Advanced Torah Fellowship

Dr. Ariel Levinson is a scholar, educator, and public lecturer specializing in Hebrew and Jewish culture. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Jerusalem Secular Yeshiva, an innovative educational and cultural center for post-army young adults and university students that combines immersive study programs, cultural initiatives, and community building. A leading figure in contemporary Israeli Jewish culture, Levinson develops cultural projects, festivals, and interdisciplinary creative labs in television, film, animation, dance, design, and the arts, integrating Jewish textual traditions with contemporary Israeli creativity. An award-winning scholar of Hebrew literature, he has received fellowships and honors from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for both academic excellence and social leadership. His essays, literary criticism, and cultural commentary have appeared in major Israeli newspapers, journals, and online publications, exploring the intersection of contemporary issues, secular Jewish identity, and modern Hebrew culture.

Michal Roness is the coordinator of the Yoatzot Halacha Nishmat Ha-Bayit Research Institute as well as the director of Nishmat's Yoatzot Halacha Fertility Counselor Project in conjunction with Gefen Fertility. She has been responding to questions on Nishmat's Golda Koschitzky Hotline since 2008. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Michal lives with her family in Ramat Beit Shemesh, where she gives shiurim in Taharat Hamishpacha, intimacy, and other halachic topics. Michal has an MA in conflict resolution from Hebrew University and served as the coordinator of the Conflict Management and Negotiation Program at Bar-Ilan University for 15 years.

Rabbi Dr. Avraham Stav is an Israeli rabbi, author, and educator specializing in Jewish law and contemporary Jewish thought. He studied at Yeshivat Yerucham, Yeshivat Har HaMor, and Yeshivat Har Etzion and its advanced kollel, and received rabbinic ordination. He completed a BA in education at Herzog College and an MA and PhD in Jewish Thought at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, focusing on medieval Jewish philosophy of prayer. He served in the Israel Defense Forces in the Artillery Corps and remains an active reservist. Rabbi Stav teaches at the "Shaarei Tzion" rabbinical training institute, Bar-Ilan University, and Ulpanat Neve Hanna, and is a researcher with Tzohar. He leads and mentors in programs for halakhic writing. He publishes widely, including books such as "Kachalom Ya'uf", "Mibeit LaParochet", and "Tzimhonut Yehudit", and writes a regular cultural column in Makor Rishon and the HaDor Shabbat leaflet.

Rivka Wietchner is a Jerusalem-based Halakhic scholar, educator, and pedagogist. She is currently authoring a Halakhic book providing a framework for shared spaces of daily life of religious and secular individuals. Rivka holds a B.A. in Management from the Open University, an M.A. in Art Policy from Bezalel, and a Master's thesis in Gender Studies from Bar-Ilan University, focused on the intersection of gender and Halakha. Her extensive Torah education includes rabbinic ordination (Semikha) from Yeshivat Maharat, Israeli Rabbinic ordination from the Hartman Institute and Oranim College, and years of study in various Batei Midrash. Rivka was a fellow in Sefaria's "Va'tichtov" project and the "Kotvot Halacha" program. Previously, she was Director of Halakha at Hartman High School and an OU-JLIC campus educator at the University of Chicago. She approaches Halakha through a broad cultural lens, aiming to make it accessible to diverse audiences.

Rabbanit Dr. Myriam Ackermann Sommer is the first female Orthodox rabbi in France. She lives in Paris with her husband, Emile, a graduate of YCT, and their two daughters. Together, they have founded a vibrant Modern Orthodox community based in the Jewish community center L'ECUJE. Rabbanit Myriam also holds a PhD in Jewish American literature and has published several essays, academic articles, and translations.

Rabbi Tzvi Benoff is the Assistant Rabbi at the Riverdale Jewish Center and fellow in the Wexner Kollel Elyon and Kollel Hora'ah at RIETS. Originally from Bergenfield, NJ, he received his semikha from RIETS and graduated magna cum laude from Yeshiva College with a bachelor's degree in mathematical economics and history, before which he studied in Israel at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh. He holds an MA in International Political Economy and Development from Fordham University and has previously served as a fellow at Tikvah Fund, Wexner Foundation and the UJA.

