David Bogomolny
David Bogomolny is Yashrut’s Communications Associate. He was born in Jerusalem to parents who made Aliyah from the USSR, grew up in East Brunswick, NJ, and lives in Jerusalem.He holds an MPP from Rutgers University and a BSE from Case Western Reserve University. He is a writer at the Jewish Agency for Israel, and has […]
Liz MK Nelson
Liz MK Nelson is Yashrut’s Program Associate. She grew up in the Metro Detroit area and currently lives in Jerusalem. Liz has studied at Nishmat and holds a BA in Sociology and Jewish Studies from Barnard College, where she researched continuity and discontinuity in the experiences of traditionally observant Jewish young women. She also works […]
Rabbi Lexie Botzum
R’ Lexie Botzum is a faculty member of Yashrut. She is originally from Allentown, PA. She holds a B.A in International Studies and Political Science from Johns Hopkins University, and has studied at Yeshivat Hadar, the Conservative Yeshiva, and the Pardes Kollel, and earned semikhah from Yashrut in 2024. R’ Lexie teaches Halacha at the […]
Rabbi Joel Goldstein
Rabbi Joel Goldstein is a faculty member of Yashrut, where he facilitates tutorials for the CTP program and is on the teaching team for the Semikhah Initiative. He is originally from Los Angeles, CA and currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. R’ Joel holds a B.A in Physics from UC Berkeley, M.S in Physics from […]
Rabbi Nachum Danzig
R’ Nachum Danzig is the Maggid Shiur of Yashrut’s Semikhah Initiative. He hails from Montclair, NJ and lives in Jerusalem with his wife and their four children. R’ Nachum studied for many years at David Shapell College of Jewish Studies/Yeshiva Darchei Noam, and then studied for semikhah at the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT), where he was ordained by his […]
Rabbi Isaac Landes
R’ Isaac Landes is the Director of Yashrut’s Classic Talmud Program (CTP). He grew up in Jerusalem where he currently lives with his wife and two children. R’ Isaac studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion’s Hesder program, and Beit Midrash Havruta on Mt. Scopus, and earned Semikhah from Yashrut in 2019. He holds a B.A and […]
Robert Grossman
Robert Grossman is the CEO of Yashrut. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, he holds a B.A in Religious Studies from University of Virginia and M.A in Higher Education Administration and Non-Profit Management from George Washington University. Since moving to Israel in 2002, his professional roles have focused on fundraising for multiple organizations, including serving as Pardes’ […]
