The Jerusalem Kollel

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] The intensive 3-year program covers the laws of Shabbat, Nidah, and Issur v'Heter.

The Jerusalem Kollel
MottoFrom the heart of the world, educating the nation
Formation2002[1]
TypeKollel
PurposeJewish Leadership
Location
  • 140 מעגלי הרי"ם לוין, Sanhedria Murchevet, Jerusalem
Membership
80+
Official language
English, Hebrew,
Dean
Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits
Staff
15-20
Websitewww.thejerusalemkollel.com

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 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]
  • 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

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
  1. "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. Speech given by Rabbi B. C. Dunner at U.S. Trustee's meeting, September 2011
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2011-12-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Jerusalem Life Magazine, August 2007


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