Joanne has a degree in languages from Cambridge University (French, Spanish, and Italian) and postgraduate studies in law and is completing a 4-year halacha qualification. She practiced for 12 years in international arbitration before establishing a new role to resolve difficult Get cases at the London Beth Din. She now leads LSJS, the London School of Jewish Studies, a global centre of Jewish education where she is responsible for the training and development of teachers for Jewish schools and communities and many adult learning opportunities. She also consulted for Educating for Impact, working with European Jewish communities and schools to devise their long-term strategy. She is a Rabbi Sacks Scholar and lectures widely across the community in the UK and globally, focusing on Jewish education and on Jewish law and contemporary issues.

Moshe Greenhut. Serves as a researcher at the Mishpatei Eretz Institute in the fields of law and technology. Moshe believes in the study and development of Torah law and its application in all areas of life and studies and researches the interfaces of Torah, state, technology, and culture. Moshe studied at Ponevezh Yeshiva, serves as a judge at the rabbinical court of the Eretz Hemdah Institute, teaches Talmud and Jewish thought and is ordained as a city rabbi by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

Meirav Kahana holds a PhD in Hebrew Language with a specialization in the language of the Tannaim. She has been teaching for two and a half decades at the Midrasha at Bar-Ilan University, focusing primarily on Talmud and Halakha. She heads the Metivta Program, the Midrasha’s largest and central learning track. In the past, she also taught at institutions such as Matan and Drisha Institute. She is a certified halakhic advisor (Yoetzet Halakha) through Nishmat. Most of her Torah education was acquired independently, although she also studied for several years in the Midrasha’s doctoral program. She is also a member of the teaching staff at Hadran, the daily Talmud study program for women.

Michal Roness is the coordinator of the Yoatzot Halacha Nishmat Ha-Bayit Research Institute as well as the director of Nishmat's Yoatzot Halacha Fertility Counselor Project in conjunction with Gefen Fertility. She has been responding to questions on Nishmat's Golda Koschitzky Hotline since 2008. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Michal lives with her family in Ramat Beit Shemesh, where she gives shiurim in Taharat Hamishpacha, intimacy, and other halachic topics. Michal has an MA in conflict resolution from Hebrew University and served as the coordinator of the Conflict Management and Negotiation Program at Bar-Ilan University for 15 years.

Yakov Wallach is learning Jewish Litigation (Dayanut) at Eretz Hemdah Institute. During the current war, he has been spending a significant amount of time in the IDF reserves as an intelligence officer. He studied at the Machon Lev Yeshiva High School, where he completed a B.Sc. in computer science. Before joining Eretz Hemdah in 2022, he studied at Har Etzion Yeshiva, where he received Smicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and a teaching certificate from Herzog College. While studying at Har Etzion, he taught at Yeshivat Makor Hayim High School in the evenings. After moving to Jerusalem, he taught in the evenings at Machon Lev Yeshiva High School. His research project, which is supported by the MFJC, deals with client protection in the world of legal advice. He noticed how crucial this issue is while serving as an apprentice judge (Safra Dedaynei) in the Eretz Hemdah Rabbinical Court.

Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum is Dean of the London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS), where he holds the Rabbi Sacks Chair of Modern Jewish Thought, established by the Zandan family. He lectures on Jewish philosophy and education and trains teachers and rabbis. Rabbi Zarum has a PhD in Theoretical Physics from King’s College London and an MA in Adult Education from University College London. His rabbinic ordination was awarded by the Montefiore Kollel and Rabbi Sacks. He is also a graduate of the Mandel Leadership School in Jerusalem. His latest book, "Questioning Belief: Torah and Tradition in an Age of Doubt," published by Koren, was a finalist for the Rabbi Sacks Book Prize, awarded by Yeshiva University. Rabbi Zarum appears on many podcasts and recently launched his own: Big Questions of Jewish Belief. He is an acclaimed educator who travels the globe lecturing in Jewish communities and diverse institutions.

