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Rabbi Ken Spiro, originally from New Rochelle, NY, graduated from Vassar College with a BA in Russian Language and Literature and did graduate studies at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow. He has rabbinic ordination from Aish Jerusalem and a Masters Degree in History from Vermont College of Norwich University. Rabbi Spiro is also a licensed tour guide by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. He has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs such as BBC, National Geographic Channel, and The History Channel. He lives near Jerusalem with his wife and five children, where he works as a senior lecturer for Aish Jerusalem.

Dr. Anthony Davidson draws upon his distinctive combination of experiences as a successful consultant, an entrepreneur, and a university dean to build businesses. He is a dynamic and engaging speaker who has addressed professionals, executives, and academics all over the world on a variety of topics and has over 60 publications, keynote speeches and presentations on various business topics, training, and development. He has been quoted and/or featured in numerous publications including the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Crain’s New York Business, and has appeared on CNN, CDN, and WB11 Cable TV and is a recipient of the prestigious Literati Award for Excellence.

Most of all, Dr. Davidson enjoys researching, developing and delivering thematic speeches that illustrate Torah values and concepts as they relate to and synthesize with the professional world, leveraging his unique and different skill set and industry experience along with his dry, British wit, to deliver them to diverse audiences. His lectures/shiurim have been described by both Rabbis and scholars alike as eloquent, highly entertaining and occupying a unique space along the spectrum. As a next generation survivor, he also addresses Holocaust Remembrance gatherings. Dr. Davidson has been involved as a Scholar-in Residence, spiritual leader, and/or featured speaker at Pesach and other programs for over 35 years. After studying in Yeshivas Itri in Jerusalem, Israel he immigrated to the United States and prior to his current position as Dean at Fordham University, he was the founding Dean of NYU’s SCPS Division of Programs in Business, and the founding Dean of the Manhattanville College School of Business.

Dr. Davidson has been extensively involved in providing advice and professional services to charitable organizations, most notably the Child Life Society for Children with Cystic Fibrosis, the RCCS Cancer Society, Puah Center for Fertility, the Jewish Center for Special Education, and the Queens Torah Library. Dr. Davidson was instrumental in the formation and growth of Yeshiva Netzach David, a post high-school Yeshiva founded for the benefit of those students who wish to continue their Torah studies while pursuing a full-time college education, where he also gave a weekly shiur.

Binyamin Davidson is known as and sought after for being a Baal Koreh with a particular focus on reading the Torah with both grammatical and cantorial precision. Since age thirteen, Binyamin has devoted himself to studying the rules and phenomena that govern Classical Hebrew dikduk, giving him a reputation as not only a professional Baal Koreh, but a perfectionist as well. 2019 will be Binyamin’s tenth year as a Baal Koreh on Pesach programs, and his second consecutive Pesach with Kosherica. After graduating from high school, Binyamin spent two years studying at Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh in Israel, before eventually returning to New York to pursue a career in engineering. Binyamin is currently studying mathematics and computer and informational sciences at Fordham University in Manhattan. Binyamin is also proud to have spent seven summers as a part of the NCSY Summer Kollel, attending as a camper, as a staff member, and in an administrative capacity.

Dikla Weitzner lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband and four kids. She worked as the Director of a summer day camp called Moshava Ba’ir Toronto from 2011-2018 – where camp had over 400 camp- ers aged 3-11, as well as over 170 staff members who she oversees. Dikla is currently the Director of Moshava of Wild Rose, a Bnei Akiva sleepover camp, located in Wisconsin. She chose this profession because she loves kids and planning programs for them. Her summer camp is centered on informal education – she believes kids can develop and learn so much in a camp setting. Her four children, aged 10-18, keep her in tune with what kids of all ages like to play and be active doing. Along with our team of counselors, Dikla promises to provide your children with a happy, stimulating, but most importantly, safe environment to spend their time in.

Elizabeth Savetsky is a devoted wife, proud mother of 3, digital influencer and accessories addict. Through her social media platforms, Elizabeth shares her journey of fashionable motherhood and advocates for causes that are close to her heart to her over 180k followers. She and her husband, Ira, a plastic surgeon, are vocal activists for Israel and the Jewish people and work with numerous non-profit, philanthropic movements to support their people and Homeland.

Elizabeth was humbled to serve as Honorary Grand Marshal for the Celebrate Israel Parade for all of her advocacy for The State of Israel. She travels across the country to give talks on infertility and pregnancy loss, two topics with which she is intimately familiar. Most recently, Elizabeth founded the “Real Love, Real Loss” movement on social media to destigmatize pregnancy loss for women on a global level and went on to raise funds for a Sefer Torah to donate to Israeli soldiers on the frontlines of battle in the merit of all the souls. Thousands participated in this successful endeavor and the movement went viral! Elizabeth’s mission is to empower people to stand up for what they believe in and live a beautiful life of kindness and fulfillment!