Staff

Administration

Mrs. Ilana Gottlieb

Director

A natural educator, Mrs. Gottlieb has many years of teaching experience at Ramaz, SAR Academy, and Yeshivat Rambam. Her creative classes and engaging personality have always made Mrs. Gottlieb a favorite among her students. Outside of the ...

Rav Morrie Wruble

Rosh Midrasha

Rav Wruble is a product of Yeshiva University, having graduated from M.T.A. High School, Yeshiva University, R.I.E.T.S., and Bernard Revel Graduate School. He received ...

Rabbi Daniel Goldstein

Educational Coordinator

Rabbi Daniel Goldstein has been a member of the faculty of Midreshet AMIT since it opened in 2007. Prior to that, he served as Rabbi of Kingsway Jewish Center in Brooklyn, NY. Rabbi Goldstein received his BA from Yeshiva College ...

Mrs. Barbara Vidomlanski

Program Director and Mechanechet

Mrs. Barbara Vidomlanski is formerly of Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from Central High School. After studying in Midreshet Moriah, she continued her studies at Stern College where she completed her degree in education. Mrs. ...

Mrs. Esther Hammer

Chesed Supervisor

Mrs. Esther Hammer runs our chesed program at the midrasha. She made aliyah 10 years ago with her family. Prior to making aliyah, Esther worked at The Frisch High School in New Jersey for 13 years as a guidance counselor. In Israel she ...

Ms. Dena Bienenfeld

Executive Secretary

Dena grew up in St. Louis and attended Michlalah in Israel. She received a Bachelors of Arts in Judaic studies and Psychology from Hebrew Theological College in Chicago. She also received a Certificate in Graphic Design from Lander Institute. ...

Rabbi Dr. Nachum Amsel

Rabbi Dr. Nachum Amsel currently works with Rabbi Berel Wein and the Destiny Foundation as the Director of Education, whose mission is "to bring Jewish history to life in an exciting, entertaining and interactive way." The foundation has developed new materials and a methodology to ...

Mrs. Michelle Baruch

Michelle Baruch graduated from SUNY Stony Brook, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with a major in Latin American History and a minor in Women's Studies. She studied law at NYU Law School and went on to practice real estate law in the Manhattan law firm of Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, ...

Ms. Adi Bitter

Ms. Adi Bitter received her BA from Columbia University in Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, and her MA from Yeshiva Unversity's Bernard Revel Graduate School in Modern Jewish History. She is also a graduate of Yeshiva University's Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic ...

Mrs. Zahava Bitter

Mrs. Zahava Bitter received her BA from Stern College with a Major in Judaic Studies and a Minor in Biology. She then went on to receive her Master's degree in Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School, and a Certificate from The Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies at ...

Rabbi Jonathan Duker

Rabbi Jonathan Duker received his rabbinical ordination from the Rabbi Zalman Nehemia Goldberg and from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in Jewish History from Yeshiva University. Rabbi Duker has been teaching rabbinic thought and halakha in Israel since his aliyah in the ...

Chaya Eichen

Madricha Chaya Eichen made aliyah with her family from Englewood. New Jersey in July 2006 and now lives in Efrat. After graduating from AMIT Noga high school, Chaya completed two years of Sherut Leumi; first at Nefesh B'Nefesh and then at Midreshet Darkaynu, a program for girls with ...

Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb

Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb made aliyah to Israel from Baltimore, MD where he was the rabbi of Congregation Shomrei Emunah. Rabbi Gottlieb received his rabbinic ordination from YU where he was also a member of their prestigious Wexner Kollel Elyon. A highly regarded teacher and speaker, Rabbi ...

Rabbi Nir Knoll

Rabbi Nir Knoll made aliyah from Teaneck, New Jersey where he taught Gemara, Nach and Jewish Philosophy at the Frisch School. Prior to that, he served as an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Dewey Ballantine LLP. Rabbi Knoll received his BA and MA in ...

Rabbi Jason Knapel

Rabbi Jason Knapel was ordained at RIETS. He received his BA from Yeshiva College and his MS from the Bernard Revel Graduate School. He worked in Hillel Yeshiva High School in Deal, New Jersey for many years as a teacher, Director of Informal Education, Director of Judaic Studies and as ...

Rav Noam Koenigsberg

Rav Noam Koenigsberg studied in Yeshivat Shaalvim and went on to receive a BA from Yeshiva University in Jewish Studies and an MA in Jewish Philosophy from YU's Bernard Revel Graduate School. He then returned to the Shaalvim Kollel and subsequently served as a Ra"M in Yeshivat Torat ...

Mrs. Miri Kwalwasser

Miri Kwalwasser studied Judaic studies and psychology at Stern College. She finished a master's program in Judaic Studies at Touro College. Fourteen years ago, she made aliyah and has been involved in formal and informal education. Miri taught for six years at Michlelet Mevaseret ...

Mr. Norman Meskin

A YU graduate, Norman Meskin has been a Jewish educator for over thirty years. He has given shiurim, divrei Torah, and Torah-oriented lectures in many different venues. In 2005, he edited and annotated a volume for the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) entitled The ...

Rabbi Jonathan Mishkin

Rabbi Jonathan Mishkin has been teaching for twenty years, most of that time in Israel. His classes are noted for encouraging students to challenge long-held beliefs about Judaism, while developing personal relationships with their traditions. Outside of the classroom, Rabbi Mishkin writes ...

Mr. Ze’ev Orenstein

Mr. Ze'ev Orenstein has been with The David Project since September 2007, working as one of their Middle East Analysts. Ze'ev has been involved in both formal and informal Israel education and activism for over a decade. He is responsible for developing The David Project's ...

Rabbi Simi Sherman

Rabbi Simi Sherman recently made aliyah with his family from Boca Raton, FL where he served as a member of the Boca Raton Community Kollel and a teacher at the Hillel Day School of Boca Raton. He received a BA in economics, an MA in education, and Semicha from Yeshiva University. Additionally, ...

Mrs. Gabrielle Staiman

Gabrielle was born and raised in London and graduated from Hasmonean High School. After a year studying in Shaalvim for Women, she returned to London and graduated with honors from the London School of Economics (LSE), earning a BSC in Government and Politics. She ran an amazing chavruta ...

Mrs. Geula Twersky

Mrs.Geula Twersky has been involved in Jewish education for over two decades. Since making Aliyah with her family to Neve Daniel in 2006, she has served on the faculties of several Jerusalem seminaries and is the former principal of Midreshet Tzvia. Geula is also an acclaimed artist and her ...

Rabbi Aharon Wexler

Rabbi Aharon Wexler made aliyah after high school and studied in Yeshivat HaKotel. After Yeshiva and his service in the IDF, Aharon studied for his BA in Archeology and then went back to Yeshivat HaKotel for his Rabbinic Ordination. Rabbi Wexler went on to earn an MA in Jewish ...

Dana Zion

Madricha Dana made aliya in April 2011 from Queens, New York. After attending Yeshiva of Flatbush high school, she spent an amazing year in Tiferet in Ramat Bet Shemesh. Dana is currently studying for a degree in Education and English Literature at Bar Ilan University. Dana's year in ...

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