Rafi Kassimov
Director, Midreshet Yerushalayim, Eastern Europe

Rabbi Dr. Rafi Kassimov, a popular Midreshet Yerushalayim lecturer recently ordained by the Schechter Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in French literature and is a certified tour guide. Under the auspices of Midreshet Yerushalayim, Dr. Kassimov organized and teaches a program that combines serious academic study with informative field trips. He will continue to teach his long-running lecture series which has become a fixture in the Jewish cultural life of Russian-speakers in Tel Aviv and Ashdod.