Rabbis & Community Leaders

Rabbi Eliyahu Shefer (Asseraf)

Rabbi of the community in Belmonte, Portugal

Belmonte, Portugal

Rabbi Ben Zion Algazi

Founder, Tzurba DeRabanan Institute

Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbanit Efrat Alima

Rabbanit, Ahavat Yisrael

Modiin, Israel

Rabbi David Lior Alima

Rabbi and educator

Modiin, Israel

Rabbi Hayyim Angel

National Scholar, Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals

Teaneck, NJ

Rabbi Marc Angel

Founder, Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals

Manhattan, NY

R’ Jonathan Arking

Ph.D. student, Columbia University

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Ratzon Arussi

President, Machon Mishnat Ha-Rambam

Qiryat Ono, Israel

Rabbi Daniel Askenazi

Rabbi Daniel Askenazi is the spiritual leader of Etz Chaim Sephardic Congregation in Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

Rabbi Yehuda Azancot

Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beth Torah

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Yossi Azose

Rabbinic leader

West Hempstead, NY

Rabbi Baruch Babayev

Chief Rabbi of the Bukharian Jewish Community since 2012

Queens, NY

Rabbi Yitzhak Berdugo

Rabbi at the Young Israel of Hollywood in Ft

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Rabbi Jeff Berger

Rabbinic leader

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Rabbi Zev Berman

Rabbinic leader

Jamaica Estates, NY

Rabbi Joseph Beyda

Rabbinic leader

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Avraham Biton

Spiritual leader of the Eliyahu HaNavi Sephardic Community in Cooper City, Florida

Cooper City, FL

Rabbi David Bitton

Rabbi David Bitton has served as Chief Rabbi of Shaare Zion in Great Neck, New York, since 2019

Great Neck, NY

Rabbi Gad Bouskila

Rabbinic leader

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Jaim Leizorek Bril

Rabbinic leader

Mexico City, Mexico

Rabbi Elie Buechler

Rabbinic leader

Teaneck, NJ

Rabbi Isaac Choua

Rabbinic leader

West Hempstead, NY

Rabbi Ariel Cohen

Rabbinic leader

Passaic, NJ

Rabbi Refael Cohen

Senior Rabbi of Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel in LA

Los Angeles, CA

Rabbi Yogev Cohen

Israeli rabbi, educator, and strategic advisor to Jewish communities

Har Bracha, Israel

Rabbi Yoni Cohen

Rabbinic leader

Queens, NY

Rabbi Doron Danino

Rabbinic leader

Bet Rimon, Israel

Rabbi Eiran Davies

Rabbinic leader

Stockholm, Sweden

Rabbanit Racheli Delouya

Rabbanit

Har Berakha, Israel

Rabbi Raphael Delouya

Spiritual leader and Torah author with an academic background in business administration (M.B.A.)

Har Bracha, Israel

Rabbi Nathan Dweck

Rabbinic leader

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Yehoshua Ellis

Rabbinic leader

Montreal, Canada

Rabbi Joey Faur

Rabbinic leader

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi David Fine

Founder and Dean of the Barkai Center for Practical Rabbinics and Community Development in Modiin

Modiin, Israel

Rabbi Saj Freiberg

Rabbinic leader

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Albert Gabbai

Rabbi Albert Gabbai is the Rabbi Emeritus and Hazzan at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Rabbi David Gingold-Altchek

Rabbinic leader

Berlin, Germany

Rabbi Daniel Gottesman

Assistant Rabbi at Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City and a Talmud teacher at SAR High School

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Daniel Hadar

Rabbi Daniel Hadar is the Rabbi of Temple Moses in Miami, Florida

Miami Beach, FL

Rabbi Samuel Hajibai

He teaches Tefillah, Chumash, and Keriah at Magen Ephraim Sephardic Academy (MESA) under Rabbi Yosef Bitton

Great Neck, NY

Rabbi Naftali Haleva

Rabbinic leader

Istanbul, Turkey

Rabbanit Devorah Halevy

Co-Spiritual Leader of Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim in San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

