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Isralight's 4th Annual Avraham HaLevi Jerusalem

Rabbinic Enrichment Conference

July 8 - 15, 2008

Isralight wishes safe travels, heartfelt thanks and continued blessings for success to our 2008 Avraham HaLevi Isralight Rabbinic Fellowship Jerusalem Conference participants!

Since it’s inception four years ago, the Avraham HaLevi Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship has provided inspiration, mentoring and on-going continuing education opportunities for a growing network of talented rabbinic leaders. Through our many alumni serving in congregations, schools, and informal educational settings worldwide, Isralight’s unique approach in communicating with clarity the fundamentals of Jewish thought and ritual is now impacting tens of thousands of individuals on 5 different continents each year.

Rabbi Stephen Berger, Vancouver , BC , Canada

Rabbi Eli Deutsch, Old City , Jerusalem , Israel

Rabbi Ryan Goldstein, Glenhazel , South Africa

Rabbi Jason Herman, New York , NY

Rabbi Joel Jerozolim, Woodmere , NY

Rabbi Paul Lewin, Lindfield , Australia

Rabbi Daniel Loew, West Hartford , CT

Rabbi Seth Nadel, West Hartford , CT

Rabbi Doron Podlashuk , South Africa

Rabbi Gershon Turetsky, Nof Ayalon , Israel

Rabbi Naphtali Weisz, Columbus , OH

Rabbi Binyamin Zimmerman, Shaalvim , Israel

Rabbi Nevo Zuckerman, Baltimore , MD

Reflections from a 2008 Avraham HaLevi Isralight Rabbinic Fellowship Participant

The Torah says, “And these are the children of Aaron and Moshe….And these are the names of Aaron’s sons…. (Bemidbar 3:1,2)

Why does the initial verse refer to these “children” as both the children of Moses and Aaron, while the next verse clarifies that we are speaking specifically of Aaron’s children?

Rashi explains: “And they are called Moses’ children because he taught them Torah, the verse comes to teach us that through the teaching of Torah, it was as if they were his actual progeny…”

I spent this last week being “born”, and the tremendous hakarat hatov I feel cannot be reduced to a few lines on paper. There’s no way to describe the sweetness of chocolate that will truly relay the true experience of actually eating it.

After the painful labour pains of doubt, the only outcome is a birth of new ideas that drive home the beauty and purpose of our lives.

Isralight and the rabbeim, specifically Rabbi Aaron and Rav Binny have given me this new lease on life. Thank you!

Also to Rav Moish Kornblum for introducing me to the program, thinking about me and inviting me.

Acharon, acharon chaviv to Rav Shor, the creator of this fantastic program. Through his vision and efforts, thousands will be affected through this growing network of rabbis and educators….

Yeyasher Kochachem…

Rabbi Ryan Goldstein
Johannesburg, South Africa

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Reflections from the Summer 2008 Isralight Rabbinic Internship

Dear Friends, It is my pleasure to share with you a sampling of the positive feedback we've received from numerous participants in our recent summer rabbinic internship. As the letters below indicate we were blessed to study with and inspire an outstanding group of young and promising future rabbinic talent. With warmest blessings from Jerusalem , Rabbi Sam Shor Director, Community & Leadership Development

