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IRF Leadership

IRF Leadership

Joel Tessler
President

RABBI JOEL TESSLER has a B.A. in history from Yeshiva College, a M.S.W. from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and Ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1982. Rabbi Tessler is a past Vice President of the Rabbinical...

David Wolkenfeld
Vice President

Rabbi David Wolkenfeld, together with his wife Sara, directs the Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) at Princeton University. JLIC is a partnership between the Orthodox Union and Hillel that places Orthodox rabbinic couples on college...

Nathaniel Helfgot
Treasurer

Rabbi Nathaniel (Nati) Helfgot was ordained by RIETS and holds an MA in Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Yeshiva University. Rabbi Helfgot serves as the rabbi of Congregation Netivot Shalom in Teaneck, New Jersey. He is also the...

Yosef Kanefsky
Secretary

Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky is the rabbi of Bnai David – Judea Congregation in Los Angeles. He was ordained at Yeshiva University, and has been working as a congregational rabbi for the past 20 years.

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Jason Herman
Executive Director

Rabbi Jason Herman serves as the Mara D’Atra, spiritual leader, of Congregation Beth Israel - West Side Jewish Center and as the Executive Director of the International Rabbinic Fellowship. Rabbi Herman has been an advocate for Jewish and social...

Barry Gelman
Officer

Barry Gelman is Rabbi of United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston, Texas. He was ordained as a rabbi at the Rabbi Elchanan Isaac Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He is Vice President of the Houston Rabbincai Association and The Rabbinic...

Hyim Shafner
Nissan Antine
Saul Strosberg
Yitzchok Adler
Marc Angel
Zev Farber
Aaron Frank
Ben Greenberg
Nathaniel Helfgot
Dov Linzer
Asher Lopatin
Mordechai Rackover
Adam Scheier
Don Seeman
Chaim Steinmetz
Avraham Weiss