Rabbi Dr. Mayer Lichtenstein resides in Bet Shemesh, where he serves as the Rabbi the Ohel Yonah Menachem congregation. He teaches at Yeshivat Orot Shaul in Tel Aviv, the Midrasha for women at Bar Ilan University, and serves as a senior lecturer at Herzog College. Rav Mayer studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the IDF's tank corps. He received his rabbinical ordination (semichah) from the Israel Rabbinate and holds a doctorate in Talmud from Bar-Ilan University, where he wrote his dissertation on blessings before eating in rabbinic literature. In his teaching, Rav Mayer combines in-depth analytical learning using the Brisk method with textual precision and philological approaches, drawing on a vast range of contemporary knowledge. His lessons explore the human condition as reflected in Jewish sources, highlighting how Torah can meaningfully inspire the modern Jew. Rav Mayer maintains an active website www.ravmayer.org featuring recordings of his oral lessons, making his teachings accessible to a wider audience.

Oz Moreno is completing eight years of Dayanut studies at the Eretz Hemdah Institute in Jerusalem, with his final exam scheduled for next month. For the past three years, he has served as a dayan at the Eretz Hemdah court. Simultaneously, he is pursuing a bachelor's degree in philosophy at the Open University. However, during this year, he spent a significant amount of time in military reserve duty in Northern Israel and Gaza. Previously, Oz studied Talmud, Tanach, and Jewish thought at the Yeshiva High School in Mitzpe Yericho, where he completed his Talmud studies in 12th grade. He continued his studies at the Yeshiva Gevoha and then at the Hesder Yeshiva in Kiryat Arba. Next year, Oz will join a team of rabbis to establish a Hesder Yeshiva in Kfar Maimon, located in the Gaza border area.

Rabbi Widmonte is the co-founder and Dean of the Academy of Jewish Thought and Learning, and the founder of the NED (National Education Development) programme, South Africa’s leading Jewish organisations for adult education and teacher training. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion, served in the IDF, and holds a degree in Mathematics & Computer Science, as well as an MA in Jewish Education. He is married to Julie and they have three children.

Natanel was born and raised in Zurich, Switzerland until coming to Israel to study in Yeshivat Mekor Chaim during the tenure of Rav Adin Steinsaltz. He then went on to Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, where he studied for eight years, and to serve in the IDF Paratroopers Brigade. Natanel has Smicha through the chief rabbinate of Israel and a Bachelor's in education. He has been involved in the Modern Orthodox community in Zurich since 2019. Currently Natanel is studying in the Eretz Hemdah Manhigut Toranit program, where he contributes to the Tzurba M'Rabanan series (English edition) and helps compile responsa to questions sent by Jews all over the world.

Rabbanit Noa Lau is a Yoetzet Halakha (Halakhic consultant) at Midreshet Nishmat, and director of the Yoatzot Halakha training program. She Lives in Jerusalem with her husband, Rabbi Benni Lau, has six children and several grandchildren. Noa Lau was born in Kibbutz Sa'ad in western Negev and was raised in a religious Zionist family. She served the IDF in the Education Corps, graduated from Bar-Ilan University with a Bachelor's degree in Bible studies and Jewish philosophy - with a teaching certificate - and later graduated with a Master's degree in Bible studies. She first worked as an educator and teacher of Jewish studies in Kibbutz Sa'ad's high school, and later at Pelech, a religious high school for girls, in Jerusalem. For the past eight years, she has served as Vice Dean of Midreshet Nishmat, parallel to her work as a Yoetzet Halakha. As a Yoetzet Halakha she teaches many classes, trains the students in the training program for Yoatzot Halakha, and answers many questions weekly, in subjects of Taharat Hamishpacha - family purity. She is also a Fellow at Nishmat's Research Institute and co-wrote the first volume of Nishmat's Responsa - Nishmat HaBayit.

Nathalie Loewenberg was born and raised in France and made aliyah following the completion of high school. She received a BA in Logistics from Bar-Ilan University. She learned to be a Yoetzet Halakha at Midreshet Nishmat, in order to specifically serve the French-speaking community both in Israel and abroad. Over the past 14 years, she created the French version of the Nishmat's Health and Halakha website which answers women's questions daily and reaches out to Francophone women through social media. Yoetzet Halakha Nathalie Loewenberg has been a research Fellow in Nishmat's Machon Lemechkar for the past three years, writing halakhic responsa on the topic of Taharat Hamishpaha. In her current project, she aims to create user-friendly handbooks in French on the various intersections between Halakha and women's health.