My name is Jonny Gordon. I was born and raised in Montreal and currently live in Jerusalem with my wife and daughter. I am a 3rd year semicha student studying at Yeshiva University 's RIETS Israel Kollel in Jerusalem . Being a part of the Isralight Summer Internship has truly been a life-changing experience. The topics and ideas shared and discussed throughout the two-week long internship have filled a huge need that unfortunately is not addressed by most modern-day semicha programs. The problem is that the biggest issues Jewish educators have to deal with today are not included in most modern-day semicha curriculums since many are designed for the needs of previous generations. Dozens of ordained Rabbis are leaving the walls of the Beit Midrash each year with a solid foundation in Halacha, but without a grasp of the most crucial issues that will come up during their career as a Jewish educator! Jews of all ages, backgrounds and denominations are searching for meaning and purpose in their lives. Many Jews are unfortunately looking outside their own faith for meaning after finding no answers to their questions in their own religion. One of the major reasons for this lack of answers is that Jewish educators were never taught to think about these fundamental issues themselves! The Isralight Summer Internship was designed to fix this problem, and for me it has done exactly that. While only so much could be accomplished in a two- week span, Rabbi David Aaron and Rav Binny Freedman's wisdom and guidance has inspired me to begin to seriously explore such fundamental issues as our relationship to God, Jewish suffering and the purpose of prayer. Rav Binny also shared with the group many of his teaching methodologies, both inside and outside of the classroom. Rabbi Aaron and Rav Binny are exceptional models of what true Jewish educators are and should be. Both are warm and approachable and helped guide me personally in defining my career goals. I feel that every semicha student should seriously consider applying for the Isralight Summer Internship. If you have decided that your life mission is to help Jews grow spiritually and help them create a meaningful connection with Judaism, then there are no better mentors to prepare you for a successful and happy life in Jewish education than Rabbi Aaron and Rav Binny. In my mind, there is no better program than the Isralight Summer Internship to prepare you for a life in Jewish education. Jonny Gordon

My name is Victor Haim Gheriani. I am currently a rabbinical student at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University, and a graduate student at the Azrieli School of Jewish Education. I have previously worked professionally for UBS Financial Services and serve as youth coordinator and synagogue Cantor for the Sefardic Congregation Magen David of West Deal, New Jersey . For the past three years, I have been focusing on the study of Talmud and Halacha. Specifically I have dealt with the intricate laws of Kashrut, Mourning, and Family Purity. I felt however that there was something lacking in my education, the essential core ideas of Judaism simply were not discussed. As an Isralight Summer Rabbinic Intern, I am extremely grateful for the recent educational experience. Rabbi Aaron , Rabbi Freedman, Rabbi Shor and Rabbi Wolfe have introduced me to a new way of thinking as a rabbi living in the 21st Century. As a result of this program, I am interested to explore the teachings of Rav Kook and various essential Jewish Sources to help enable me to reach and inspire both the more experienced student as well as the novice. As I shared with each of the members of the educational staff, this program was "life transforming," for me! With Hashem's help, I plan to utilize all we have gained these past two weeks in my work in Jewish education with youth and adults. Victor Gheriani

In my second year of Semicha studies at Yeshiva University I was searching for a refreshing, energetic approach to studying Jewish philosophy, methodology and mysticism, which I found whilst studying at the Isralight Rabbinic Internship. The two weeks that I spent with Isralight were inspirational and insightful. Rabbi Aaron , Rabbi Freedman and Rabbi Shor built not only a firm foundation for me to begin my teaching career but also opened my mind to many new ideas and approaches in the world of Jewish education. My deep passion to educate and inspire Jewish teenagers for many years to come has moved one step closer to reality with the tools that I learned from the special Rabbis at Isralight. The opportunity to spend two weeks in the Old City of Jerusalem, with 12 peers who share the same passions as I, and to study and debate the most essential issues that the Jewish world faces is a unique one. It is something I would highly recommend to anyone who is planning on working within the world of Jewish education, whether as a Synagogue Rabbi or a Jewish educator. The Isralight internship has become a fundamental experience that I look forward to utilizing and building on. Yechiel Shaffer JSU Club Advisor, New Jersey NCSY

As a current part time educator in Ramaz Middle School and the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue I always seek pedagogy, content and new educational paradigms to better educate my students. The two week educational experience at Isralight introduced an extraordinary framework to life, outreach and most importantly traditional Judaism. The studies of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, traditional Kabbala and Hassidut were truly eye opening and heart warming. The love of Judaism, which clearly was expressed by the educators, Rabbi David Aaron , Rabbi Binyamin Freedman and Rabbi Sam Shor resonated to all our hearts. It is for certain that the Torah which they taught will be transmitted to our students, peers and colleagues. Coming into the program I was unclear of who man was, who Hashem was and what exactly our relationship really is. This fundamental foundation of Judaism was deprived of me as I was growing up but I am blessed with this incredible opportunity to learn with true leaders in the world of education. Walking away from this program I am more confident and excited to be moving forward in the Rabbinic world. This experience was truly equivalent to being lifted on the shoulders of giants to see way beyond anywhere we have been able to see before. Thank you for this transformational experience. I hope this is the beginning of an everlasting relationship. Sion Setton

