Etta Abramson studied in Drisha’s Beit Midrash Program as an Arts Fellow. She teaches Chumash at Beit Rabban Day School. She has a BA in Theatre Studies from York University and was trained as a classical singer at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada. She performs around New York City and has taught courses in liturgy and ta’amei hamikra at Drisha.

Wendy Amsellem is Director of the Dr. Beth Samuels High School Program and an alumna of the Drisha Scholars Circle. She is pursuing a PhD in Judaic Studies at New York University and has a BA in History and Literature from Harvard University.

Ruth Balinsky learns at Yeshivat Mahara”t. She studied in Drisha’s Beit Midrash Program and Scholars Circle and will be participating in the Collegiate and Graduate Student Immersion Program. She serves as Rosh Beit Midrash of Uri L’Tzedek, has been a Rabbinic Fellow at Or Tzedek, and has taught in a variety of settings in New York and Chicago. She has a BA in Psychology and Jewish Studies from Barnard College.

Dan Baras teaches in a variety of institutions including the ‘Havruta’ Beit Midrash program at Hebrew University. He is pursuing a PhD in Philosophy and is a graduate of Yeshivat Har Etzion. He has been deeply involved in the conversions of olim (immigrants) from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union in Israel.

Yitzhak Berger is Associate Professor and Head of the Hebrew Division at Hunter College. He has a PhD in Bible from the Bernard Revel Graduate School and ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He has taught Bible at Yeshiva College, Jewish Studies at the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School and Talmud in Drisha’s full-time programs.

Rachel Friedman is Associate Dean and Chair of Tanakh Studies at Drisha. She also directs Drisha's Yesodot Skill-Building Program. She has served as scholar-in-residence at synagogues and educational institutions throughout the United States and abroad. She has an MA in Bible from Yeshiva University and a JD from Columbia University School of Law.

Anne Gordon is an alumna of the Drisha Scholars Circle and has learned at the women’s batei midrash of Jerusalem. She is pursuing a PhD in Jewish Education. She has directed the Summer Program at Matan in Jerusalem and the Beit Midrash Program of Camp Morasha and has taught throughout the United States and abroad. She has an MA in Judaic Studies and a BA in History and Philosophy from Harvard University.

David Goshen is a graduate of the Har Etzion and Mir Yeshivot and has studied Philosophy and Religion at the Hebrew University. He taught at the ‘Havruta’ Beit Midrash program at Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University.

Shira Hecht-Koller is the Director of Interdisciplinary Programs and Instructor of Talmud at the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School. She received her BA from Yeshiva University and was a Golding Scholar at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where she received her JD and was an Associate Editor of the Cardozo Law Review. She is a graduate of the Bruriah Scholars Program at Midreshet Lindenbaum and has completed post-graduate work at the Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University.

Nathaniel Helfgot is a Maggid Shiur in Talmud and Director of the Tanakh and Jewish Thought Departments at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School. An alumnus of the Jerusalem Fellows program, he received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and has an MA in Education from the David J. Azrieli Graduate School.

Moshe Kahn teaches halakha in the Drisha Beit Midrash Program; is an instructor of Talmud and Halakha at Stern College for Women, the Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies of Yeshiva University; and is a member-in-training to become a licensed psychoanalyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis in New York City. He received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.

Jonathan Kelsen teaches Talmud in the Drisha Beit Midrash Program and is a faculty member at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. A graduate of the Pardes Kollel and a fellow in the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Hadarim Program, he received ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes and holds an MA in Jewish Civilization from the International School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Yedidah Koren is currently studying in the Advanced Talmudic Institute at Matan Jerusalem, and is a member of the steering committee of Yeshivat Talpiot, an egalitarian yeshiva initiative in Jerusalem. She studied Talmud and Classics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and has also studied at Drisha, Migdal Oz, and Midreshet Lindenbaum. During the upcoming year, she and her husband will be the scholars in residence at the Paideia institute for Jewish studies in Stockholm.

Daniel Reifman teaches Talmud and Halakha at Midreshet Lindenbaum and Midreshet Amit, and has taught both in the Drisha Scholars Circle and at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. He received ordination and an MA in Bible from Yeshiva University, and is currently a PhD student in hermeneutics at Bar Ilan University.

Alieza Salzberg teaches Talmud, Midrash and Creative Writing at various adult education programs in Jerusalem, such as Pardes and Chavrutah. She is pursuing an MA in Midrash and Aggada at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and holds an MA in Creative Writing from City College in New York. She is a regular contributor to MyJewishLearning.com and PresenTense Magazine.

Joshua Schreier teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum in Jerusalem and has taught at Yeshivat Ohel Shlomo in Beer Sheva. He has a BA in History and an MS in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University. He received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.

David Silber is the Founder and Dean of Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. He received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He received the Covenant Award in 2000.

Ben Skydell teaches Talmud and Chumash and is the Director of Religious Guidance at North Shore Hebrew Academy. He received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.

Devorah Wolf teaches Talmud, and is a Special Services Assistant at Ma’ayanot. She is pursuing an MA in English Literature at Hunter College, has a BA from Barnard College, and is a graduate of the Stern Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies. She has also studied at Drisha Institute, Bernard Revel Graduate School, and Pardes Institute.

David Wolkenfeld is co-director of the Jewish Learning Initiative at Princeton University. He has studied at Yeshivat Hamivtar, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and Yeshivat Har Etzion. He earned a BA in Intellectual History from Harvard University and has completed coursework in Medieval History at Bernard Revel Graduate School.

Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld is co-director of the Jewish Learning Initiative at Princeton University. She was a member of the Drisha Scholars Circle and has studied Talmud and Halakha at Midreshet Lindenbaum, Nishmat, the Pardes Kollel, and Beit Morashah and has studied Talmud at Bernard Revel Graduate School. She has a BA in Judaica and Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.