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|motto = From the heart of the world, educating the nation
|formation = 2002<ref name=website />
|formation = 2002<ref name=website />
|type = [[Kollel]]
|type = [[Kollel]]
|location = 140 מעגלי הרי"ם לוין, Sanhedria Murchevet, [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]]
|location = 140 מעגלי הרי"ם לוין, Sanhedria Murchevet, [[Jerusalem]]
|membership = 80+
|membership = 80+
|purpose = Outreach Training
|purpose = Jewish Leadership
|language = English, Hebrew,
|language = English, Hebrew,
|leader_title = [[Rosh Kollel]]
|leader_title = Dean
|leader_name = [[Rabbi]] [[Yitzchak Berkovits]]
|leader_name = [[Rabbi]] [[Yitzchak Berkovits]]
|num_staff = 11
|num_staff = 15-20
|website = {{url|www.thejerusalemkollel.com}}
|website = {{url|www.thejerusalemkollel.com}}
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'''The [[Jerusalem]] Kollel''' is a rabbinic education program with the stated goal of training [[kollel]] students to assume positions of leadership in [[Judaism|Jewish]] communities worldwide.<ref>Seltzer, Nachman (October 25, 2006) "To conquer the world" ''Hamodia Magazine'' Feature Section</ref>
'''The Jerusalem Kollel''' is a [[semicha|rabbinic education]] program with the stated goal of training [[kollel]] couples to assume positions of leadership in [[Judaism|Jewish]] communities worldwide.<ref>Seltzer, Nachman (October 25, 2006) "To conquer the world" ''Hamodia Magazine'' Feature Section</ref>
The intensive 3-year program covers the [[halakha|laws]] of [[Shabbat]], [[Nidah]], and [[Milk and meat in Jewish law|Issur v'Heter]]<nowiki/>as well as a large body of other legal areas and in addition to Jewish Philosophy and Ethics. There is also an additional training component which includes such areas as public speaking, rabbinic counselling, kashrus, non-profit management among other things.


Established in the autumn of the Jewish calendar year 5762 (2002), the [[kollel]] opened with twenty young men. As of 2012, the Kollel had over 70 students and had placed over 130 alumni in positions of community leadership throughout the world.<ref name="website">{{cite web|title=Jerusalem Kollel website|url=http://www.thejerusalemkollel.com/|accessdate=9 January 2011}}</ref>
Established in the autumn of the Jewish calendar year 5762 (2002), the [[kollel]] opened with twenty young men. {{As of|2022}}, the Kollel maintained a student body of approximately 60 handpicked couples and had placed over 300 alumni in positions of community leadership throughout the world.<ref name="website">{{cite web|title=Jerusalem Kollel website|url=http://www.thejerusalemkollel.com/|accessdate=9 January 2011}}</ref>


The Dean of the Kollel is Rabbi [[Yitzchak Berkovits]], a respected advisor on contemporary halachic issues, especially for Jerusalem’s English-speaking haredi community.<ref name=website /><ref name=JpostFB>{{cite news|last=Wrobel|first=Sharon|title=Is facebook kosher?|url=http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/InternetAndTechnology/Article.aspx?id=168983|accessdate=25 December 2011|newspaper=Jerusalem Post|date=2010-02-17}}</ref> Berkovits was a student of the [[Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)]] and served as [[Mashgiach Ruchani|Menahel Ruchani]] of Yeshivas [[Aish HaTorah]] in Jerusalem for 16 years.<ref name="mish">Rose, Binyamin. "Learning to Care: A 'Sichas HaChag' with Rav Yitzchak Berkovits, shlita". ''[[Mishpacha]]'', 16 May 2010, pp. 38&ndash;46.}}</ref>
The Dean of the Kollel is Rabbi [[Yitzchak Berkovits]], a respected advisor on contemporary halachic issues, especially for [[Jerusalem]]’s English-speaking haredi community.<ref name=website /><ref name=JpostFB>{{cite news|last=Wrobel|first=Sharon|title=Is facebook kosher?|url=http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/InternetAndTechnology/Article.aspx?id=168983|accessdate=25 December 2011|newspaper=Jerusalem Post|date=2010-02-17}}</ref> Rabbi Berkovits was a student of the [[Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)]] and served as [[Mashgiach Ruchani|Menahel Ruchani]] of Yeshivas [[Aish HaTorah]] in Jerusalem for 16 years, before helping to start the JK.<ref name="mish">Rose, Binyamin. "Learning to Care: A 'Sichas HaChag' with Rav Yitzchak Berkovits, shlita". ''[[Mishpacha]]'', 16 May 2010, pp. 38&ndash;46.</ref>


==Staff==
==Staff==
*Director - Rabbi Yaakov Blackman (formally Director of Education, Yeshivas Aish HaTorah)<ref name="ReferenceA">Speech given by Rabbi B. C. Dunner at U.S. Trustee's meeting, September 2011</ref>
*Dean: Rabbi Yitchak Berkovits (Rosh Yeshivah - Aish Jerusalem; Nasi - AISH Global)
*CEO: Rabbi Yaakov Blackman (formerly Director of Education, Yeshivas Aish HaTorah)<ref name="ReferenceA">Speech given by Rabbi B. C. Dunner at U.S. Trustee's meeting, September 2011</ref>
*Director of Resource Development - Rabbi Josh Boretsky(formally Director of the Jewel Women's educational program)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*Director of Resource Development: Rabbi Josh Boretsky (formerly Director of the Jewel Women's educational program)<ref name="ReferenceA" />
*Assistant Director (emeritus) - Rabbi Shimon Boruch Glickman<ref>http://il.linkedin.com/in/shimonglickman</ref>
*Assistant Director (practicing) - Rabbi Yitzhok Becker
*Test Coordinator - Rabbi Moishe Atlas