After studying in Yeshiva University , I worked in the Jewish community in Chicago as a youth director NCSY leader, and Hebrew School teacher. Seeing the need to get a stronger background in rabbinical leadership, I came to Israel to study in Yeshiva in order to grow as a leader and educator. In addition to conventional yeshiva studies, I sought after personalities and classes that would enhance my ability to make an impact in the Jewish world. One place where I found guidance and inspiration was Isralight. The two week summer rabbinic internship opened my eyes to a world of Jewish thought that I previously had very little interaction with! I feel that in two weeks I gained more confidence and insights to be used in Jewish education than I amassed over the course of an entire year in Yeshiva. Each member of the Isralight rabbinic staff has a very unique and palatable approach, and show a true love for what they teach, and who they teach! I look forward to putting my newly gained skills and inspiration into practice when I seek a position in Jewish education. Kevin Burian

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Summer 2008 Rabbinic Internship at Isralight

June 17 - July 2

The Isralight Rabbinic Internships offer a hand-picked group of rabbinical students an opportunity to study, explore, and hone their skills at the Isralight Institute in the Old City of Jerusalem. Room, board (including most meals), materials and ground transportation are fully subsidized for program participants.

Select interns may be offered continued internships and additional on-going field work at Isralight programs in North America or in Israel .

The Isralight Summer Rabbinic Internships train future rabbinic leaders in innovative and effective ways to communicate in a compelling and inspiring manner. Additionally, it exposes participants to many of the fundamental texts that form the basis of Isralight's all-embracing educational philosophy and approach.

Program Highlights will include:  

• Interns engage in guided think-tank sessions addressing challenging issues that contemporary Jewish leaders must face.  

• Seminars enhanced skill in communication, oration, and informal counseling, honing participants' talents and abilities.  Participants will have opportunities for practical hands-on informal hadracha (counseling and teaching) with Jewish adults from diverse backgrounds at the Isralight Institute program, and received constructive analysis and feedback.

• Interns will explore many of the essential writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and other giants of Jewish thought under the tutelage of Isralight teachers.  

• Participants will also join us for some our signature tours in the Holy City , demonstrating the Isralight approach in utilizing these informal experiences as a vibrant classroom without walls .

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New Orleans Mitzvah Mission 2008

"Healing a Broken Community"

Over the past several years many valued friendships and partnerships have developed through the networking, learning and conferences offered to rabbis through Isralight's Leadership Training Institute and our Avraham HaLevi Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship. Among those many special young rabbis who have come to make up our extended family are Rabbis Uri Topolosky of Congregation Beth Israel in New Orleans , LA and Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider of the Mt. Kisco (NY) Hebrew Congregation.

Rav Uri and his wife Dr. Dahlia Topolosky, have been part of our Isralight global community for many years- staffing Israel trips, retreats and leading kumsitzes and classes. Following several years as part of the team of clergy at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale,  Rav Uri and Rebbetzin Dahlia together with their two young sons, relocated this past year to assist in the rebuilding of the hurricane ravaged and largely displaced Jewish community in New Orleans .

Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider will be bringing a contigent from our partner synagogue the Mt. Kisco Hebrew Congregation to visit New Orleans this coming weekend. The group plans to arrive in New Orleans on Thursday evening March 27 th . Friday will be spent volunteering in rebuilding efforts, as well as participating in a group visit together with Rav Uri to the destroyed Beth Israel Synagogue building, once the largest Orthodox synagogue in New Orleans .

Shabbat will be celebrated with Rav Uri and Rebbetzin Dahlia and their congregation in their temporary location,  followed by a musical havdala with Rav Uri. On Sunday the group will complete its Mitzvah Mission with a tour the 9th Ward and see first hand the scope of the destruction.

Isralight would like to wish Rav Uri and Rebbetzin Dahlia much success in their incredible and holy work, and salute Rabbi Goldscheider and his group for participating in this great act of solidarity and kindness.

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Leadership Training Institute Update

Rabbi David Aaron in South Africa!