Sagi Mazuz, a native of Netivot and a graduate of Kerem BeYavneh Yeshiva is currently pursuing a Master's degree in law. Rabbi Mazuz served in the IDF as a combat soldier in the Golani brigade. After army service he joined Eretz Hemdah institute of advanced Jewish studies in Jerusalem, where he is finishing his sixth year. He was awarded Yore Yore ordination from the chief rabbinate of Israel and Rabbi Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg (Hagarzan). He serves as a Dayan (Rabbinic judge) at Eretz Hemdah Gazit Rabbinic court and is a former Dean of the Friday Kollel in the city of Netivot as well as a battalion Chaplain (in reserve). His academic degrees include a Bachelor's degree in Education BEd -high honors, a Master's degree in Talmud (with a dissertation)- honors and is currently in advanced stages of a PhD research proposal.

Rabbi Haggai Resnikoff is the Dean and a Rebbe at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. Rabbi Resnikoff trained at YCT, graduated in 2014, and joined the faculty immediately thereafter. As Director of Community Learning (2014-2022), he spearheaded YCT's groundbreaking effort to raise the priority level of the climate crisis in the Orthodox and larger Jewish community. In the summer of 2022, after eight years on the faculty, he took over the deanship making him responsible for the academic administration of the yeshiva. As a member of the YCT Advanced Kollel he has worked intensively on dementia, eldercare, and mental illness in Jewish Law. He is the author of the most comprehensive Jewish legal treatment of the climate crisis to date and is researching a book on the same subject.

Jonathan Gilbert was born and raised in Mexico City, were he served as a Rabbi and educator. He moved with his family to Israel in order to participate in the Post-Smicha Manhigut Toranit program at Eretz Hemdah, Yerushalaim. In addition, he holds a degree in International Relations, a master's degree in Family Therapy and is currently studying towards a MA in Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Among his current interests are human sexuality in halacha and end of life in Halakha. He is a regular contributor to the Tzurba M'Rabanan series (English edition) and to the Eretz Hemdah's "Ask the Rabbi" section. He is married to Yahav and they have four children.

Rav Avraham Klemantinovski studied at yeshivat Kerem Be'Yavne's Hesder program for 7 years (including active military service as a combat medic). He continued his studies in the Dayanut program at Eretz Hemdah Kollel in Jerusalem, where he received a degree of City rabbinate from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He is going to start his eighth and last year in the program in order to finish the Dayanut exams of the Chief Rabbinate. His research project, which is being supported by the MFJC, deals with the relevance of Hoshen Mishpat - the Jewish Civil Law - today.

Rabbanit Noa Lau is a Yoetzet Halacha (Halakhic consultant) at Midreshet Nishmat, and director of the Yoatzot Halacha training program. She Lives in Jerusalem with her husband, Rabbi Benni Lau, has six children and several grandchildren. Noa Lau was born in Kibbutz Sa'ad in western Negev and was raised in a religious Zionist family. She served the IDF in the Education Corps, graduated from Bar-Ilan University with a bachelor's degree in Bible studies and Jewish philosophy with a teaching certificate and later graduated with a Master's in Bible studies. She first worked as an educator and teacher of Jewish studies in Kibbutz Sa'ad's high school, and later at Pelech, a religious high school for girls, in Jerusalem. For the past eight years, she has served as Vice Dean of Midreshet Nishmat, parallel to her work as a Yoetzet Halacha. As a Yoetzet Halacha she teaches many classes, trains the students in the training program for Yoatzot Halacha, and answers many questions weekly, in subjects of Taharat Hamishpacha - family purity. She is also a Fellow at Nishmat's Research Institute and co-wrote the first volume of Nishmat's Responsa - Nishmat HaBayit.

