Rabbi Yitz Greenman
Executive Director, Lecturer
Rabbi Yitz Greenman studied Political Science and Economics at Brandeis University and Hebrew University in Jerusalem.  He received Rabbinic ordination from Aish HaTorah in 1990.  Presently he is the executive director of Aish NY and Discovery North America where he has recently produced a couple of popular educational films. Rabbi Greenman currently lives in Passaic with his wife, Leah, and their 9 children, where they open their home to every student.

Rabbi Yisroel Meir Zaks
Tamud 101 and Jewish Ethics
Rabbi Yisroel Meir Zaks is both the scion of a famed Rabbinic family and distinguished in his own right. He received semicha from the Mirrer Yeshiva continuing in the tradition of his saintly grandfather, the Chofetz Chaim. His career in education has spanned four decades. Rabbi Zaks teaches Talmud and the ethics of kindness spiced with the experience of years of teaching.

Rabbi Daniel Schwab
Advanced Talmud
Rabbi Schwab is Rabbi of Congregation B’nei Torah of Clifton, where he is much loved by his congregants. Aside from his 10 years of studying in Yeshiva Gedolah of Passaic, Rabbi Schwab learnt in the famed Lakewood and Mir Yeshivos. Rabbi Schwab comes with much experience in teaching students of all ages, including special needs students, and delivers regular classes and lectures to his congregants.
Rabbi Schwab utilizes his popular teaching techniques to engage the students in analytical discussions of the Talmud and its commentaries.

Chaim Cohen
Director
Born and bred in Sunny England, Chaim studied and worked at Aish HaTorah, Jerusalem following his 7 year stint at Yeshivas in the UK and Israel. A former camp director, Chaim has organized and run countless social events, trips and outreach programs. When not at Aish Passaic, Chaim and his wife, Dvora, a fellow Brit, live in Passaic with their daughters.

Baruch Chertok
Director of Recruitment
Russian born, Baruch grew up in CA and is a former Aish LA student. A former designer, Baruch has a degree in Fashion Design and Graphic arts. Subsequently he spent time studying at Ohr Samayach in Monsey, NY before joining the Aish staff.

Rabbi Yehoshua Kaganoff
Hebrew and Jewish History
Rabbi Kaganoff grew up in the Washington Heights section of NYC and received his Rabbinical ordination from the community’s leaders, Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer and Rabbi Shimon Schwab, and later from the current leader of Agudath Israel of America, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow. Rabbi Kaganoff served as the Rabbi of Congregation Ahavas Torah of Northeast Philadelphia for fourteen years, and is the founding president and CEO of The Yaktzan Center, a residential drugs and alcohol rehab for Jewish adolescents.

Rabbi Shmuel Rowner
Mitzvos
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Rabbi Rowner studied in Los Angeles, CA, Brooklyn, NY, Wickliffe, OH and Chicago, IL before studying under the tutelage of Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik in Jerusalem. Following his marriage, he furthered his studies in Lakewood, NJ before moving to Toronto where he taught for 7 years. A 3rd generation Teacher, Rabbi Rowner has taught boys for 15 years in the Yeshiva Ketana of Passaic where he is loved by student and parent alike.
Rabbi Rowner uses his decades of experience to impart the wisdom of the Torah and its mitzvos.

Rabbi Dovid Baum
Laws of Shabbos
A native New Yorker, Rabbi Dovid Baum studied in the Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic for 20 years, where he received his Rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Asher Dovid May. Rabbi Baum is recognized as one of the leading authorities on marriage issues and Taharas Hamishpacha, and currently runs a program educating and counseling hundreds of prospective grooms and newlyweds, as well as teaching in Beis Yaakov of Passaic.
With his personal touch, Rabbi Baum presents the modern day applications of Jewish law.

Rabbi Aaron Cohen
Jewish Philosophy & Weekly Torah Portion
Rabbi Cohen has led his congregation Tifereth Israel for the past 8 years, and has seen it grow exponentially. As Rabbi, he delivers classes, responds to Halachic inquiries, and actively involves himself with the community. For over 15 years, Rabbi Cohen has led congregations, where he has conducted a variety of classes, planned and coordinated numerous synagogue activities, social events, outreach programs and is now a much sought after speaker.
Rabbi Cohen’s teaching experience began 20 years ago, where he was an instructor in Jewish Philosophy at the Foreign Students Program in Yeshivat Har Etzion, Israel. Since then, Rabbi Cohen has taught at Stern College for Women, Shulamith High School for girls, Shaarei B’nos Chayil Institute and at the James Striar School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University where he received his Rabbinic ordination, in addition to his certification from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. Rabbi Cohen has a BA in Economics and an MA in both Medieval Jewish History and School Psychology, and has had many of his articles published.

 

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