Rabbi David Aaron, Founder and Dean of Isralight and renowned author and educator, has been invited to South Africa by the King David Schools and Yeshiva College of Johannesburg. King David is by far and away the largest Jewish Day School in South Africa and Yeshiva College is the first and largest Yeshiva Day School in South Africa. Our friend, Rabbi Craig Kacev, a 2006 alumnus of the Avraham HaLevi Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship serves as the Director of the SABJE, South African Board of Jewish Education and is the head of the King David School System.

Throughout his visit from February 12-18, Rabbi Aaron will present seminars to teachers in the Pre-Primary, Primary, Junior High School and High School levels and will also be offering several classes to high school students throughout the week. Additionally Rabbi Aaron will offer training to the staff of the DIJE, the Division of Informal Jewish Education who run programs for the South African Board of Jewish Education.

Rabbi Ramon Widmonte , a 2007 alumnus of the Avraham HaLevi Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship, who supervises all leadership training and programming for Bnei Akiva in South Africa , has also invited Rabbi Aaron to present several sessions for the staff and advisors of Bnei Akiva during the week as well.

Joining Rabbi Aaron will be Rabbi Moshe Kornblum. Rav Moish , the Dean of Students for Orayta at Isralight, served for several years as a rabbi in South Africa prior to his aliya. Orayta , a year-long Israel program to be held at Isralight's stunning Old City campus, will launch it's first class beginning this coming September. Visit www.orayta.org to learn more about this exciting development at Isralight.

For more information regarding Isralight's seminars for educators, and additional leadership training programs, contact Rabbi Sam Shor, Director of Isralight's Leadership Training Institute (LTI) via email sam@isralight.org . For more information regarding Orayta, contact Rabbi Moshe Kornblum, Orayta's Dean of Students via email ravmoish@orayta.org .

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Isralight's Leadership Training Institute

Annual Winter Retreat Participants

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Shedding Light on the Days of Awe

  A Journal of Torah Thoughts Featuring

  Members of the Avraham HaLevi Isralight Enrichment Fellowship

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Isralight's Third Annual Avraham Halevi Jerusalem

Rabbinic Enrichment Conference

July 9th- 16th 2007  

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A key element of the year- long Avraham Halevi Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship, the summer program in Jerusalem, once again brought together a select group of young rabbis from across the US, South Africa and Israel to participate in a series of training initiatives and professional enrichment , under the direction of Rabbi Sam Shor, Isralight's Director of Community and Leadership Development.

Rabbi David Aaron, Isralight's Dean and Founder, and Rav Binny Freedman, Isralight's Director have developed a unique curriculum to address and clarify many of the fundamental, challenging, and often confusing issues of Jewish belief. The Avraham Halevi Jerusalem Rabbinic Enrichment Conference provides its participants with innovative and effective ways to communicate these ideas in a compelling and inspiring manner. Fellows were introduced to many of the fundamental texts that form the basis of Isralight's educational philosophy and approach.

Highlights of the Jerusalem Summer Conference included:

• Think tank sessions to network and share ideas with colleagues

• Discussing solutions to many of the challenging issues that contemporary Jewish leaders must address

• Opportunities to study and explore many of the essential writings and teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohain Kook zt'l, and Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik zt'l

• Experiencing the unique Isralight story-walks and seminars in Jerusalem 's Old City , that have captured the imagination of thousands from all over the world.

This summer we brought together an outstanding group of participants representing both established as well as up-and-coming rabbinic talent from all facets of the rabbinate - pulpit, education, and communal leadership.

2007 Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellows include:  

Rabbi Yonah Gross, Rabbi, Young Israel, Phoenix , AZ  

Rabbi Simcha Jacob, Educational Director, Center for Return, Queens College , NY  

Rabbi Shalom Morris, Assistant Rabbi, Lincoln Square Synagogue

Rabbi Adam Perlman, Bat Ayin, Israel, former instructor, Prozdor Hebrew High School of Hebrew College, Boston, MA  

Rabbi Yossi Pollak , Rabbi, Stanton Street Shul, NYC

Rabbi Ari Salomont, Director of Recruitment and Outreach, Mechinah and Basic Jewish Studies Program, Yeshiva University

Rabbi Saul Strosberg, Rabbi, Congregation Sherith Israel , Nashville , TN  

Rabbi Joshua Strulowitz, Rabbi, Congregation Adath Israel , San Francisco , CA 

Rabbi Shimmy Trencher, Dean of Students, Hebrew High School of New England, West Hartford, CT  

Rabbi Ramon Widmonte, Director of Bnai Akiva Shuls and Schools Program, Johannesberg , South Africa  

We had a wonderful week together in Jerusalem and look forward to the development of an on-going relationship and partnership with each of the participating rabbis, their institutions and communities.