Rabbanit Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld is currently writing a book on singles and sexuality from halakhic and ethical perspectives. Previously, she served for five years as the Manhiga Ruchanit in Efrat, where she also directed the rabbinic court for financial matters. She completed the Susi Bradfield Women's Institute for Halakhic Leadership program at Midreshet Lindenbaum and received permission to give halakhic rulings ('heter hora'ah') from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Rav Shuki Reich. She holds a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center, where she wrote her dissertation on Talmudic Re-readings: Toward a Modern Orthodox Sexual Ethic as a Wexner Graduate Fellow. She co-authored Et Le'ehov: The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy (Gefen 2011; Hebrew translation 2013). Rabbanit Jennie has taught Torah in high schools and adult education internationally and was named one of the "36 under 36" by the Jewish Week in 2008. She lives with her family in Katamonim.

Born in 1987, Rabbi Chanoch Sulzbacher grew up in London where he attended Menorah Primary and Menorah Grammar schools. He studied at Gateshead Yeshiva for around 5 years, forging a close tie to the renowned Rosh Yeshiva Rav Avrohom Gurwitz. He then joined the highly acclaimed Brish Yeshiva in Jerusalem and was privileged to become a close disciple of the Rosh Yeshiva Rav Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik, spending close to 7 years there. and was greatly influenced by his lectures, becoming a student of the precise talmudic methodology in the Brisk tradition. He is currently a member of The Gateshead Kollel where he is furthering his studies into areas of talmud and halacha with day-to-day relevance.

Sarit lives in Beer Sheva and is a qualified Yoetzet Halacha.  She answers Halachic questions on the Nishmat website and to women in her community.  She is a research fellow in Nishmat's Machon Lemechkar.  She is also a qualified social worker with 15 years of experience in the field of rehabilitation and mental health.  Sarit works on the development of understanding the interface between therapy and Halacha in order to make professional information accessible to Halachic authorities and to encourage and expand their understanding of the field of mental health.  Her current project focuses on Taharat Hamishpacha and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and will develop professional tools for Halachic authorities to assist people dealing with these challenges.

Eliora completed her Ph.D in Media Sciences at the Sorbonne University in Paris.  She is currently lecturing at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and part of a Research Think Tank at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.  She is finishing an orthodox smicha program (Yoreh Yoreh) at Beit Midrash Harel under the supervision of Rav Herzl Hefter.  For the last decade she has been teaching in Jerusalem francophone Jews in various settings.  In October 2020 she founded Beit Midrash Shefa, a virtual Beit Midrash for francophone Jews in which she teaches Mussar literature and practice. Her newest program called "Ruth & Akiva" provides practical halachic teaching on niddah laws for Baalei teshuva, converts and candidates for conversion from various backgrounds and countries.  By researching the mikvah ritual of the "Converting Bride" and evaluating how Halacha can enhance the immersed spiritual experience, she wishes to empower and guide every soul who wishes to aim toward their highest spiritual potential.

Dr. Jacob Pesachov is a scholar pursuing the Maimonidean ideal, holding a medical degree from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and currently completing rabbinical studies at the Beit Medrash Govoha for Medical Halacha. He plans to specialize in degital health and clinical genetics, exploring the active network of genetics, biotechnology and medical education.  He intends to undertake a novel research initiative in his rabbinical studies and examine the intersecionality between Halakha and public health.  Jacob has contributed to and advanced the research in fields including Dermatology, Rheumatology, Jewish history and Halakhic jurisprudence.  He was granted the Araten Memorial Award for Excellence in Biblical Studies by Yeshiva University in 2016 and the Dr. Arthur Wolfish Medical Scholarship by the Israel Medical Association in 2017

Rabbanit Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld serves as a Ramit and Mashgicha at Midreshet TVA and is currently writing a book on singles and sexuality from a halakhic and ethical perspective. Previously, she served for five years as the Manhiga Ruchanit in Efrat, where she also directed the rabbinic court for financial matters. She completed the Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute for Halakhic Leadership program at Midreshet Lindenbaum and received permission to give halakhic rulings (“heter hora’ah”) from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Rav Shuki Reich. She holds a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center, where she wrote her dissertation on “Talmudic Re-readings: Toward a Modern Orthodox Sexual Ethic” as a Wexner Graduate Fellow. She co-authored Et Le’ehov: The Newlywed’s Guide to Physical Intimacy (Gefen 2011; Hebrew translation 2013). Rabbanit Jennie has taught Torah in high schools and adult education internationally and was named one of the “36 under 36” by the Jewish Week in 2008. She lives with her family in Katamonim.

