Rabbi Shmuel Goldin served as spiritual leader of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, New Jersey, from 1984 until his aliya in September 2017, and now serves as the synagogue’s Rabbi Emeritus. Prior to assuming his role at Ahavath Torah, Rabbi Goldin served as Rabbi of Beth Sholom Congregation, Potomac, Maryland, and Assistant Rabbi, Beth Jacob…
Rabbi Dr. Benji Levy is the founding partner of Israel Impact Partners, which works with funders to accelerate the growth of the non-profits they care about, bringing together consultants, implementation specialists, and functional experts to make big things happen. Rabbi Benji served as CEO of Mosaic United, a historic joint venture partnership between Israel and…
A precise and passionate speaker, David M. Weinberg combines learned Jewish perspectives with strategic and political insight, always with an inspirational thrust. He is a diplomatic and defense columnist for The Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayom newspapers, known for his polemical intensity and scholarly depth; and founding vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy…
For more information about Israel360, please click here Levi currently teaches Hasidut, Maimonides, and Midrash at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. He has taught Bible, Talmud, and Philosophy of Halakha, and served as the director of the Fellows programme and the director of the Kollel, as well as heading the Pardes Educational Seminar…
Uri Goldstein is the Managing Director of the Overseas Program at Yeshivat Hakotel, where he also teaches classes, and Rav Beit Sefer of Orot Banot school in Beit Shemesh. He also teaches in a number of high schools and seminaries, and has served as scholar in residence and guest speaker at synagogues throughout Israel. Before…
For more information about Israel360, please click here A Chicago native, Jonathan Rosenblum has lived in Israel since 1979. Since 1989, he has been a columnist in nearly every major Anglo-Orthodox publication, including at present a featured columnist for Mishpacha Magazine. His Jerusalem Post column from 1997-2017 was for years the only regular column…
Rabbi Avichai Katzin learned in the Hesder Yeshiva “Kerem B’Yavneh”, and served in military service in the Armored Corps as a tank driver. He participated in the first Lebanon war in which he was seriously wounded (lost his leg). Thank G-d he remained alive and after six months of hospitalization returned to Yeshiva. Served…
Rabbi Dov Lipman was elected to the 19th Knesset in January 2013, making him the first American born MK in nearly 30 years. The author of nine books about Judaism and Israel, Rabbi Lipman holds rabbinic ordination from Ner Israel Rabbinical College and a Masters in Education from Johns Hopkins University. He moved to…
Resident of Ofra, married, father of 5, Major-General in military reserves, MA in Jewish History and Talmud from Hebrew University. Elchanan has served as CEO of the YBA Educational Network since 1996. From 2013-2015, he was CEO of the Office of Religious Services directed by Minister Naftali Bennett and Deputy Minister Eli Ben-Dahan. Afterward, Elchanan…