Midreshet Tehillah
Faculty
Our Faculty and Staff
Midreshet Tehillah teachers have strong academic credentials to complement their broad Torah scholarship and experience
in teaching Torah subjects. A number of them have established international reputations as teachers and scholars. In addition to their intellectual strengths, teachers are specifically selected for their interest in getting to know students personally and for their skill in guiding them through their transition to adulthood.
Most of the staff live in Har Nof, the neighborhood immediately surrounding the campus, so opportunities for students to meet the faculty outside the classroom are numerous. Students are often invited to their teachers' homes for Shabbat meals. Supplementing the teaching staff is an experienced and dedicated support staff of mechanchot, tutors, and dorm counselors who provide academic assistance as well as guidance, advice, and friendship.
Rabbi Jeremy Kagan and Rabbi Avraham Brussel direct the Midreshet Tehillah program.
Rabbi Dr. Dovid Refson, Dean
Yeshivat Kfar Chasidim, Semicha from Machon Harry Fischel; Founder and Dean of Neve Yerushalayim Jewish Educational Network; Ph.D. in Philosophy from University of Florida.
Rabbi Jeremy Kagan, Principal
Rabbi Kagan studied at Yeshivat Mishkan HaTorah, Meshech Chochma, Heichal HaTorah, received a semicha from Rabbi Zelman Nechemia Goldberg, and a BA in Philosophy from Yale University. Rabbi Kagan has been a lecturer since 1995 at seminaries and women’s colleges, such as She’arim, Neve Yerushalayim, Ma’alot Yerushalayim, Moreshet Institute, and Me’ohr Beis Yaakov, and also lectures at Betzalel Art School. He authored The Jewish Self: Recovering Spirituality in the Modern World (Feldheim 1999) and The Choice to Be: A Jewish Path to Self and Spirituality (Feldheim 2011).
Rabbi Avraham Brussel, Academic Dean
Rabbi Brussel studied at Yeshivat Ner Israel, Mishkan HaTorah, Heichel HaTorah, and Ma’alot HaTorah. He received semicha from Rabbi Klein, and a BA in Literature, Cum Laude, from Princeton University. Rabbi Brussel has been a lecturer at women’s colleges, such as Midreshet Rachel, Neve Yerushalayim, She’arim, and Chedvas Beis Yaakov, and is now also the Principal of Sha’arei Chen Second Year Seminary Program.