Rabbi Eliezer Besser, originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil has spent the last decade studying and teaching in Israel as well as on trips back home. He has become a close student of today's leading Torah personalities, including Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits, Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen and Rabbi Asher Weiss. He is currently a senior fellow at the Center for Kehilla Development, an advanced scholarship program, created to generate effective Jewish leadership for English speaking communities in the Diaspora. Specializing in the study of practical halacha, Eliezer has received multiple semichot as well as Rabbinic pastoral training under the auspices of the program. 

Drawing on his halachic expertise, teaching experience and passion for Judaism, he hopes, with the support of MFJC, to develop a program based on the Shesh Mitzvot Temidiyot.  This is part of a larger vision to bridge the gap between halachic observance and leading a rich Jewish life.

Itamar Frisch studied at yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa for many years (including two years of active military service as a tank commander). He continued his studies at Yeshivat Machanayim in Efrat, where he received ordination from R. Zalman Nechemia Goldberg and from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He is currently studying for Yadin Yadin Smicha in Kollel Eretz Hemdah, Jerusalem. With the help of MFJC he hopes to research preventive medicine in Halacha's eyes.

Dovid Kissin was born in Birmingham in 1984. He attended the Menorah Primary and Grammar Schools in London, subsequently spending three and a half rewarding years in the renowned Gateshead Yeshiva where he developed close links with both the lecturers and pastoral members of the faculty. He had the great fortune to study for six years in Israel, primarily in the Mir Yeshiva where he was exposed to the greatness of the likes of HaRav Refoel Shmulevitz zt"l and grew close to HaRav Gedalya Finkel shlita. The last nine years have seen him back in Gateshead where he is a member of the Gateshead Kolel, and have been spent enriching and broadening his appreciation of our great Jewish legacy.

Yoetzet Halacha Shoshana Samuels holds an M.A in Jewish Studies from Ben Gurion University and studied Torah at the Beit Midrash for Women in Migdal Oz, YU's SCW and GPATS and at Nishmat. Prior to her family's Aliyah in the summer of 2018, Shoshana was privileged to serve as a local community Yoetzet Halacha in Teaneck, NJ and as an off-site community Yoetzet for the Los Angeles community, fielding upwards of 1,000 questions a year in this capacity seven years. Educating groups large and small in elementary schools, high schools, living rooms, and shul sanctuaries on the topics of women's health & Halacha, Shoshana championed the creation and annual reinvention of the Teaneck Yoetzet Halacha Initiative's community-wide inter-disciplinary educational event attended each summer by hundreds of women. During that time Shoshana also co-edited If There is Pain Like My Pain, a collection of personal essays on infertility and pregnancy loss. Serving as lead instructor of Nishmat's Miriam Glaubach Center's web-based ZKallah Teacher Certification Course in partnership with the OU and RCA for three years has prepared Shoshana for her current project, which is graciously funded by the MFJC.

Shoshana, now enrolled in Nishmat's Mechon L'Mechkar, is authoring a much-needed, first of its kind, comprehensive guide for mentors preparing a couple for marriage. The guide will include excerpts from ancient Jewish sources through contemporary writings, each accompanied by translation, explanation, and context for the teacher to provide for the student. The guide will include methodology for teaching sensitive, up-to-date, wide scope pre-marriage classes.

Dr. Naama Sat serves as the Deputy Director and Head of the Talmud Safra_ program at the Midrasha for women at Bar-Ilan University, where she also lectures in the Law Department.

Dr. Sat is married to Rabbi Ari Sat, currently serving as the Rabbi and Rabbanit of Kibbutz Sa'ad, in the shell-shocked south of Israel. In the Kibbutz Naama gives weekly Torah lessons for women and promotes a project to reinforce (as a rocket shelter) the Mikveh for women from the Kibbutz and women from non-religious communities in the area.

