The Jerusalem Kollel is a rabbinic education program with the stated goal of training

kollel A kollel ( he, כולל, , , a "gathering" or "collection" f scholars is an institute for full-time, advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features shiurim (lectures) and learning ''sedarim'' (sessions); ...

couples to assume positions of leadership in

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

communities worldwide. The intensive 3-year program covers the

laws Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

Shabbat Shabbat (, , or ; he, שַׁבָּת, Šabbāṯ, , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical storie ...

Nidah Niddah (or nidah; he, נִדָּה), in traditional Judaism, describes a woman who has experienced a uterine discharge of blood (most commonly during menstruation), or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirem ...

, and Issur v'Heteras well as a large body of other legal areas and in addition to Jewish Philosophy and Ethics. There is also an additional training component which includes such areas as public speaking, rabbinic counselling, kashrus, non-profit management among other things. Established in the autumn of the Jewish calendar year 5762 (2002), the

opened with twenty young men. , the Kollel maintained a student body of approximately 60 handpicked couples and had placed over 300 alumni in positions of community leadership throughout the world. The Dean of the Kollel is Rabbi

Yitzchak Berkovits Yitzchak Shmuel Halevi Berkovits ( he, יצחק שמואל הלוי ברקוביץ) is an American-born Orthodox Jewish rabbi, rosh yeshiva, rosh kollel, and posek (arbiter of Jewish law) in Israel. In 16 years as Menahel Ruchani (spiritual direc ...

, a respected advisor on contemporary halachic issues, especially for

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

’s English-speaking haredi community. Rabbi Berkovits was a student of the Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem) and served as Menahel Ruchani of Yeshivas Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem for 16 years, before helping to start the JK.Rose, Binyamin. "Learning to Care: A 'Sichas HaChag' with Rav Yitzchak Berkovits, shlita". '' Mishpacha'', 16 May 2010, pp. 38–46.

Staff

*Dean: Rabbi Yitchak Berkovits (Rosh Yeshivah - Aish Jerusalem; Nasi - AISH Global) *CEO: Rabbi Yaakov Blackman (formerly Director of Education, Yeshivas Aish HaTorah)Speech given by Rabbi B. C. Dunner at U.S. Trustee's meeting, September 2011 *Director of Resource Development: Rabbi Josh Boretsky (formerly Director of the Jewel Women's educational program)

Adjunct staff

Jerusalem Life Magazine, August 2007 *Roshei Chabura **Rabbi Binyamin Feldman **Rabbi Gabi Kruskal **Rabbi Dovid Steinhauer **Rabbi Yosef Gollub * Adjunct Staff (partial list for training program) ** Rabbi Motti Berger (Senior Lecturer - Aish HaTorah) ** Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe (Director of Torch, Houston) ** Rabbi Yaakov Marcus (Senior Lecturer - Neve Yerushalayim) ** Gedalya Rosen ** Eliezer Blatt ** Rabbi Mordechai Kuber ** Dr. Hillel Davis *Former Roshei Chabura **Rabbi Yehonason Gefen **Rabbi Yossi Stillerman **Rabbi Mattisyahu Friedman The Women's Program is headed by Rebbetzin Chana Kalsmith.

References

Kollelim Orthodox Jewish outreach Educational institutions established in 2002 2002 establishments in Israel {{Yeshiva-stub