Who we are?












 

Founder
Matty Monheit,a graduate of Yeshiva University and Carnegie-Mellon University has thirty years experience in management consulting, methodology development and training, and in systems implementation. He drew upon his understanding of the complexity of business processes and their similarity to the Talmudic discourse to create a structured methodology for learning which became Gemara Berura in 1998.

Senior Consultant and Director of North American Operations
Meir Fachler is a graduate of yeshivas ITRI and Netsach Yisroel, Jews College London (BA Hons.),University of London Institute of Education (PGCE) and has a Masters degree in Jewish Education from the Hebrew University. He is an internationally acclaimed expert and pioneer in the field of Jewish educational technology and Curriculum Development, and has held senior positions in Israel and the UK. He co-founded JeMM Productions and GesherTech, and directed the First International Jewish Education Technology Conference.

Director of Content Development and Training
Rabbi Zalman Salmander, graduate of Yeshivat Meretz, Rabbi of the school in Psagot. Served as a community Rabbi in Sweden and in Israel taught Gemara in the Noam Jerusalem school, and in the school in Shiloh. HaRav Salamander works on the development of Gemara Berura's databases. He also visits schools all over Israel to train teachers how to use the Gemara Berura methodology in their classrooms.

Director of Educational Projects
Rachel Reinfeld - Wachtfogel completed her Master's degree in Business Administration at the Hebrew University, teaches Judaic studies at a girls high school in Bet Shemesh, and spearheads the development of new materials.

Director of Technology
Ephraim Berkovitz is a Java certified programmer (Sun), Java certified developer (Sun), Microsoft certified professional (MS), and Senior Lecturer at Sivan. He has developed projects in c++, Delphi and Java. Ephraim is leads the programming team and continues to develop Gemara Berura's technological innovations, improvements and updates.

Einat Levy, graduate of Bar-Ilan University, BA in Computer Science and Statistics, is one of Gemara Berura's experienced programmers

Graphic Design
Neri Levy, graduate of the Hesder Yeshiva HaKotel in Jerusalem and graduate of Bezalel Arts College in Visual Communications, was part of the initial think-tank for Matty's vision. Neri is responsible for all Gemara Berura's graphics.

Methodology Consultants
Sinai Levy, graduate of the Yeshiva Shvut Yisrael in Efrat, studies in the Eretz Chemdah Dayanut College in Jerusalem. Sinai was one of first people to share Matty's vision and help translate it into a learning methodology.

HaRav Chaim Bloch, graduate of Yeshivat Ohr Etzion and the Psagot Kollel, taught in Petach Tikva Hesder Yeshiva and works for the "Mishpatai Eretz" institute in Ofra. HaRav Bloch helps with the development of content for the Gemara Berura repositories.

Ingrid Barth has a Master's degree from Bar-Ilan University in Curriculum Design and Evaluation and is completing her doctorate on the implementation of technology in education. She teaches courses in cognitive psychology at Orot Israel Teacher's College in Elkanah. Ingrid collects data on the use of Gemara Berura in schools which is then used to improve the Gemara Berura software and support materials.


 
 
 
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