OU ISRAEL - Key Persons


Avi Katz

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chairman, Board of Governors

Avrohom Adler

Job Titles:
  • International Director, Yachad

Barbara Lehmann Siegel

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Chairman, Board of Governors

Dan Mitzner

Job Titles:
  • Director, Teach Coalition

Dr. Josh Joseph

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Emma Azulay

Job Titles:
  • NCSY National President

Harold M. Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi Joseph Karasick

Howard Tzvi Friedman

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Vice Chairmen, Board of Directors

Israel Free Spirit

Job Titles:
  • Director, Israel Free Spirit

Jonathan Dimbert

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Center for Communal Research

Josh Gottesman - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resources Officer

Lee C. Samson

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Vice Chairman, Board of Governors

Maury Litwack

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director Public Affairs

Menachem Schnaidman

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Chairman, Board of Directors

Miriam Greenman - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer

Mitchel R. Aeder - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • New OU President

Morris Smith

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Nathan Diament

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, OU Advocacy Center

Nechama Carmel

Job Titles:
  • Editor in Chief, Jewish Action

OU Kashrut - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President

OU Lay

Job Titles:
  • Leadership - National Officers

Rabbi Adir Posy

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • National Director of Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue Initiatives

Rabbi Avi Berman

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Berel Wein

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Eliyahu Krakowski

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Executive Editor, OU Press

Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld / Rabbi Max N. Schreier

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Ilan Haber - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Strategy Officer
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld / Rabbi Max N. Schreier

Rabbi Joseph Karasick


Rabbi Josh Ross

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Executive Director, Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus ( JLIC )

Rabbi Julius Berman

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Leonard Matanky

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Rabbi Sheftel Neuberger

Rabbi Marc Penner

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Marvin Hier

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Max N. Schreier

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld / Rabbi Max N. Schreier

Rabbi Menachem Genack

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Rabbinic Administrator / Chief Executive Officer

Rabbi Micha Greenland

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Michael Miller

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Moshe Elefant

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Executive Rabbinic Coordinator / Chief Operating Officer

Rabbi Moshe Hauer - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President
  • Rabbi
Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer joined the Orthodox Union (OU) as its Executive Vice President on May 1, 2020. In this role he serves as the organization's rabbinic leader,

Rabbi Moshe Krupka

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm

Rabbi Moshe Zywica

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Executive Rabbinic Coordinator / Director of Operations

Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Rabbinic Coordinator

Rabbi Sheftel Neuberger

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rabbi Simon Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Director, Community Projects and Partnerships

Rabbi Yaakov Glasser

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi
  • Managing Director, Communal Engagement

Rabbi Zev Leff

Job Titles:
  • Rabbi

Rachel Sims - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel

Rivki Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing and Communications

Shlomo Schwartz - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Administrative Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer

Shoshana Polakoff

Job Titles:
  • Director of Facilities Management and Logistics

Tamar Frydman

Job Titles:
  • Director, Impact Accelerator

Yael Tamari

Job Titles:
  • Director, Israel Free Spirit

Yehuda Neuberger - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Yoni Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff
  • Director of Special Projects