Rabbi Ely Behar
Rabbi Yehudah Bienstock
Rabbi Yoseph Aharon
David
Rabbi Ephraim Fischer
Rabbi Gershon Fruchter
Rabbi Yehiel Kalish
Rabbi Yuval Kernerman
Rabbi Boruch Leff
Rabbi Dov Lipman
Rabbi A. D. Motzen
Zev Padway
Rabbi Reuven Pelberg
Rabbi Shai Scherer
Rabbi Ben Travis
Rabbi Zev Weiner
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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.
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Rabbi Ely Behar
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TENURE: 1998 - 2002
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Jerusalem, Israel
CURRENTLY: Instructor and Guidance Counselor, Yeshivat Neveh Zion
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Rabbi Yehudah Bienstock
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TENURE: - 2002
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Cincinnati
CURRENTLY: Nursing home administration
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Rabbi Yoseph Aharon David
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TENURE: 1998 - 2000
KOLLEL POSITION: Rabbi, Downtown Synagogue and Learning Center
NOW LIVING IN: Memphis, Tennessee
CURRENTLY: Director of TEAM (Memphis Kollel)
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Rabbi Ephraim Fischer
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TENURE: 1995 - 1997
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Brooklyn, New York
CURRENTLY: Teaching Judaic Studies to Russian immigrants
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Rabbi Gershon Fruchter
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TENURE: 2004 - 2006
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Far Rockaway, New York
CURRENTLY: Working in Manhattan's Diamond District
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Rabbi Yehiel Kalish
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TENURE: - 2002
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Chicago, Illinois
CURRENTLY: National Projects Coordinator, Agudath Israel of America
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Rabbi Yuval Kernerman
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TENURE: 1995 - 1999
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Cincinnati
CURRENTLY: Principal, Cincinnati Hebrew Day School
ALSO: Helps to maintain the Cincinnati Eruv and checks clothing for sha'atnez
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Rabbi Boruch Leff
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TENURE: 1997 -
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING 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)
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Rabbi Dov Lipman
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TENURE: 1995 - 1998
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING 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)
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Rabbi A. D. Motzen
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TENURE: 2002 - 2006
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Cincinnati
CURRENTLY: Executive Director, Agudath Israel of Cincinnati
and Ohio Director of Government and Public Affairs,
Agudath Israel of America
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Rabbi Zev Padway
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TENURE: 2000 - 2001
KOLLEL POSITION: Rabbi, Downtown Synagogue and Learning Center
NOW LIVING 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
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Rabbi Reuven Pelberg
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TENURE: 1995 -
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Cincinnati
CURRENTLY: Judaic Studies teacher, Cincinnati Hebrew Day School
ALSO: Rabbi, Kneseth Israel Congregation
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Rabbi Shai Scherer
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TENURE: 2002 - 2004
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Cincinnati
CURRENTLY: Judaic Studies teacher, Cincinnati Hebrew Day School
ALSO: Runs Shabbos learning groups for boys
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Rabbi Ben Travis
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TENURE: 1998 - 2003
KOLLEL POSITIONS: Rabbi, Downtown Synagogue and Learning Center
Coordinator of Student Outreach
NOW LIVING IN: Cincinnati
CURRENTLY: Judaic Studies instructor and Director of Development,
Cincinnati Hebrew Day School
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Rabbi Zev Weiner
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TENURE: 2001 - 2004
KOLLEL POSITION: Staff Scholar
NOW LIVING IN: Dallas, Texas
CURRENTLY: Judaic Studies instructor, Torah Day School of Dallas
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