To learn more about the Avraham Halevi Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship please contact Rabbi Sam Shor via email at Sam@isralight.org or call 212 947 4911.

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Isralight Summer Rabbinic Internships 2007

June 18th - July 3rd , 2007

A special thank you to all the participants of Isralight's Summer Rabbinic Internships, held in Jerusalem from June 18th - July 3rd , 2007. The Isralight Rabbinic Internships offer a hand-picked group of rabbinical students an opportunity to study, explore, and hone their skills at the Isralight Institute in the Old City of Jerusalem. Room, board (including most meals), materials and ground transportation are fully subsidized for program participants.

Select interns may be offered continued internships and additional on-going field work at Isralight programs in North America.

The Isralight Summer Rabbinic Internships train future rabbinic leaders in innovative and effective ways to communicate in a compelling and inspiring manner. Additionally, it exposes participants to many of the fundamental texts that form the basis of Isralight's all-embracing educational philosophy and approach.

Program Highlights

• Interns engaged in guided think-tank sessions addressing challenging issues that contemporary Jewish leaders must face.
• Seminars enhanced skill in communication, oration, and informal counseling, honing participants' talents and abilities.  Participants had ample opportunities for practical hands-on informal hadracha (counseling and teaching) with Jewish adults from diverse backgrounds at the Isralight Institute program, and received constructive analysis and feedback.
• Interns explored many of the essential writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and other giants of Jewish thought under the tutelage of Isralight teachers.
• Participants were provided with unique trips and tours in Israel , demonstrating the Jewish homeland's viability to be a vibrant classroom without walls .

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Second Annual Isralight NY Area Rabbinic Conference

The Fire to Inspire

Sunday, January 14 - Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Mt. Kisco, NY

"I just wanted to directly convey my thanks and gratitude for this conference as well as all of the other opportunities I have been fortunate to receive from you. I feel that it has made a difference in not only my life, but in the lives of the students who I come across."

-Rabbi Rafi Lipner, Toronto Canada

The Avraham HaLevi Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship provides continuing education, mentoring and on-going resources to a select group of young rabbinic leadership.

A key aspect of the Avraham HaLevi Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship is our professional conferences for Rabbis, held twice each year in Jerusalem and in New York .

We are pleased to announce our second annual NY area Rabbinic Conference, to be held in Mt. Kisco, NY on Sunday January 14th - Tuesday January 16th, 2007. This significantly subsidized professional enrichment opportunity for rabbis, will bring together a select group of rabbinic talent including the many alumni of Isralight's leadership training initiatives, and alumni of both the 2005 and 2006 Avraham HaLevi Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowships.

The theme for the conference is The Fire to inspire.

Conference participants will have opportunities to study important selections from the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and other important theologians, participate in  workshops and classes led by Rabbi David Aaron, and Rav Binny Freedman, and think tank sessions moderated by Rabbi Sam Shor . The entire conference will be graciously hosted by the Mt. Kisco Hebrew Congregation and their Spiritual Leader, Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider, an Isralight 2005 Rabbinic Enrichment Fellow.

For more information about the New York area Rabbinic Conference, or any of Isralight's training initiatives for rabbis and educators, contact Rabbi Sam Shor, Director of Community and Leadership Development at 212-947-4911 or e-mail sam@isralight.org .

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Isralight Rabbis to be Featured at

Yeshiva University Rabbinical School Retreat

January 10th, 2007

As part of a series of on-going consultations and seminars offered to Yeshiva University 's many departments, Rabbi David Aaron , Rav Binny and Rabbi Sam Shor have been invited to participate in the Inaugural Yeshiva University Rabbinical School Retreat to be held January 10th and 11th in Tenafly, NJ under the direction of  Rabbi Marc Penner-Director of Professional Education at YU's Center for the Jewish Future.

