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Etan Zivan
Rosh Mechina/Executive Director
After making Aliya in High School with his family, Etan learned in Yeshivat Shavei Chevron. Following his time in yeshiva, Etan served for 4 years in Elite Operational Intelligence Units serving as a Non-Commissioned officer. After being discharged from the IDF, Etan and his wife, Nili, flew to Canada as the Bnei Akiva Shlichim in Toronto. Serving the community as teachers, camp directors, youth leaders and much more, the Zivan family built long-lasting relationships, and educated and inspired hundreds of students and families. Upon his return to Israel, Etan became the director of Tochnit Amishav, an integration program for Olim in Bnei Akiva.
Rav Jon Singer
Educational Director
Rav Jon was born and raised in Toronto and like any good Canadian, he grew up playing hockey, loving maple syrup and praying for the winter to end. After high school, he attended Yeshivat Shvilei Hatorah for two years, where his love of Israel and Torah grew such that he decided to make Aliyah and continue learning. He then joined the Hesder program at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He would go on to serve in the Nachal Brigade in the Israeli army and upon his return to Har Etzion he joined the halacha kollel and became a madrich for overseas students. Rav Jon received Semicha from Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg zt”l and holds a degree in Economics and Biotechnology from Hebrew University. Along with his wife and two boys, Rav Jon recently returned home after an amazing three years of serving as the OU-JLIC family at The University of Chicago, where they helped the small but growing Jewish community develop and flourish.
Rav Idan Rakovsky
Teacher
Rabbi Idan Rakovsky serves as rabbi and director of the JLIC (Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus) community in Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva. Rabbi Rakovsky is a graduate of Yeshivot Givat Shmuel, Ma’ale Gilboa, and Beit Midrash Zichdon Dov. He served as a Torah MiTzion shaliach, Assistant Rabbi at Shaarei Tefillah Congregation, and tought at Yeshivat Or Chaim and Ulpanat Orot in Toronto, Canada. Rabbi Rakovsky has over 200 recorded shiurim online on various topics, and was the host of the successful Toronto Torah Parshah Podcast.
Rav Or Rosenman
Teacher
Rav Or Rozenman, attorney and legal advisor, certified as a military rabbi (rank: captain, reserves), graduate of the Israeli Community Rabbis Program at YCT in New York, and the rabbi of the high school at Kibbutz Yavne. He served as a legal advisor in the Knesset and various government ministries for approximately 14 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in law and Jewish philosophy from Bar-Ilan University and a master’s degree in law and Jewish law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He teaches and lectures in various settings. A father of five, he lives in Retamim, in the Negev.