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==Roshei Chabura<ref>Jerusalem Life Magazine, August 2007</ref>==
⚫
*Rabbi Yossi Stillerman
⚫
*Rabbi Gabi Kruskal
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*Rabbi Matti Friedman
*Rabbi Yehonason Gefen <ref>http://www.aish.com/tp/i/gl/115422849.html</ref>


==Adjunct staff==
⚫
<ref>Jerusalem Life Magazine, August 2007</ref>
*Roshei Chabura
**Rabbi Binyamin Feldman
⚫
**Rabbi Gabi Kruskal
**Rabbi Dovid Steinhauer
**Rabbi Yosef Gollub
**Rabbi Binyamin Goldberg
* Adjunct Staff (partial list for training program)
** Rabbi Motti Berger (Senior Lecturer - Aish HaTorah)
** Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe (Director of Torch, Houston)
** Rabbi Yaakov Marcus (Senior Lecturer - Neve Yerushalayim)
** Gedalya Rosen
** Eliezer Blatt
** Rabbi Mordechai Kuber
** Dr. Hillel Davis
*Former Roshei Chabura
**Rabbi Yehonason Gefen
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**Rabbi Yossi Stillerman
⚫
**Rabbi Mattisyahu Friedman
The Women's Program is headed by Rebbetzin Chana Kalsmith.
The Women's Program is headed by Rebbetzin Chana Kalsmith.


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Latest revision as of 08:22, 26 August 2024

The Jerusalem Kollel
Formation2002[1]
TypeKollel
PurposeJewish Leadership
Location
  • 140 מעגלי הרי"ם לוין, Sanhedria Murchevet, Jerusalem
Membership80+
Official language
English, Hebrew,
Dean
Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits
Staff15-20
Websitewww.thejerusalemkollel.com

The Jerusalem Kollel is a rabbinic education program with the stated goal of training kollel couples to assume positions of leadership in Jewish communities worldwide.[2] The intensive 3-year program covers the laws of Shabbat, Nidah, and Issur v'Heteras well as a large body of other legal areas and in addition to Jewish Philosophy and Ethics. There is also an additional training component which includes such areas as public speaking, rabbinic counselling, kashrus, non-profit management among other things.

Established in the autumn of the Jewish calendar year 5762 (2002), the kollel opened with twenty young men. As of 2022, the Kollel maintained a student body of approximately 60 handpicked couples and had placed over 300 alumni in positions of community leadership throughout the world.[1]

The Dean of the Kollel is Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits, a respected advisor on contemporary halachic issues, especially for Jerusalem’s English-speaking haredi community.[1][3] Rabbi Berkovits was a student of the Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem) and served as Menahel Ruchani of Yeshivas Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem for 16 years, before helping to start the JK.[4]

Staff

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  • Dean: Rabbi Yitchak Berkovits (Rosh Yeshivah - Aish Jerusalem; Nasi - AISH Global)
  • CEO: Rabbi Yaakov Blackman (formerly Director of Education, Yeshivas Aish HaTorah)[5]
  • Director of Resource Development: Rabbi Josh Boretsky (formerly Director of the Jewel Women's educational program)[5]

Adjunct staff

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[6]

  • Roshei Chabura
    • Rabbi Binyamin Feldman
    • Rabbi Gabi Kruskal
    • Rabbi Dovid Steinhauer
    • Rabbi Yosef Gollub
    • Rabbi Binyamin Goldberg
  • Adjunct Staff (partial list for training program)
    • Rabbi Motti Berger (Senior Lecturer - Aish HaTorah)
    • Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe (Director of Torch, Houston)
    • Rabbi Yaakov Marcus (Senior Lecturer - Neve Yerushalayim)
    • Gedalya Rosen
    • Eliezer Blatt
    • Rabbi Mordechai Kuber
    • Dr. Hillel Davis
  • Former Roshei Chabura
    • Rabbi Yehonason Gefen
    • Rabbi Yossi Stillerman
    • Rabbi Mattisyahu Friedman

The Women's Program is headed by Rebbetzin Chana Kalsmith.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Jerusalem Kollel website". Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ Seltzer, Nachman (October 25, 2006) "To conquer the world" Hamodia Magazine Feature Section
  3. ^ Wrobel, Sharon (2010-02-17). "Is facebook kosher?". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  4. ^ Rose, Binyamin. "Learning to Care: A 'Sichas HaChag' with Rav Yitzchak Berkovits, shlita". Mishpacha, 16 May 2010, pp. 38–46.
  5. ^ a b Speech given by Rabbi B. C. Dunner at U.S. Trustee's meeting, September 2011
  6. ^ Jerusalem Life Magazine, August 2007


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