Scholar-in-Residence – Shabbat Dinner with Rabbi Simcha Willig

Join us on Friday night, March 4, for an inspirational dinner with Kesser Israel’s scholar-in-residence, Rabbi Simcha Willig.

The event, to take place at the MJCC will include delicious Shabbat Dinner by Century Catering, words of Torah from Rabbi Willig, a children’s program, and more!

Rabbi Willig is an instructor in Torah Studies at Yeshiva University and a PhD candidate in NYU’s doctoral program in Education and Jewish Studies.  He has led education programs in schools, synagogues, and youth groups throughout North America, Israel, and South Africa.

He was a Sanford Lurie Scholar at the Jewish Center of Manhattan, a member of the rabbinic team at Young Israel of Scarsdale, and has been a Jewish Student Union educator/advisor in Westchester’s public high schools. He’s also a Wexner Fellow and a Davidson Scholar. Music is a love, film is a hobby, and he enjoys playing ping-pong.

Rabbi Willig holds an MA in Jewish Education from the Azrieli School and Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshiva University. He received a Bachelor’s in Talmudic Law from Ner Israel Rabbinical College and he studied at various yeshivot, including Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh and the Mir Yeshiva, in Israel.

He lives in New York with his wife and children.

Please contact Jodi for more information at: jodi@kesserisrael.org.