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Faculty Profile
St Petersburg Staff
Rabbi Elazar Nezdatny
Position: Co-President Migdal Ohr
Institutions in Russia; Principal St. Petersburg branch.
Place of Origin: St Petersburg.
Qualifications: Obtained smicha in Eretz Israel 1999. Masters' Degree in Mechanical Engineering from St. Petersburg University.
General Background: Member of the underground learning circles led by Rabbi Tzvi Wassermann under the Communist
regime from 1983. Has been learning at Yeshivat Shvut Ami in Israel under Rabbi Eliezer
Kugel since 1988. Director of Migdal Ohr Institutions since 1991.
Yehoshua Kreichman
Position: Deputy Principal, St. Petersburg
Branch
Place of Origin: Moldavia
Qualifications: Masters Degree in Building Engineering
General Background: Before moving to Israel, was an active member of the underground
Jewish community of Moldavia under the Communist regime. Has been learning at Yeshivat
Shvut Ami since 1988 and has been working for Migdal Ohr for the past four years.
Chaim
Burshtein
Position: Maggid Shiur in
Yeshiva
Other positions: Rabbi of St. Petersburg. Was Dayan in Beit Din of the
former USSR in Moscow.
Qualifications: BA in Management. Formal Yeshiva studies at Shvut Ami,
Jersualem and Maayan, Beer Sheva. Rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Yitzhak
Kolitz, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. Practical course in Gittin in Beit Din,
Beer Sheva.
General Background: Has lectured at seminars and classes across Israel, the
USA and in the former Soviet Union. A prominent "refusenik", he
was actively involved during the 1980s in the struggle for the right of
emigration and for religious rights for Jews. Was detained by the KGB on 40
separate occasions and arrested twice. Finally arriived in Isreal in 1987
and made a world lecture tour detailing human rights abuses and struggles of
prisoners of Zion in the USSR.
Shmuel Koren
Position: Maggid Shiur (lecturer) at Migdal
Ohr High School and Yeshiva.
Place of Origin: The Ukraine.
Qualifications: Masters Degree in Music from the Ukrainian School of Music.
General Background: Graduated Yeshivat Shvut Ami in Israel. Has a reputation as a master
chess player.
Yardena Koren
Position: Headmistress of the Migdal Ohr Girls' School in St. Petersburg.
Place of Origin: State of Israel.
Qualifications: Israeli bagrut.
General Background: Has been working at Migdal Ohr for the past four years.
Yosef Wolf Zirlin
Position: Teacher of Religious Studies at Migdal Ohr, St. Petersburg and also responsible
for overseeing the Yeshiva program.
Place of Origin: St. Petersburg.
Qualifications: Graduated Migdal Ohr of St. Petersburg in 1992.
General Background: Studied for six years in Yeshivat Shvut Ami in Israel.
Miriam Zirlin
Position: Teacher of Religious Studies at the Migdal Ohr Girls' School.
Place of Origin: Moscow.
Qualifications: Graduated the Beit Ulpana High School and the Michlelet Yerushalayim
Seminary in Israel.
Girls' School Staff
Rabbi Dovid Bargman
Position: Teacher of Religious Studies at
Migdal Ohr Boys' School.
Place of Origin: Moscow.
Qualifications:Graduated The Moscow Musical Academy.
General Background: Learned at Yeshivat Oholei Yaakov of Moscow. Is well known for his
violin playing.
Yehudah Lekomstez
Position: Maggid Shiur at Migdal Ohr High
School and Yeshiva. Also responsible for the Evening and University programs.
Place of Origin: St. Petersburg.
Qualifications: Masters Degree in Philosophy from the University of St. Petersburg.
General Background: Graduated Yeshivat Shvut Ami in Israel. Has been involved with Migdal
Ohr for the past three years.
Moscow Staff
Left to right: Tzvi Zynzypper, Rabbi
Michael Ellman, Gedalia Mankovetsky, Rabbi Yosef Kanevsky
Gedalia Mankovetsky
Position: Co-President Migdal Ohr Institutions
in Russia. Principal Moscow branch.
Place of Origin: Moscow.
Qualifications: Masters Degree in History from Moscow University.
General Background: Learned at Yeshivat Ateret Yisrael in Israel for seven years from 1988
to 1995. Taught history in Russia before going to Israel. Lectures at Yeshivat Ohr
Sameach, Jerusalem, Yeshivat Netivot Olam, Bnei Brak and Beit Ulpana Girls' School,
Jerusalem.
Rabbi Michael Ellman
Position: Executive Director of the Moscow
branch of Migdal Ohr Institutions.
Place of Origin: St Petersburg.
Qualifications: Graduated the St. Petersburg Technical University.
General Background: Was well known in refusenick circles under Communist Rule. Studied at
Yeshivat Shvut Ami in Israel for 14 years.
Tzvi Zynzypper
Position: Teacher of Religious Studies in the
high school and yeshiva.
Place of Origin: Russia..
Qualifications: Studied at Yeshivat Kiryat Malachi in Israel for six years.
Yael Zynzypper
Position: Headmistress of the Migdal Ohr
Girls' School in Moscow.
Place of Origin: St Petersburg.
Qualifications: Graduated from the Seminar Hechadash in Israel with a diploma for teaching
children with learning disabilities.
Rabbi Yosef Kanevsky
Position: Maggid Shiur in the Migdal Ohr high
school and yeshiva.
Place of Origin: Sempheropol, Russia.
Qualifications: Graduated the University of Sempheropol.
General Background: Studied at Yeshivat Kiryat Malachi in Israel.
Chana Kanevsky
Position: Teacher of Religious Studies in the
Migdal Ohr girls' school.
Place of Origin: Perm, Russia.
Qualifications: Graduated the University of Perm and also Michlelet Yerushalayim in
Israel.
Rabbi Gedalia Shustak
Position: Teacher of Religious Studies in the
boys' high school and the university.
Place of Origin: Kiev, Ukraine.
Qualifications: Masters Degree in history from Kiev State University. Also graduated from
the Sydney College of Computer Science, Australia.
General Background: Studied at Yeshivat Shvut Ami in Israel.
Efrat Shustak
Position: Teacher of Religious Studies in the
girls' high school and university.
Place of Origin: Minsk, White Russia.
Qualifications: Graduated the Minsk University and also received a teaching diploma from
Machon Lifshitz in Israel.
Dr Shlomo Gendelman
Position: Teacher of Religious Studies in the
university. Also responsible for general administration of the university.
Place of Origin: Moscow.
Qualifications: Professor of Physics, Moscow University.
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