Where are Our "Alumni" Now?

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Rabbi Chaim Barry Rabbi Ely Behar Rabbi Yehudah Bienstock Rabbi Yoseph Aharon David Rabbi Ephraim Fischer Rabbi Gershon Fruchter Rabbi Yehiel Kalish Rabbi Dov Katz Rabbi Yuval Kernerman Rabbi Moshe Kibel Rabbi Pinchas Landis Naomi Landis Rabbi Yirmi Lederer Rabbi Boruch Leff Rabbi Dov Lipman Rabbi A. D. Motzen Zev Padway Rabbi Reuven Pelberg Rabbi Shai Scherer Rabbi Dov Schwartzbaum Rabbi Ben Travis Elisa Travis Rabbi Zev Weiner		Kollel "Alumni" Photos of and information about our former staff. We are proud of our "alumni" and the important positions they now fill. To check up on our current staff, please visit our Kollel Staff page.
Rabbi Chaim Barry TENURE: ? - ? KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Cincinnati CURRENTLY: ? ALSO: ?
Rabbi Ely Behar TENURE: 1998 - 2002 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Jerusalem, Israel CURRENTLY: Instructor and Guidance Counselor, Yeshivat Neveh Zion
Rabbi Yehudah Bienstock TENURE: - 2002 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: St. Louis, Missouri CURRENTLY: Nursing home administration
Rabbi Yoseph Aharon David TENURE: 1998 - 2000 KOLLEL POSITION: Rabbi, Downtown Synagogue and Learning Center NOW LIVES IN: St. Louis, Missouri CURRENTLY: Executive Director, Aish St. Louis
Rabbi Ephraim Fischer TENURE: 1995 - 1997 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Brooklyn, New York CURRENTLY: Teaching Judaic Studies to Russian immigrants
Rabbi Gershon Fruchter TENURE: 2004 - 2006 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Far Rockaway, New York CURRENTLY: Working in Manhattan's Diamond District
Rabbi Yehiel Kalish TENURE: 1999 - 2002 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Far Rockaway, New York CURRENTLY: National Director of Government Affairs, Agudath Israel of America
Rabbi Dov Katz TENURE: 2006 - 2010 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar, Torah L'netzach NOW LIVES IN: Cincinnati CURRENTLY: Medical Scribe for Springfield Emergency Physicians, Inc. ALSO: Student in the Pre-Physician Assistant Program at University of New England
Rabbi Yuval Kernerman TENURE: 1995 - 1999 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Cincinnati CURRENTLY: Principal, Cincinnati Hebrew Day School ALSO: Helps to maintain the Cincinnati Eruv and checks clothing for sha'atnez
Rabbi Moshe Kibel TENURE: ? - ? KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Cincinnati CURRENTLY: ? ALSO: ?
Naomi Landis TENURE: ? - ? KOLLEL POSITION: ? NOW LIVES IN: ? CURRENTLY: ? ALSO: ?
Rabbi Pinchas Landis TENURE: ? - ? KOLLEL POSITION: Director, Kollel Retreat Center NOW LIVES IN: Cincinnati CURRENTLY: Rabbi, Congregation Ohr Chodosh ALSO: ?
Rabbi Yirmi (Jeremie) Lederer TENURE: ? - ? KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: New York CURRENTLY: ? ALSO: ?
Rabbi Boruch Leff TENURE: 1997 - KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Baltimore, Maryland CURRENTLY: Assistant Principal, Torah Institute of Baltimore ALSO: Author of Forever His Students (Feldheim) and "Kol Yaakov" (weekly column on the Torah portion)
Rabbi Dov Lipman TENURE: 1995 - 1998 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Bet Shemesh, Israel CURRENTLY: Teaches Judaic Studies to young women at Machon Maayan and Merkaz Tiferet, and to young men at Reishit Yerushalayim ALSO: Author of DISCOVER: Answers for Teenagers (and adults) to Questions about the Jewish Faith (Feldheim) and "Parsha Points to Ponder" (weekly column on the Torah portion at OU.org)
Rabbi A. D. Motzen TENURE: 2002 - 2006 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Cincinnati CURRENTLY: Executive Director, Agudath Israel of Cincinnati and Ohio Director of Government and Public Affairs, Agudath Israel of America
Rabbi Zev Padway TENURE: 2000 - 2001 KOLLEL POSITION: Rabbi, Downtown Synagogue and Learning Center NOW LIVES IN: Berkeley, California CURRENTLY: Freelance filmmaker (Padway Productions) ALSO: Majoring in Psychology at Berkeley City College Runs Jerusalem Camp, an outreach program at Rainbow Gatherings
Rabbi Reuven Pelberg TENURE: 1995 - 2000 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar (also cantor, original bima changer, and center of basketball team) NOW LIVES IN: South Bend, Indiana CURRENTLY:Principal, South Bend Hebrew Day School
Rabbi Shai Scherer TENURE: 2002 - 2004 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Cincinnati CURRENTLY: Judaic Studies teacher, Cincinnati Hebrew Day School ALSO: Runs Shabbos learning groups for boys
Rabbi Dov Schwartzbaum TENURE: ? - ? KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Israel CURRENTLY: ? ALSO: ?
Rabbi Ben Travis TENURE: 1998 - 2003 KOLLEL POSITIONS: Staff Scholar Rabbi, Downtown Synagogue and Learning Center Coordinator of Student Outreach NOW LIVES IN: Cincinnati CURRENTLY: Judaic Studies instructor and Director of Development, Cincinnati Hebrew Day School
Elisa Travis TENURE: ? - ? KOLLEL POSITION: ? NOW LIVES IN: Cincinnati CURRENTLY: ? ALSO: ?
Rabbi Zev Weiner TENURE: 2001 - 2004 KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar NOW LIVES IN: Plano, Texas CURRENTLY: Judaic Studies instructor, Torah Day School of Dallas