salo Baron. Rebbetzin David founded Beth Jacob Jerusalem () in the early 1970s as a post high school seminary geared for American and European graduates of Bais Yaakov who wish to pursue Torah study on an advanced academic level Previously, she had a seminary in Esther Schonfeld of the East Side, and then in BYA. The seminary also provides professional training toward a teaching degree.
Rebbetzin David personally interviews each applicant.
During their return flight to New York on 6 September 1970, their plane was hijacked by the PFLP Palestinian terrorist organization. The hijacked airplanes were subsequently detonated.
The remaining 40-plus Jewish men – including Rabbi Hutner, Rabbi David, and two students accompanying Rabbi Hutner, Rabbi Meir Fund and Rabbi Yaakov Drillman – and male flight crew continued to be held hostage in and around Amman, Jordan. Rabbi Hutner was held alone in an isolated location while Jews around the world prayed for his safe return.
Rabbi Hutner and Rabbi David were finally released on 26 September and flown to Nicosia, Cyprus.