Two brothers, two schools, one mission: Rabbi Baruch And Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Rothman steer their yeshivos through the storm
Photos: Naftoli Goldgrab
On the last day of camp at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway this past August, Rabbis Jeff and Baruch Rothman were on hand as boys in shorts were massed on the front steps waiting for pickup. Slowly they disappeared, a few candy wrappers and the occasional abandoned N-95 mask the only evidence of their presence. But Darchei parents Rabbi Baruch Rothman, Darchei Torah’s director of institutional advancement, and his brother Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Rothman, executive director of Yeshivah of Flatbush, had other things on their minds besides camp. In a few days, both schools would be opening under COVID restrictions, and they needed to figure out how to make it work.