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Revision as of 12:40, 30 September 2019
| Formation | 2002[1] |
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| Type | Kollel |
| Purpose | Jewish Leadership |
| Location |
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| Membership | 80+ |
Official language | English, Hebrew, |
Dean | Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits |
| Staff | 15-20 |
| Website | www |
The Jerusalem Kollel is a rabbinic education program with the stated goal of training kollel students to assume positions of leadership in Jewish communities worldwide.[2]
Established in the autumn of the Jewish calendar year 5762 (2002), the kollel opened with twenty young men. As of 2012[update], the Kollel had over 70 students and had placed over 200 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] Berkovits was a student of the Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem) and served as Menahel Ruchani of Yeshivas Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem for 16 years.[4]
Administration
- Dean: Rabbi Yitchak Berkovits (Nasi- AISH Global)
- CEO: Rabbi Yaakov Blackman (formally Director of Education, Yeshivas Aish HaTorah)[5]
- COO: Rabbi Shlomo Brukirer
- Director of Resource Development: Rabbi Josh Boretsky (formally Director of the Jewel Women's educational program)[5]
- Former Staff
- Assistant Directors:
- Rabbi Shimon Boruch Glickman[6]
- Rabbi Yitzhok Becker
- Rabbi Moshe Niehaus
- Rabbi Boruch Dov Diskind
- Assistant Directors:
- Former Staff
Educational Staff[7]
- Roshei Chabura
- Rabbi Binyamin Feldman
- Rabbi Gabi Kruskal
- Rabbi Matti Friedman
- Rabbi Dovid Steinhauer
- Adjunct Staff
- Rabbi Motti Berger (Senior Lecturer- Aish HaTorah)
- Rabbi Peretz Siegel (Mashgiach- Yeshivas Ohr Sameach)
- Rabbi Yaakov Marcus (Senior Lecturer- Neve Yerushalayim)
- Rabbi Moshe Zeldman (
- Gedalya Rosen
- Eliezer Blatt
- Rabbi Mordechai Kuber
- Dr. Hillel Davis
- Former Roshei Chabura
- Rabbi Yehonason Gefen (Author of The Guiding Light)
- Rabbi Yossi Stillerman
The Women's Program is headed by Rebbetzin Chana Kalsmith.
References
- ^ a b c "Jerusalem Kollel website". Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ Seltzer, Nachman (October 25, 2006) "To conquer the world" Hamodia Magazine Feature Section
- ^ Wrobel, Sharon (2010-02-17). "Is facebook kosher?". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
- ^ Rose, Binyamin. "Learning to Care: A 'Sichas HaChag' with Rav Yitzchak Berkovits, shlita". Mishpacha, 16 May 2010, pp. 38–46.
- ^ a b Speech given by Rabbi B. C. Dunner at U.S. Trustee's meeting, September 2011
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Jerusalem Life Magazine, August 2007
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