Teachers are listed in alphabetical order

Reb Ezra Amichai

Reb Ezra Amichai grew up in New York City and moved to Israel 9 years ago. He received smicha from Yeshivat Bat Ayin in 2005 and since then has been the Director of the Jerusalem Soul Center in the Old City which hosts hundreds of tourist, students, new immigrants, and native Israelis for shabbatonim, festival gatherings, classes, music events and biblical trips around Israel. He can be reached at rebezra@yahoo.com

Oren Benyamin Benoff

Oren studies under Rabbi Shalom Brodt at Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo, in Jerusalem. Oren learned his skills as a Sofer under Rav Natan Siegel, a Master Sofer living in Gush Etzion. Oren was afforded the privilege to engage in a protege master relationship with Rav Siegel. Oren resides in what he believes is the most beautiful and inspiring place on earth; Beit Zayit, located in the Jerusalem forest. Oren’s community is filled with talented artists, with whom he collaborates on his projects.

Rabbi Sholom Brodt

Sholom Brodt is a Judaic studies teacher and storyteller. Sholom was educated at the Chabad yeshiva in Montreal, and at other yeshivot in Toronto and Jerusalem. As a student of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach zt”l, he received rabbinic ordination 1989. He received his BA and Diploma in Instructional Technology from Concordia University in Montreal and his MA in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University in New York.

Sholom has been working in formal and informal Jewish education for thirty years, teaching in Jewish communities of all denominations. For the past nine years he has also been a visiting Rabbi to the Jewish community in Montpelier, VT. As a teacher and participant at the Conference of Rural Judaism, he leads workshops, tells Chassidic stories and conducts services.

Sholom is committed to working for the unity of the Jewish people by providing high quality Jewish education. Believing that it is vital that we interact and study Torah together, that we share and celebrate together, and that we truly learn how to live together as one people, Sholom visits and teaches across North America in communities of all denominations.

Leiba Chaya David

Since her aliyah from the U.S. in 1996, Leiba Chaya has been exploring the Land of Israel and the Israeli environmental movement.  She studied for a year at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, and she is a certified SPNI field guide.  She holds an MA in Jewish Education from Hebrew University, where she researched the relationship between Jewish culture and sense of place.  Currently, Leiba Chaya works at the SPNI Urban Field School in Jerusalem.  She combines her love of Torah and Eretz Yisrael with her experience as an educator and activist to create Jewish Eco-Volunteer programs for visiting students, tourists, and Israeli youth.  She lives with her husband, Yonah, and two small children, Aviel and Noam, on a moshav near Jerusalem.

Morah Leah Golomb

Leah Golomb was raised in New Jersey in a modern orthodox home. She is a chassidah of Reb Shlomo and was a student of his for many years. She continues her journey that lead her to Eretz Israel over 40 years ago. Leah has been teaching the Jewish calendar, holidays and weekly Torah portions for the past 30 years. She currently lives on Moshav Mevo Modiin with her husband Michael. For more information visit http://leahgolomb.com/

Rav Eliyahu Haber

Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo welcomes Rabbi Eliyahu Haber, who will be teaching in our Men’s Beit Midrash program.Born in Buffalo, NY, Eliyahu studied at the famed Ohr Hameir Yeshiva in Westchester County,NY. In 2001 he fulfilled his lifelong dream of moving home to Israel.

For the past few years, Eliyahu has been a Mentor in Talmud at Yeshiva Aderes HaTorah in Jerusalem and spends his afternoons studying in the world famous Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Eliyahu is excited about joining the staff at Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo and exploring new opportunities in helping his brothers find their way to God by finding the spark of God which exists within themselves.

Rabbi Raz Hartman

Raz Hartman received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California. He then studied for six years at the Bat Ayin Yeshiva where he received rabbinic ordination. He now uses music to deepen his Torah teaching. Raz leads the V’Ani Tefillah Shtibel in the Nachlaot community of Jerusalem.

Rabbi Shaul David Judelman

Shaul David Judelman studied in the Yeshivat Bat Ayin Smicha Program and has joined the Simchat Shlomo staff as co-ordinator of the Eco-Activist Beit Midrash and a teacher in the Men’s Beit Midrash Program. Raised in Seattle, WA with a passion and dedication to the world we live in, he completed a B.A. in International and Intercultural Studies at Pitzer College and came through kibbutz on a quest for a Judaism in touch with the Creator and the land that has led to much learning, music, and celebration with our people and our Torah.

