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Scholars in residence
Rabbi Heshie and Rookie Billet
A congregational rabbi and an educator, who have taught with Kosher Travelers as scholars and traveled with us as guests.
Rabbi Heshie Billet
Rabbi of the Young Israel of Woodmere
Rabbi Heshie Billet was Rabbi of the Young Israel of Woodmere, New York, from 1980, and served as President of the Rabbinical Council of America and on the board of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
He has traveled widely in Europe, Oceania, South America and the Middle East to represent Jewish interests and to teach Jewish history. In April 2018 he was appointed to a United States commission on the recommendation of the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate.
He studied at Yeshiva University, earning his bachelor's degree in 1971 and his master's in 1980, and received semicha from its Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1975.
Rookie Billet
Rookie Billet, educator
Renee Billet, better known as Rookie, is an educator in the modern Orthodox community.
As our guests · Iceland, August 2022
Rabbi Heshie and Rookie Billet on our Iceland tour
“We also feel that Kosher Travelers (the Walles clan) promised and delivered a full program for nine 1/2 days. And there was wisdom in the way they did it.”
“This was a great group of people led by a wonderful guide.”
Pesach 2027
Shiurim on our programs this year
Every Kosher Travelers program has scholars in residence who give shiurim through the chag, named before you book. For Pesach 2027 they are in Rhodes, at Nof Ginosar on the Kinneret and at the Inbal in Jerusalem.
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