Dr. Sat is a certified lawyer with a Doctorate in Law as well as a Master's in Talmud. The Ph.D thesis deals with "The methods used by the Chief Sephardi Rabbi in Israel, Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, to reach decisions on Family Law". Naama published articles in both secular and religious academic journals. One of Dr. Sat's current field of research is on the topic of 'Conservativeness in Halakha' - a new view on the Halakhic Rulings of Rabbi Shalom Mashash. Another research project, which is being supported by the MFJC, deals with the Halakhic attitude towards people with physical disabilities in Hassidic rabbinical rulings.

Shlomo Zuckier studied for several years at Yeshivat Har Etzion under Rav Aharon Lichtenstein ztz"l, and has spent over a decade in various programs at RIETS - MYP, Semicha, Kollel Elyon, and most recently its Yadin Yadin program. He also earned a BA and MAs from Yeshiva University, a PhD at Yale University, and a postdoctoral fellowship as McGill University. This research project considers atonement in rabbinic thought within classical Jewish texts and utilizing a Brisk-inspired method, analyzing the meaning of the term kapparah and considering its nature and function within Talmudic literature as understood by the Rishonim and other commentators.

Dr. Sharon Galper Grossman is a radiation oncologist and former faculty member of Harvard Medical School where she also obtained a Masters in Public Health. She is a graduate of the Morot L'Halacha Program, a women's advanced halacha learning program which focuses on the laws of niddah.  Her current interests are in Women’s Health and Halakha, specifically issues related to preventing women’s cancers. She has recently published “The Angelina Jolie Effect in Jewish Law: Prophylactic Mastectomy and Oophorectomy in BRCA Carriers” in the Rambam Medical Journal,  “Resolving the Debate Over Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccination for Cancer Prevention in the Religious World” in Tradition and Vape Gods and Judaism: E-Cigarettes and Jewish Law also in Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal. "BRCA Testing for All Ashkenazi Women: A Halachic Mandate?" has been accepted for publication in Hakirah, The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought.   

She teaches at Matan, Machon Puah, and Eden Center. Her blogs have been featured in The Times of Israel.

Aminadav Grossman studies in the kollel of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, Israel and is completing a Masters of Social Work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University. He has a BA from Columbia College and semicha from RIETS, Yeshiva University.

Yoetzet Halacha Shoshana Samuels holds an MA in Jewish Studies from Ben Gurion University and studied Torah at the Beit Midrash for Women in Migdal Oz, YU's SCW and GPATS and at Nishmat. Prior to her family's Aliyah in the summer of 2018, Shoshana was privileged to serve as a local community Yoetzet Halacha in Teaneck, NJ and as an off-site community Yoetzet for the Los Angeles community, fielding upwards of 1,000 questions a year in this capacity seven years. Educating groups large and small in elementary schools, high schools, living rooms, and shul sanctuaries on the topics of women's health & Halacha, Shoshana championed the creation and annual reinvention of the Teaneck Yoetzet Halacha Initiative's community-wide inter-disciplinary educational event attended each summer by hundreds of women. During that time Shoshana also co-edited If There is Pain Like My Pain, a collection of personal essays on infertility and pregnancy loss. 

Serving as lead instructor of Nishmat's Miriam Glaubach Center's web-based Kallah Teacher Certification Course in partnership with the OU and RCA for three years has prepared Shoshana for her current project, supported by the MFJC. Shoshana, now enrolled in Nishmat's Mechon L'Mechkar, is authoring a much-needed, first-of-its-kind, comprehensive guide for mentors preparing a couple for marriage. 

Rabbi Alex Steinhaus was born in Gateshead U.K. to British parents of European origin. Following his graduation from the Gateshead school system, Rabbi Steinhaus attended various Yeshivos within Gateshead before moving on to the famed Mir Yeshiva where he earned a personal connection with Rabbi N. Z. Finkel zt"l, and received much guidance from world renowned Rabbi Osher Arieli shlit"a. He subsequently joined the renowned Gateshead Kolel. With the help of the MFJC, Rabbi Steinhaus will be spending this year completing a full in depth course on Eiruvin and Techumin in Talmud and Halacha to a practical level.