EMOR TEAM & ENDORSERS

The Emor Project was founded by Rosa Banin Blechstein, with the endorsement of some of our generation’s leading rabbis and Jewish educators. The Emor Project is a registered non-profit organization in Israel.

EMOR TEAM

Rosa Banin Blechstein

Founder and Executive Director – Emor Project

Eli Ozarowski

Researcher – Emor Mapping Project, English and Hebrew Divisions

Michal BensCHEr

Collaborator – Gateways to Torat Hayim and Social Media

Avraham Glebstein

Researcher and Copy Editor – Emor Mapping Project, Hebrew Division

Meir Shir

Collaborator – Emor Mapping Project and Gemilut Chasadim Divisions

Ilana Sobel

Copy Editor – English Division

EMOR ENDORSERS

Rabbi David Bigman

Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Ma’ale Gilboa since 1995. Rabbi Bigman is also dedicated to fostering dialogue between secular and religious Israelis and is actively involved in organizations addressing the intersection of society and halakha.

Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

Rabbi of Kehillas Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem, lecturer in medical ethics. He has published extensively on various topics in Jewish law.

Rabbi Yuval Cherlow

Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Amit Orot Shaul and a founding member of Tzohar, Rabbi Cherlow, has authored numerous works on contemporary halakha and modern Jewish philosophy.

Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Founder and Dean of the David Cardozo Academy and Bet Midrash of Avraham Avinu in Jerusalem. A prolific author in English and Hebrew, he leads a think tank dedicated to exploring innovative halakhic and philosophical approaches to address the religious challenges facing the Jewish People and the State of Israel.

Rabbi Yaakov Medan

Co-Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion and a prominent Tanakh educator. He also teaches at numerous hesder yeshivot and other institutions across Israel.

Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig

Rabbi of the Netzach Menashe community in Beit Shemesh and the author of several books. He also teaches halakha, Gemara, and machshava at Midreshet Lindenbaum.

Sarah Yehudit Schneider

Founding director of A Still Small Voice, a correspondence school that has served students since 1991. She is also the author of several books and articles on Jewish thought and mysticism.

Rabbi Professor Daniel Sperber

President of Bar-Ilan University’s Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies and a former professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan. He is an expert in classical philology, Talmudic studies, Jewish art, and the history of Jewish customs. He is also the author of the seminal series Minhagei Yisrael, which explores the origins and evolution of Jewish customs.

Dr. Jeremiah Unterman

Academic Editor of The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel and Resident Scholar at the Herzl Institute. He is the author of Justice for All: How the Jewish Bible Revolutionized Ethics (2017) and From Repentance to Redemption (1987), a study of biblical prophecy.