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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is International President of 929 English. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks\u00a0is an international religious leader, philosopher and award-winning author. He was awarded the 2016 Templeton Prize in recognition of his \u201cexceptional contributions to affirming life\u2019s spiritual dimension.\u201d Rabbi Sacks is the author of over 30 books. Knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 2005, Rabbi Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth between 1991 and 2013. Since then, he has a number of professorships at several academic institutions including New York University, Yeshiva University and King\u2019s College London.<\/p>\n"},{"text":"

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Rabbi Adam Mintz is the Director of 929 English. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Rabbi Adam Mintz is the rabbi of Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim, a Modern Orthodox community he founded on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. In addition, Rabbi Mintz is a member of the Talmud faculty at Yeshivat Maharat and has taught as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at City College, New York for the past six years. Rabbi Mintz received his rabbinical ordination at Yeshiva University and obtained his PhD in Jewish History at New York University. He is married to Sharon and they have three children Noam (married to Lily), Ariel and Shoshana.<\/p>\n"},{"text":"

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Dr. Jeremy Benstein is the Managing Editor of 929 English.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Jeremy Benstein\u00a0is one of the founders of the Heschel Center for Sustainability, and is the author of The Way Into Judaism and the Environment (Jewish Lights, 2006). He writes the MiliMiliM – Hebrew Corner on the site, and his book about the Hebrew language, Roots and Routes: The Hebrew Experience is due to come out in 2019 from Behrman Publishing House. He has a BA from Harvard and a doctorate from the Hebrew University. Jeremy is married to Prof. Annabel Herzog, and together with their five children and two cats, live in Zichron Yaakov.<\/p>\n"},{"text":"

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Shira Hecht-Koller is the Director of Education for 929 English. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Shira is the Director of Communal Engagement at Drisha in NYC, teaches Bible and Talmud to a wide variety of audiences, and writes and speaks on topics of education, creative living and family life. She was a Fellow at the Paideia Institute of Jewish Studies in Stockholm, where she continues to serve as a consultant. She received her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and is a graduate of the Bruriah Scholars Program in Advanced Talmud Studies at Midreshet Lindenbaum. She is an avid tennis fan, amateur photographer and loves to hike and explore the world with her partner Aaron and children Dalya, Shachar, Amitai and Aiden.<\/p>\n"},{"text":"

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Rabbi Marc Gitler is the Director of Community Outreach for 929 English. <\/strong><\/p>\n

A recipient of the Wexner Fellowship, Marc was ordained at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and earned an MPA from NYU. The founder of Fast for Feast, he lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife Sarah and their four children.<\/p>\n"}],"crew_without_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"crew_with_image","choose_color":"#ffffff","underline_color":"white","title":"929-English Staff Interns","crew_with_image":[{"text":"

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Avigayil Halpern, Content Developer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Avigayil is a senior at Yale, where she studies Judaic Studies with a focus on Talmud. Her particular academic interests include Jewish feminism and Jewish-Christian interaction. A past gabbai of Yale’s egalitarian minyan, she has spent three summers studying at Yeshivat Hadar, a traditional egalitarian yeshiva on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. An alumna of the Bronfman Youth Fellowships, the Dr. Beth Samuels Drisha High School Programs, the Jewish Women’s Archive’s Rising Voices Fellowship, and the Tikvah High School Program, Avigayil has written extensively on issues of Jewish observance and gender in the Jewish media, and is an opinion columnist for the Yale Daily News.<\/p>\n"},{"text":"

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Tamar Lindenbaum, Content and Communications.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tamar is currently on a fellowship teaching English in Israel. Tamar recently graduated from Barnard, where she studied History of Science and Medicine. She\u2019s especially interested in the intersection of medicine and consumerism, and in the myriad connections between concepts of health and the Torah. A proud alumna of SAR High School, the Bronfman Youth Fellowship, and the Tikvah Israel Seminars, Tamar is currently teaching English in Israel as part of the BINA-Masa Israel Teaching Fellows<\/p>\n"}],"crew_without_image":false}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40074"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40325,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40074\/revisions\/40325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}