Alumni Column

Rabbi David Kalb

Parshat Nitsavim: Teshuvah, Kappara and Independence

Parshat Nitsavim: Teshuvah, Kappara and Independence Rabbi David Kalb is the Director of the Jewish Learning Center. He studied at Yeshivat Hamivtar and received Semikha from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. In Parashat Nitzavim (Devarim / Deuteronomy 29:9), the Torah states, “You are

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Marina Rivline

Parshat Ki Tetze: Limiting Permitted Prohibitions

 Parshat Ki Tetze: “If brethren dwell together…”: Limiting Permitted Prohibitions Originally from France, Marina Rivline was a student in Midreshet Lindenbaum‘s Overseas Program from 2015-2017, officially making aliya in 2016. Marina performed Sherut Leumi in the Israel Police Forces and

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Sarah Gordon

Parshat Shoftim: Seeking justice while cultivating compassion

 Parshat Shoftim: Seeking justice while cultivating compassion Sarah Gordon spent a year post-college learning in the Midreshet Lindenbaum Educator’s Program (2006-2007). She is the Director of Israel Guidance and Experiential Education at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls. Parshat Shoftim

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Rabbi Michael Laitner

Parshat Re’eh: How to create an experience

Parshat Re’eh: How to create an experience An alumnus of Yeshivat Hamivtar who received semikha from the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Rabbinical Seminary (2003), Rabbi Michael Laitner serves as the rabbi of the United Synagogue’s Jewish Living Education team and

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Hannah Abrams

Tisha Bav: Using our eyes as well as our mouth

Tisha Bav: Using our eyes as well as our mouth Hannah Abrams studied in Midreshet Lindenbaum 2014-15, and is now learning in the Advanced Halakha Institute, Hilkhata, at Matan. She is also teaching in seminaries in Jerusalem. Megillat Eicha takes

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Rabbi Dov Kaplan

Parshat Matot-Masei: Moshe the Bridge Builder

Parshat Matot-Masei: Moshe the Bridge Builder Rabbi Dov Kaplan is an alumnus of Yeshivat Hamivtar who served as a rabbi in Cali, Colombia; Kibbutz Bet Rimon; Caesarea, and Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue, London. Currently back home in Tekoa, Israel, Rabbi

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Rachel Blumenthal

Parshat Pinchas: A Peaceful Encounter?

Parshat Pinchas: A Peaceful Encounter? Rachel Blumenthal studied at Midreshet Lindenbaum from 2012 to 2013. She currently teaches Navi in Middle School at Westchester Day School in Mamaroneck, NY. Sidrat Pinchas takes us on a long journey, beginning with Hashem’s

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Max Davis

Parshat Balak: Bilaam’s Blessings

Parshat Balak: Bilaam’s Blessings Max Davis (Hamivtar 5760) serves as Rabbi of Congregation Darchei Noam in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.  He has previously served communities in Springfield, MA and Berkeley, CA.  He remains deeply grateful to Ohr Torah Stone, the

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Shoshana Winter Magid

Parshat Chukat: Learning to Recognize Hidden Miracles

Parshat Chukat: Learning to Recognize Hidden Miracles Shoshana Winter Magid  (Midreshet Lindenbaum ’02-’03) is a medical physicist at Beilinson Hospital in Israel. Throughout the books of Shmot and Bamidbar there are numerous stories of Bnei Yisrael complaining about a lack of

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