Scholars & Guest Speakers

His engaging style of speaking has earned him accolades and has enhanced holiday programs in past years. Jeremy Gimpel is one of the most successful and effective advocates for Israel in this generation. Even in hostile international environments, his leadership and diplomatic skills have proven success and are changing Israel’s

In 1977, Rabbi Marvin Hier came to Los Angeles to create the Simon Wiesenthal Center, named in honor of famed Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal. Under his leadership, the Center has become one of the foremost Jewish human rights agencies in the world, with a constituency of more than 400,000 families,

Hugh Raichlin was born and raised in Johannesburg and attended Houghton Primary School and King David High School Linksfield. Hugh obtained a Bachelor of Arts with majors in English Literature and Law, at the University of the Witwatersrand, followed by a Bachelor of Laws. Hugh Raichlin served for two years

Rabbi Steven Weil is the Executive Vice President, the chief professional officer of the Orthodox Union. In that capacity, he will have day-to-day responsibility for running the largest Orthodox synagogue umbrella group in the world, overseeing its staff and programs, maintaining fiscal responsibility, and above all, projecting an image of

Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (YY) Jacobson is one of the most sought after speakers in the Jewish world today, lecturing to audiences on six continents and in forty states, and serving as a teacher and mentor to thousands across the globe. He is considered to be one of the most mesmerizing

Udi Ullmann is one of the rising superstars on Jewish horizon and has released four successful albums and working on his fifth. Udi Ullmann exploded onto Jewish music scene with his debut album “Aguda Achat”. It became one of the fastest selling recordings by a new star in recent memory.

Rav Zev Shandalov served as the Rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jacob Beth Samuel in Chicago, IL from 1999 until making Aliya in July 2009. His experience as being the rabbi of KJBS was unique in that he has grown up in his shul. His memories include, celebrating his Bar Mitvah

Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is Director of Programming and radio personality at the new Voice of Israel network and Israel’s only English-language broadcast-radio talk show host (106.5 FM Galey Yisrael). He is a columnist at the Jerusalem Post Magazine, and a contributing editor at JewishPress.com. Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is the founder and

Rabbi Yehudah Rock, received his Semicha from Harav Aharon Lichtenstein z’l, was a Ram in the Otniel Hesder yeshiva and Rosh Kollel in Boca Raton. He teaches in various communities and institutions, and is an active member of the Halakhic Bet Midrash of the Bet Hillel organization.

Soloveitchik, ZT”L, Rabbi Aharon Ziegler lectures extensively and has published five volumes on the Halakhot of the Rav. He has served as scholar-in-residence throughout the USA at many hotels. Rabbi Ziegler received his master’s degree in religious education from YU and is a member of the RCA, and the Rabbinical

Rabbi Reuven Ziegler is Director of Research at the Toras HoRav Foundation, Chairman of the Editorial Board at Koren Publishers Jerusalem, and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Yeshivat Har Etzion’s Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash. He is author of Majesty and Humility: The Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and editor of works

Dr. Yael Ziegler is a lecturer in Tanakh at Herzog College and Matan. She received her BA from Stern College and an MA and Ph.D. at Bar Ilan University. Dr. Ziegler has lectured widely on various Tanakh topics in Israel, the United States and Europe. She lives in Alon Shvut,