Rabbi David Silber is the founder and dean of the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, which he founded in New York in 1979 to offer serious Torah study for women. Ordained at Yeshiva University's RIETS, he is a widely admired teacher of Bible and a recipient of the Covenant Award for Jewish education. His books include A Passover Haggadah: Go Forth and Learn, For Such a Time as This, on Esther, and Human Kingship (Malkhut Adam), on the Book of Samuel.