Rabbi Shalom Halevy

Rabbinic leader

San Diego, CA

Rabbi Yonatan Halevy

Co-Spiritual Leader of Kehillat Shaar HaShamayim in San Diego

San Diego, CA

Rabbi Moshe Hauer Z”L

Former Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Itzhak Hazan

Rabbinic leader

Dallas, TX

Rabbi Ricky Hidary

Rabbi Dr

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Daniel Isaac

Rabbinic leader

Cleveland, OH

Rabbi Daniel Kahana

Rabbi Daniel Kahana was born in Jerusalem, Israel

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Sam Kassin

Rabbinic leader

Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla

Rabbinic leader

Atlanta, GA

Rabbi Yosef Kassorla

Rabbinic leader

Boca Raton, FL

R’ Baruch-Lev Kelman

Rabbinic leader

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Meyer Laniado

Rabbinic leader

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Ofer Livnat

Rabbinic leader

Maale Adumim, Israel

Rabbi Marcos Metta

Rabbinic leader

Mexico City, Mexico

Rabbi Danny Mirvis

CEO of World Mizrachi and Rabbi of Ohel Moshe Synagogue in Herzliya Pituach

Herzliya, Israel

Rabbi Asaf Mittelman

Rabbinic leader

London, UK

Rabbi Francis Nataf

Rabbinic leader

Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Benjy Owen

Rabbi and educator

Seattle, WA

Rabbi David Pardo

Rabbinic leader

Boca Raton, FL

Rabbi Doron Podlashuk

Rabbinic leader

Yad Binyamin, Israel

Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin

Rabbi and educator

Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig

Founder of Maaglei Nefesh, a center for halacha, community, and mental health

Bet Shemesh, Israel

Rabbi Haim Sabato

Rabbinic leader

Maale Adumim, Israel

Rabbi Shelo Sacca

Rabbinic leader

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rabbi Anar Samaylov

Rabbi Anar Samaylov is the Chief Rabbi of the Mountain Sephardic Jewish Community of Moscow

Moscow, Russia

Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter

Rabbinic leader

Teaneck, NJ

Rabbanit Yaffa Setton

Rabbanit

Deal, NJ

Rabbi Sion Setton

Serves as the Principal of Yeshivah Prep High School in Brooklyn and as a Based-in Rabbi in Lower Manhattan

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Yosef Sharbat

Rabbi of the Sephardic community of West Orange and is member of the Vaad Harabanim of MetroWest

West Orange, NJ

Rabbi Daniel Sherman

Rabbi of West Side Sephardic Synagogue and West Side Institutional Synagogue

Manhattan, NY

Rabbi Naftali Silver

Rabbinic leader

Cape Town, South Africa

Rabbi Joey Soffer

Rabbinic leader

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Dr. Ari Soussan

Serves at Magen David Sephardic Congregation in Rockville, Maryland

Rockville, MD

Rabbi Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Publisher and Editor-inChief of TorahMusings.com

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Ruben Suiza

Chief Rabbi of Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal

Rabbi Harold Sutton

Founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Moreshet Yerushalayim

Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal

Rabbinic leader

Highland Park, NJ

Rabbi Ikey Tawil

Rabbinic leader

Rabbi Richard Tobias

Rabbinic leader

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Etan Tokayer

Fourth Rabbi of Kingsway Jewish Center in its almost 100 year history

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Frank Varon

Rabbinic leader

Seattle, WA

Rabbi Jack Varon

Rabbinic leader

Miami, FL

Rabbi Nathan Zaboulani

Director of Judaic Studies in Barkai Yeshivah High School and a Rabbi at Congregation Bnei Yitzhak in Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian

Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian is the Rabbi of the Spanish & Portuguese Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, USA

Philadelphia, PA

Avi Garson

SRC Co-Organizer

Manhattan, NY

Ethan Marcus

SRC Co-Organizer

Manhattan, NY

Ohad Fedida

SRC Team

Highland Park, NJ

Sina Kahen

Founder, Da’at Press

London, UK

Mijal Cohen

Co-founder, Ibn Sefarad

Mexico City, Mexico

Raquel Askenazi

SRC Team

Manhattan, NY