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Educational Leadership

A strong and experienced faculty is key to delivering excellence in Limudei Kodesh and General Studies. Therefore, Me-
sivta Ateres Yaakov goes to great lengths to hire and retain a robust roster of top mechanchim. Our Rebbeim are not only
scholarly musmachim; they are experienced educators committed to the mandate of education of the individual. The ma-
jority of our General Studies faculty have one or more Masters degrees, and a significant percentage also hold doctorates.

Our faculty members have diverse interests, accomplishments, and approaches that help them forge unique connections
with their students. Their extraordinarily long average tenure at MAY is one indication of the high quality of our students
and the school’s supportive educational environment.

Hanhalah/Educational Administration

Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, Ph.D. (since 2000)
Rosh HaYeshiva
A musmach of Yeshiva Gedolah of Miami Beach, he co-founded the Yeshiva Gedolah of Yeshivat Keter Torah in Mexico City, where he
also taught for four years. Subsequently, he taught eighth grade at Yeshivas Eitz Chaim in Toronto for thirteen years and became Vice-
Principal. He was also a Senior Lecturer for Ohr Somayach, a consultant to She’arim Hebrew Day School for children with learning
disabilities, and taught for both Ma’alot and Maimonides College. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is licensed to practice in
NYS.

Rabbi Sam Rudansky, M.A., J.D. Rabbi Yehudah Horowitz
(since 2002) (since 1992)
Principal, General Studies Mashgiach Ruchani
Rabbi Sam Rudansky has extensive experience Rabbi Horowitz is a musmach of Rav Avraham

in high school education having taught at HANC, Pam, zt”l and a talmid muvhak of Rav Moshe
HAFTR, and Frisch High Schools. He also served as Wolfson. As Mashgiach Ruchani, Rabbi Horowitz
the English Principal at Yeshiva M’kor Chaim, was works closely with talmidim individually and also
Assistant to the Dean at Rambam Mesivta, and delivers vaadim to shiurim. He has a B.A. in
Assistant to the Undergraduate Dean of Students Economics from Touro College.
at Touro College. In addition to a Bachelors Degree
Cum Laude from Yeshiva University and a Masters
Degree in Educational Administration from New York
University, he holds a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law. Rabbi Avromi Meyer (since 2020)
Director of Student Life
Rabbi Meyer grew up in Denver, Colorado. He
spent four years in Israel, two in Ohr Yerushalayim
Rabbi Yossi Bennett, M.S. (since 2006) and two in the Mir. He then attended Yeshiva
Assistant Menahal Gedolah of the 5 Towns. Rabbi Meyer received a
Assistant Principal, General Studies Masters in Social Work from Long Island
University. He also run a lounge for teens at

Rabbi Bennett is a musmach of Rabbi Eliyahu C. Madraigos. During the summer, Rabbi Meyer is

Schneider and HaRav Naftali Jaegar of Yeshiva Sh’or the CIT division Head in Simcha Day Camp.
Yoshuv, after years learning in Yeshivos Ner Yaakov,
Toras Moshe, and Mir. He founded and directed the
Queens Ner Yair Learning Program for post high
school and college students, and participated in
the DRS and HAFTR chaburah programs. He as well,
served as a mentor in the Moodus Summer Kiruv
Program and now serves as Assistant Director
of Camp Areivim. Rabbi Bennett was the
Executive Director of the Association of
Orthodox Jewish Scientists for ten years is the
co-author of the popular “The Kosher Kitchen
Handbook.” He has NYS Teacher Certification, a
Masters in Talmidic Law and earned his M.S.
in Jewish Education from The Azrieli School of
Jewish Education and Administration.

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