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No two students are alike, and that is why at Ner Yaakov no two Rebbeim are alike.
Our large staff is comprised of Rebbeim from a wide variety of backgrounds who have unique teaching styles. This enables every student to find a rebbe who meets his needs and to whom he can relate. At the same time, all of our staff members have two things in common: They have high-level yeshiva educations and extensive teaching experience. Second, they are dedicated to finding the unique approach that will bring out the best in each and every student.
Rabbi Yehoshua Liff, Rosh Yeshiva – A close disciple of Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz, Rabbi Liff was given semicha by Rav Reuvain Feinstein in 1981. Rabbi Liff founded Ner Yaakov in 1988 and has served as dean and spiritual leader since. A hallmark of the Yeshiva is the care and compassion that both Rabbi and Rebbetzin Liff have for their talmidim - both when the talmidim are in Yeshiva, and after they become alumni.
Rabbi Yisroel Katzenstein, Menahel Ruchani – Rabbi Katzenstein made Aliyah over ten years ago and is a senior educator, and director of the afternoon program. He has helped direct Yeshivat Ner Yaakov during this time. Prior to his joining Ner Yaakov, he served as a premier educator in Yeshiva Toras Emes in New York. He and his Rebbitzen reside in the Ramat Shlomo community of Yerushalayim.
Rabbi Yechezkel Norman, Rebbe and Night Seder Mashgiach - Rabbi Norman has been with the yeshiva for over thirteen years. He had a wide range of teaching experiences prior to joining Yeshivat Ner Yaakov. All the students enjoy his warm personality and dedication. He has a world-renowned reputation for his skill-oriented Gemara classes, which students discuss even long after leaving the yeshiva. He and his Rebbetzin reside in the Har Nof community of Yerushalayim.
Rabbi Yisroel Goldhaber - Rabbi Goldhaber worked as a social worker in Brooklyn for 30 years. He and his Rebbetzin made aliyah in 1992 and joined the Ner Yaakov family. Rabbi Goldhaber is a dear and trusted friend to all of our students and helps guide them through any issues they discuss with him.
Rabbi Shlomo Kory - Rabbi Kory is founder and director of NLP Jerusalem, and provides counseling service for the Jerusalem community. Rabbi Kory uses his professional training in teaching Hebrew and interpersonal skills to his students. Rabbi Kory and family made aliyah in 1970 and live in the Mattersdorf community of Yerushalayim.
Rabbi Dovid Goldberg - Rabbi Goldberg was a close disciple of Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner zt’zl and studied for many years in Yeshivas Chaim Berlin. Rabbi Goldberg has been a maggid shiur in Ner Yaakov since the founding of the yeshiva in 1988. Over the years, hundreds of students have enjoyed his high-level Gemara shiur, and developed a strong personal relationship with him.
Rabbi Chagai Preschel - Rabbi Preschel served as founder and dean of the Yeshiva of Moscow until 1994. He made aliyah with his wife and children to Jerusalem and teaches at Ner Yaakov. His encyclopedic knowledge of Torah serves as a source of inspiration and admiration of the Ner Yaakov students. He gives a weekly shiur on parshat hashavua that is attended by students, kollel members and alumni.
Rabbi Chaim Dovid Ackerman - Rabbi Ackerman is a founding educator of Ner Yaakov and is known to all as an exciting rabbi who captivates his students. His great success at raising student's Jewish values is accomplished through his unique humor and great insight. His students keep in touch many years after leaving Ner Yaakov for advice in their growth as adults and with their young families.
Rabbi Gidon Golding - Rabbi Golding, formerly of Dublin, Ireland, served in a combat unit in the IDF and finished his service in 1990. Rabbi Golding received his B.A. from Hebrew University in political science and international relations. Rabbi Golding's vast knowledge of Jewish philosophy and Torah, coupled with his life experience allow him the unique opportunity to inspire his students.
Rabbi Hershel Brand - Rabbi Brand studied for many years under Rabbi Binyomin Moscovitz, the Rosh Yeshiva of Midrash Shmuel. He met and married his wife in 1993, and has lived in Yerushalayim ever since. Rabbi Brand served in the IDF, and has taught at Ner Yaakov for ten years. His work, On Eagles Wings: Moshiach, Redemption and the World to Come, was published by Targum Press in 2002.
Rabbi Uri Sondhelm - Rabbi Sondhelm graduated Phi Beta Kappa from City College of New York, and received semicha from Yeshivas Samson Raphael Hirsch. For ten years, he was a successful businessman in Baltimore, and has been active in Jewish education both in the USA and Israel for many years. Rabbi Sondhelm made aliya with his wife and family in 1993.
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