Our Speakers
Mrs Anna Bankier
Mrs Anna Bankier has been in Jewish education for over 20 years. Originally from London, she moved to Melbourne Australia before making Aliyah over 7 years ago. Mrs Bankier is currently on the administration in Tiferet Seminary, She is also a kallah teacher and dating coach, and gives a weekly women’s shiur in the community.
Mrs Miriam Berman
Mrs. Miriam Berman has been involved in Jewish education for 15 years. She mainly focuses in teaching Tanach. She is currently teaching in MMY. Miriam feels very blessed to live in Yerushalayim with her family.
Rav Oshi Bloom
Rav Oshi teaches chassidus, mussar, and machshava in different Seminaries in Eretz Yisrael. He lives in Yerushalayim with his wife and son.
Rabbi Robby Charnoff
Rav Robby Charnoff served for six years as the first ever OU-JLIC Rabbi at Queens College. Since moving to Israel, Rav Charnoff has been teaching at various Yeshivot and Seminaries, including Lev HaTorah and Tiferet. He is currently a Podcast Producer and Content Editor for the popular Torah website, Aleph Beta. You can find Rav Charnoff's own weekly parsha podcast "Chassidus for Life" on Spotify and Apple Podcasts as well as hundreds of his audio shiurim on YUTorah.
Rav Yonaton Hirschhorn
Rav Yonaton Hirschhorn teaches Jewish Spirituality and Chasidut. Rav Yonaton's warmth, depth, creativity, honesty, humor, real caring for each student and her spiritual growth, and sensitive understanding of each student's strengths and her challenges make his shiurim a unique personal and transformative experience. Rav Yonaton learned at Yeshivat Otniel and Yeshivat Bat Ayin, received Semichah from Rav Zalman Nechemya Goldberg, and studied Jewish Thought and Torah She-Ba'al Peh at Herzog College. He lives in Talmonim with his family.
Mrs Mindel Kassorla
Mrs Mindel Kassorla is a seminary mechaneches and adult women’s educator who lectures on topics of self-development. She is a popular columnist for Mishpacha magazine, as well as a kallah teacher, dating coach and Shadchan. Mrs. Kassorla is currently pursuing her certification as a mental health counselor at the Path Center. She lives with her husband and children in Jerusalem.
Rav Yehoshua Landau
Rav Yehoshua Landau is respected as a master teacher who brings creativity and clarity to the shiur room, insight and patience to personal discussions, and his trademark smile to everyone. He has made his mark among both students and staff as a warm, caring, and energetic Rebbe, available to his students at all hours. Rav Landau is a popular speaker to both men’s and women’s audiences, always looking to encourage, uplift and inspire.
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Rabbi Menachem Nissel is a renowned speaker who has inspired thousands throughout the world. He has the rare ability to translate lofty concepts into practical daily living, spiced with irrepressible British humor. He is a widely published author including the highly acclaimed “Rigshei Lev” on women and prayer. He teaches in yeshivas and seminaries in Jerusalem. He is the Senior Educator for NCSY, a popular worldwide youth group.
Mrs Bonnie Odze
Originally from London, Mrs Bonnie Odze has been teaching for over 20 years. Her engaging and personable style, together with her passion for Torah leaves her students thirsting for more.
Rav Rafi Rosenblum
Rav Rafi Rosenblum has been teaching halacha and mussar/machshava in a number of Seminaries and Yeshivos over the past 11 years in Eretz Yisrael. He lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh with his wife and kids.
Mrs Leba Schneider
Mrs. Leba Schneider has been teaching young women for over 25 years. She is one of the founding administrators at Tiferet Seminary in Ramat Beit Shemesh and a consistent guest speaker for adult education in Eretz Yisrael.
Mrs Dina Schoonmaker
Mrs Dina Schoonmaker has been teaching in Michlalah Jerusalem College for over 30 years. She founded The Women's Mussar Vaad, teaching topics of personal development in Ramat Bet Shemesh, Yerushalayim and remotely over zoom. She lectures in Israel, Europe and the United States but most enjoys being home with her family in Yerushalayim!
Rabbi Y.Y. Wenglin
Rabbi Wenglin’s path started in Harvard and then continued to UCLA School of Law. He worked in one of the top-10 Manhattan Law Firms for several years and then found himslelf in Aish HaTorah both as a student and then later in the Aish Kollel. Presently, as a Belzer Chossid, he is a staff lecturer at several seminaries and yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel, and has been a featured guest speaker on many kiruv and chizuk programs. He and his family live in Ramat Beit Shemesh.