Rabbi Aaron and Rav Binny will be presenting multiple advanced textual classes to these promising rabbinical students. Additionally many prominent Yeshiva University faculty- including YU Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbi Kenneth Brander, Dean of the Center for the Jewish Future will be presenting. Rabbi Aaron will be part of a panel discussion along with Rabbi Brander and Rabbi Yakov Neuberger addressing the challenges of Contemporary Jewish Life. Rav Binny will close out the first evening program with his signature “Song and Stories on guitar.”

Participating students will also have the opportunity to apply and interview with Rabbi Sam Shor, for acceptance to our upcoming Summer Internships for rabbinical students in Jerusalem .

For more information about this or any of Isralight's Leadership training initiatives, conferences and internship opportunities feel free to contact Rabbi Sam Shor via email sam@isralight.org .

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Isralight's Second Annual

Jerusalem Rabbinic Enrichment Conference

Isralight's second annual Jerusalem Rabbinic Enrichment Conference took place

July 16th - 23rd, 2006. 

A key element of the year- long  Avraham Halevi Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship, this summer program brought together a select group of young rabbis who were invited to participate in a series of training initiatives and professional enrichment , under the guidance of Rabbi Sam Shor, Isralight's Director of Community and Leadership Development.

Rabbi David Aaron, Isralight's Dean and Founder, and Rav Binny Freedman, Isralight's Director have developed a unique curriculum that addresses and clarifies many of the fundamental, challenging, and often confusing issues of Jewish Belief. The Jerusalem Rabbinic Enrichment Conference provided its participants with innovative and effective ways to communicate these ideas in a compelling and inspiring manner. It also exposed participants to many of the fundamental texts that form the basis of Isralight's educational philosophy and approach.

Highlights of the Jerusalem Summer Conference included:

•  Opportunities to study and explore many of the essential writings and teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohain Kook zt'l, and Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik zt'l.

•  Think tank sessions to network and share ideas with colleagues.

•  Discussing solutions to many of the challenging issues that contemporary Jewish leaders must address.

•  Experiencing the unique Isralight story-walks and seminars in Jerusalem 's Old City , that have captured the imagination of thousands from all over the world.

We are once again privileged to have had an outstanding group of participants representing both established as well as up-and-coming rabbinic talent from all aspects of the rabbinate- pulpit, education, and communal leadership.  

Isralight Rabbinic Enrichment Fellowship 2006 Participants

Rabbi Gur Berman, Faculty, Hillel Day School , Boca Raton, FL

Rabbi Steven Eisenberg, Faculty, Mechina program at Yeshiva Unversity, NY

Rabbi Shaanan Gelman, Rabbi of Kehilat Chovevei Zion , Skokie , IL

Rabbi Jonathan Gross, Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel , Omaha, NE

Rabbi Benjy Horowitz, Faculty, Boca Raton Yeshiva High School, FL

Rabbi Craig Kacev, Director of South African Board of Jewish Education

Rabbi Elly Krimsky, Assistant Director of Professional Development and Placement for Yeshiva University RIETS, NY

Rabbi Aaron Levitt, Assistant Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue, FL

Rabbi Jonathan Muskat, Rabbi, Young Israel of Oceanside, NY

Rabbi Ari Rockoff, Director of Communal Initiatives, Yeshiva University Center for Jewish Future, NY

Rabbi Adam Starr, Rabbi, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, NY

Rabbi Chaim Strauchler, Rabbi, Beit Chaveirim Synagogue, Westport, CT

Rabbi Yosef Weinstock, Assistant Rabbi, Young Israel of Hollywood, FL

We look forward to a wonderful week together in Jerusalem and to the development of an on-going relationship and partnership with each of the participating rabbis, their institutions and communities.

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Torah Insights from Isralight's Rabbinic Enrichment Fellows

Bo 5767/2007 by Rabbi Moshe Rothchild

Vayakhel 5767/2006 by Rabbi Avi Heller

Ki Tisah 5766/2005 by Rabbi Ira Ebbin

Vayishlach 5766/2005 by Rabbi Elie Wienstock

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