Education and Career
Wolowelsky earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Yeshiva University in 1969 and his doctorate in philosophy at New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development in 1979.
He served as chairman of advanced placement studies at Yeshiva of Flatbush.
Wolowelsky is on the advisory boards of the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education at Bar-Ilan University, the Boston Initiative for Excellence in Jewish Day Schools, and the Pardes Educators Program in Jerusalem.
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