MEET OUR Faculty

Rabbanit Chana Henkin, Rosh Hamidrasha
Rabbanit Chana Henkin, founder and Dean of Nishmat, is one of today’s most acclaimed Jewish educators and a leader in re-drawing the landscape of Torah

Rabbanit Noa Lau, S’ganit Rosh Hamidrasha
Rabbanit Noa Lau, Associate Dean of Nishmat, is a Yoetzet Halacha and the Moshe and Charlotte Green Chair of Jewish Law at Nishmat, where she

Rav Da’vid Sperling, Rosh Beit Midrash
Rav Da’vid Sperling, Rosh Beit Midrash, was born in Sydney, Australia. He studied at Yeshivat Machon Meir for several years before studying for over a

Rabbanit Rivka Kahan
Rabbanit Rivka Kahan, Rosh Tochnit of Nishmat’s Shana Ba’Aretz Program, served as Principal of Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls for ten years prior to

Rabbanit Neima Novetsky
Rabbanit Neima Novetsky, who teaches Tanach at Nishmat, has been involved in Jewish

Rabbanit Ilana Hadad
Ilana Hadad is a graduate of Nishmat’s Keren Ariel Yoatzot Halachic Fellowship

Rabbanit Emuna Lapid
Rabbanit Emuna Lapid is a Ramit at Nishmat, where she teaches Tanach,

Rav Mendel Blachman
Rav Mendel Blachman, a veteran Nishmat faculty member and Ram at Kerem

Rabbanit Navit Tzadik
Rabbanit Navit Tzadik is a Ramit in Nishmat’s Shana Ba’Aretz program and

Rabbanit Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel
Rabbanit Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel teaches Halacha at Nishmat, where she also serves