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Established in the autumn of the Jewish calendar year 5762 (2002), the [[kollel]] opened with twenty young men. As of 2010, the Kollel had over 70 students and 90 alumni placed.<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 2010, the Kollel had over 70 students and 90 alumni placed.<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=02/17/2010}}</ref> Berkovitz 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=02/17/2010}}</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>


==Staff==
==Staff==

Revision as of 15:12, 8 January 2012

The Jerusalem Kollel
Formation2002[1]
TypeKollel
PurposeOutreach Training
Location
Membership80+
Official language
English, Hebrew,
Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits
Staff11
Websitewww.thejerusalemkollel.com

The Jerusalem Kollel is a rabbinic education program with the stated goal of training kollel students to assume positions of leadership in waning Jewish communities worldwide.[2]

Established in the autumn of the Jewish calendar year 5762 (2002), the kollel opened with twenty young men. As of 2010, the Kollel had over 70 students and 90 alumni placed.[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] Berkovits was a student of the Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem) and served as Menahel Ruchani of Yeshivas Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem for 16 years.[4]

Staff

  • Director - Rabbi Yaakov Blackman[5]
  • Director of Resource Development - Rabbi Josh Boretsky[6]
  • Assistant Director - Rabbi Shimon Boruch Glickman[7]
  • Assistant Director of Resource Development - Rabbi Mayer Freedman[8]
  • Semicha Director - Rabbi Adi Isaacs

Roshei Chabura[9]

  • Rabbi Yossi Stillerman
  • Rabbi Gabi Kruskal
  • Rabbi Matti Friedman
  • Rabbi Yecheil Schustall
  • Rabbi Yehonason Gefen [10]

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

References

  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 (02/17/2010). "Is facebook kosher?". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 December 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Rose, Binyamin. "Learning to Care: A 'Sichas HaChag' with Rav Yitzchak Berkovits, shlita". Mishpacha, 16 May 2010, pp. 38–46.}}
  5. ^ Speech given by Rabbi B. C. Dunner at U.S. Trustee's meeting, September 2011
  6. ^ Speech given by Rabbi B. C. Dunner at U.S. Trustee's meeting, September 2011
  7. ^ http://il.linkedin.com/in/shimonglickman
  8. ^ Acknowledgments, A Minute Vort, Scheller, Jerusalem, 2011
  9. ^ Jerusalem Life Magazine, August 2007
  10. ^ http://www.aish.com/tp/i/gl/115422849.html
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