Rabbi Shlomo Katz

Shlomo Katz was born in New Jersey but grew up in Raanana, Israel. Shlomo, a credentialed Chaplain, received his rabbinical ordination at the flagship Torah institution of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Yeshivat HaMivtar in Efrat under Rosh HaYeshiva, Rav Chaim Brovender. The Torah and music of Reb Shlomo Carlebach zt”l has inspired and strengthened Shlomo to become a prolific composer of beautiful music. Shlomo is invited quite often as Scholar in Residence to university campuses and synagogues to teach Torah and give concerts, lead Melave Malkas and kumsitzim. He was the lead Baal Tefilah and spiritual guide in the Carlebach Minyan of Beth Jacob of Beverly Hills. He taught Torah and Chassidut, where his classes boasted an average of 50 students on a regular basis.

Morah Tali Katz

Tali Katz was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in Raanana, Israel. Tali attended Michelelt Orot Seminary in Elkana. A graduate of Shaare Zedek Nursing School with a RN degree, she went on to complete her Bachelors Degree at Haifa University. Tali has a rich background and experience in giving shiurim both in Los Angeles and in Israel. She is a lover of the Tanach and has a wonderful gift of “giving over” Torah in a magical way that captures your concentration and imagination.  Tali is a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse at Shaare Zedek Hospital, but in her free time she loves to learn and teach Torah.

Reb Yona Rothman

Yona was raised in Far Rockaway NY in the atmosphere of the Shor Yoshuv Yeshiva, ( the first yeshiva to take in people of diverse backgrounds.) He studied in the Yeshivot Novominsk in Boro Park and Pachad Yitzchak in Yerushalyim. He also studied academic Jewish history and philosophy.

Yona’s teaching focuses on developing tools to study Tamud with independence, and to connect to the learning with the innerness and soul of Chassidut.

Morah Rochel Rena Silber

Morah Silber has had extensive experience in teaching over the past 30 years. While living in New York, Morah Silber taught in Ezra Academy and had weekly shiurim for women in the local communities. Since making Aliyah in 2001, she has continued teaching in various seminaries such as Neve Yerushalayim, Ba’er Miriam, Maayanot for Women, Tikvah, Midreshet Tehilla, Har Nof Women’s Parsha Shiur, Chabad of Ramat Shlomo and Tiferet. She brings in a broad variety of Chassidus sources in her shiurim, and helps her students develop practical ways of living according to chassidut. For more information about Rebbetzin Silber, visit her website http://www.kolrena.org/

Rabbi Avraham Sutton

Avraham Sutton has been learning and teaching Torah, Kabbalah, Talmud, Midrash, Chassidut, prayer and meditation for many years. He has translated, edited or authored over 15 major works on the significance of Torah for our age.

Rabbi Sutton teaches a course called Kabbalistic Teachings on Prayer and Meditation. His website is http://geulah.org/

Rabbi Avraham Aryeh Trugman

Rabbi Avraham Arieh and Rachel Trugman have been teaching thousands about Soul Tools and dozens of other important Jewish spiritual concepts for over 30 years. The Trugmans began Ohr Chadash to share creative, joyous, and non-coercive educational programs that allow participants to explore Judaism at their own pace and according to their own interests. His website is www.thetrugmans.com

Rebbetzin Rachel Trugman, M.S.

Rebbetzin Trugman, a marriage and family therapist, teaches and creates innovative programs especially for women. Along with her work with Ohr Chadash, www.thetrugmans.com, she is an artist who has published a coloring book, Tales of the Talmud.

Yael Ukeles

Yael Ukeles, Founder and Director of Teva Adventure and Derech Hateva, has extensive background in teaching about Judaism, nature, and the environment in Israel and the US. As part of Teva Adventure, Yael has lead wilderness programs in the Rockies for teens with NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) and through SPNI’s (Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel) JEE/Derech Hateva throughout Israel. Both programs continue to pioneer an integrated, original outdoor Jewish curriculum and an innovative approach to Jewish education overall.

Akiva Wolff

Akiva Wolff has been studying Jewish sources relating to the environment for the past 12 years in various Jerusalem yeshivot and kollelim. He is a lecturer at the Jerusalem College of Technology and has an MA in Energy and Environmental Studies and a BSc in Soil Science. Before moving to Israel, he worked as a program director for the New York City Recycling Department and an environmental consultant for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering.