Meet the Poraths

Rabbi Yisroel and Shoshana Porath are the JLIC couple at Rutgers University.

Rabbi Porath came on aliyah with his family from Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Neve Daniel, Israel. He attended Neve Shmuel Yeshiva High School and the Karnei Shomron Hesder Yeshiva during which he served in the Nachal infantry unit during his army service. Rabbi Porath holds a B.Ed. in educational counseling, a teaching certificate, and has Semicha from Yeshivat HaMivtar, Rabbi Riskin, Rabbi Brovender and Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg.

Shoshana grew up in Queens, NY, and graduated the Yeshiva of Flatbush. She made aliyah after spending a year of learning at Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim. Shoshana holds a B.A. in Tanach from Bar Ilan University, a teaching certificate from Michlelet Herzog and is a Lindenbaum Educators Fellow.
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