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Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin. Congregation B'nai Avraham has achieved a strong presence in Brooklyn Heights under Rabbi Raskin's dynamic leadership. Rabbi Raskin combines thorough knowledge of Biblical and Rabbinic literature with a sensitive understanding of how the members of the Congregation may best apply timeless Jewish values to the circumstances of contemporary life. Rabbi Raskin also sympathetically shares in the joyful and sorrowful events in our members' lives. Rabbi Raskin is the author of Letters of Light, a book in which he explores the esoteric meaning of each letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See also www.heightschabad.com.

Rabbi Moshe Hubner. Rabbi Hubner is a popular scholar-in-residence across the tri-state area. Possessing a comprehensive mastery of Jewish law, Rabbi Hubner's personalized study program enables students to strengthen their understanding and practical skills. Rabbi Hubner co-authored a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud – Sheetah Mekubetzes, published in 1997 by Machon Be'er Hatorah, in Hebrew. Rabbi Hubner is in the middle of other works at the present time.

Rabbi Simcha Weinstein. Rabbi Weinstein received a degree in Film and Photographic History from the University of Manchester, England. Following graduation, he was responsible at the British Film Commission for the production and coordination of several hundred feature films throughout the United Kingdom. Rabbi Weinstein now serves as Chaplain at Long Island College Hospital, Pratt Institute, and Polytechnic University. Please see: www.rabbisimcha.com.

Rabbi Michoel Goldin. The eldest child of ten, Rabbi Goldin was born and raised in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn where he was educated in Oholei Torah from Preschool to High School. He then moved to France to start his Rabbinical studies. Later, he was sent by the Lubavitch World Headquarters to Budapest, Hungary along with nine other emisarries to spread Judaism and teach in the first Jewish college that was reopened in Hungary after WW2. Michoel was selected to take charge of all the Jewish children's programs. The next year he moved down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he spend the year learning in order to receive his Rabbinical Ordination. Aside from his studies, he was appointed to run the Shabbat program in addition to all other childrens programs.Michoel spent numerous summers as counselor and later on as program director. He resides in Brooklyn with his wife Rivky and son Mordechai..

 

Levana (Blanca) Madani. The shul's office manager, Ms. Madani, is a published political researcher and an internationally-recognized expert on Algeria. She is the author of several articles on Middle East-North African issues, including Algeria: Stronghold of the Pouvoir (MEIB, May 2001) and Hezbollah's Global Finance Network: The Triple Frontier (MEIB, January 2002). After studying for her Master's in Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, she was the university's first Grant Administrator for the National Resource Center on the Middle East, obtaining a $1.3 million grant for the Center before she left to work as Research Assistant to visiting Israeli professor Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, whose 2003 publication, Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed and How to Stop It quotes Ms. Madani's own research into the funding of Hezbollah. Ms. Madani has also done extensive work as an editor and web designer, the latter which was self-taught and learned by the age-old trial-and-error method. She designed the websites for the Congregation, Chabad of Brooklyn Heights and Kiddie Korner, as well as Rabbi DovBer Pinson's Iyyun Institute and other sites, religious and secular.