Past Leadership  nisson touroff  Nissan Touroff Dean, 1921 to
1926  Born in Russia in 1877, Nissan Touroff was a noted Hebrew
scholar, educator psychologist and author. He served as a
principal and superintendent of Russian Jewish schools during
the Czarist regime, helped establish a Jewish public school
system in Palestine in 1908 and set up a teachers seminary in
Tel Aviv. He immigrated to the United States in 1920 and helped
found the Hebrew Teachers College of Boston. Later, he became a
professor at the Jewish Institute of Religion and served as its
dean for seven years. He also served as professor of education
and psychology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem just before
World War II. Touroff died in New York City in 1953 at the age
of 75.  samuel perlman  Samuel Perlman Dean, 1926 to 1932
Samuel Perlman was born in Minsk, Belarus, moved as a young
adult to Germany, where he earned his doctorate, and later
settled in Palestine. A noted editor and translator of works by
Heine, Herzl and Strindberg, Pe