R' Victor Mosseri
Director of Finance
Victor Dweck
Director of Marketing
Rabbi Harold Sutton, born and raised in Brooklyn, received Semikha from Hakham Ovadia Yosef, Hakham Meir Mazuz and Hakham Shimon Alouf. He earned a degree in Psychology from YU and studied towards a Master's degree in Judaic studies at NYU. He served as the Rabbi of Bnei Yitzhak, Rosh Yeshivah of Sephardic Rabbinical College and Rosh Yeshivah of Magen David Yeshivah before making Aliyah and founding Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim where he currently serves as Rosh Yeshivah.
Rabbi Yehoshua Shani, a resident of Kiryat Arba, studied at Yeshivat HaKotel and graduated from the Lifshitz Teachers’ College. He previously served as principal of the Orot Etzion School in Efrat, and later as principal of the Reishit Chochma School in Moscow. He also served as Rosh Yeshiva of Barkai Yeshivah in New York. Since its inception, he has been the Israel Executive Director of Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim.
Our Director of Student Life & Activities, Rabbi Yaakov Tessler’s family made aliyah from Flatbush. His father was one of the first students of Rabbi Shimon Alouf. Rabbi Tessler studied for 17 years in Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav, where he was a very close student of the Rosh Yeshivah, Rabbi Yaakov Shapira. Rabbi Tessler also holds a Bachelor's degree in education from Orot Yisrael College for Education.
Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Rabbi Shimon Alouf was a close student and hazzan of Hakham Ovadia Yosef. He served for decades as the head rabbi of Ahaba VeAhva in Brooklyn, NY leading the Egyptian community as well as the Rosh Yeshivah of both Magen David Yeshivah and the Sephardic Rabbinical College, where he gave semikha to dozens of community rabbis. He is a highly respected halakhic authority of Sephardic Jewish communities around the world and upon moving back to Israel in 2022 has been teaching at Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim.
Born in Chicago, Rabbi Gold moved to Israel at a young age. He studied and taught at Yeshivat Birkat Moshe in Ma’ale Adumim for 15 years and served as an infantry soldier in the IDF. Rabbi Gold holds a Bachelor of Education degree in Talmud and Tanach, as well as a law degree, and received his Semikha (Yore Yoreh/Yadin Yadin) from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He has served as Rabbi of the American program in Yeshivat Birkat Moshe since 2010, teaches in the Yeshiva’s Kollel, and he actively sits as a Dayan in the local Beit Din. He is also the rabbi of a congregation in Chashmonaim and has been teaching in Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim since 2017.
Born in Jerusalem, Rabbi Yitzchak Mirsky was a student of Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna of Yeshivat Chevron. Rabbi Mirsky served as Rosh Yeshiva of BMT and was a longtime educator of many students from the Sephardic community. In 2003, he moved to Brooklyn, where he served as Rosh Kollel of the Sephardic Rabbinical College and taught Semicha students, many of whom are practicing members of the Rabbinate today. He returned to Israel in 2014, where he continues to dedicate himself to educating youth. Rabbi Mirsky is the author of the well-known series Hegyonei Halacha, Haggadat Hegyonei Halacha and Haggadah leSepharadim. Currently, Rabbi Mirsky lives in Jerusalem, where he continues to write and teach in Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim.
Rabbi Joseph Salem grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended Shaare Torah Elementary and Magen David Yeshivah High School. Afterward, he studied in Mitzpeh Yericho, Israel, under the guidance of Rabbi Shabtai Sabato. He continued his learning in the Sephardic Rabbinical College from Rabbi Shimon Alouf and Rabbi Harold Sutton. He works in his family business, in the textiles and home fashion industry, teaches his daf yomi shiur on zoom and is a Morning Seder Rabbi at Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim. He, his wife Loraine and their six children currently live in Alon Shvut.
Rabbi Edward Benjamin, who has been involved with Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim since its inception, graduated from Hillel Yeshiva High School and attended Yeshivat Torah Shraga for a year. He then attended and graduated CUNY with a BA degree in Philosophy and Jewish Studies while attending the Sephardic Rabbinical College as a part time student. While working in Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim, Rabbi Benjamin is also pursuing semikha from the Chief Rabbinate in Israel and has, to date, passed the rabbinic exams on abelut, nidda, and huppa vkiddushin. He also holds a master's degree in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University's Azrieli School of Jewish Education.
Mr. Josh Aboody was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, before spending two years in Israel- post high school. Upon his return to America, he went to Yeshivat Ner Yisrael in Baltimore followed by law school at the University of Maryland. An attorney, working for an investment bank in New York, Mr. Aboody and his family made aliyah in 2017 and he has taught Gemara and Jewish Thought in Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim since 2018.
Moshe Alouf grew up in both Brooklyn, NY and Israel, giving him a unique perspective on Jewish life in the Diaspora and the Land of Israel. A proud graduate of Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim (Class of 2017), he went on to serve in the Israel Defense Forces where he was a sergeant. Moshe holds a degree in Education from Herzog College in Israel and is dedicated to building meaningful connections between Torah learning, personal growth and strong educational values.
Ezra Dweck grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended Barkai Yeshivah Elementary School and DRS High School. He then spent three years studying at Yeshivat Birkat Moshe in Ma’ale Adumim, followed by four years as a madrich at Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim, during which he earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Machon Lev. Afterward, he served as a software engineer in the IDF. Ezra currently lives with his wife in Nachlaot, Jerusalem, where he teaches at Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim
Dr. Charles Cohen grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended Magen David Yeshivah High School. Afterward, he spent a year studying at Yeshivah Torat Shraga before continuing his learning for five years in the Sephardic Rabbinical College half-day program under the guidance of Rabbi Shimon Alouf and Rabbi Harold Sutton. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brooklyn College and later received his Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) from the SUNY College of Optometry. He started his practice in 2021 and four years later made aliyah in the summer of 2025, with his wife and three children.
Mrs. Gitta J. Neufeld earned her BA and Masters from Queens College in communications, with a second Masters from Pace University in School Administration and Supervision. She is currently completing her doctoral dissertation, researching factors affecting young women's post-secondary educational and career choices. Mrs. Neufeld has over 40 years of teaching and leadership experience in both yeshivot and public schools. Her past positions in the Sephardic Community included Director of Education at the Allegra Franco School of Educational Leadership, Director of Pedagogy for the Sephardic Rabbinical College and Educational Consultant and team leader of PROPEL Ed. In May 2012, the Covenant Foundation announced that, in recognition of her work in the Community, Mrs. Neufeld was a recipient of the prestigious Excellence in Education Award, which was presented at a national event in November 2012. The Neufelds made Aliyah in 2024, and she is currently Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim‘s registrar, administrator and - her favorite title- "school grandma.”
Born and raised in Israel, Etay Bakish studied at the Hesder Yeshiva in Ma’ale Adumim before serving as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade. He has been a madrich at Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim since Sept 2024.
Born and raised in Israel, Yehuda Melnick studied at the Hesder Yeshiva in Ma’ale Adumim before serving as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade. Currently he is studying in Hebrew University. He has been a madrich at Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim since Sept 2024.
