Meet the Cheseses

Rabbi Noah Cheses grew up in Boston where he went to the Maimonides Day School. He studied at Yeshiva University’s Honors Program as an undergraduate and at Yeshiva University’s Rabbinical School for his ordination. He is pursuing Masters degrees in Jewish Philosophy at Bernard Revel School of Jewish Studies and in Family Counseling and Therapy at the Family Institute in Jerusalem. He has been a Schottenstein Scholar in Jewish Studies, a Dr. Norman Lamm Fellow in Jewish Thought, and a Wexner Graduate Fellow.

Noah has spent a few years studying in Israel where he founded the Tikvah Israel Seminars, a program that provides interdisciplinary forums relating to enduring Jewish questions facing the modern day state of Israel. He has also directed numerous winter break trips to Israel that explored the complexities the Jewish democratic state through the lens of Shabbat.

Noah has taught Torah in Jewish communities across America, the UK, and Israel. He has also published numerous articles on Jewish ethics and education. During the summer months, Noah and his wife Sarah have served as the educational directors at Camp Stone, where they developed and coordinated formal and informal educational programming for campers and staff.

In high school, Noah was on the Grounds Crew at Fenway Park where he spent his summers mowing the field for the Boston Red Sox. Noah is also an avid runner who ran on the cross country team in college and who has competed in the Boston, Miami, and Jerusalem marathons.

Sarah Cheses originates from Columbus Ohio and received her B.A. in Biology with Honors from Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women. She has recently completed the Yoetzet Halacha program at Nishmat in Jerusalem. As a Yoetzet, she is trained to serve as a halachic advisor in the realm of Jewish Family Purity laws. While in Israel, Sarah also worked for Bishvilaych, a women’s health center in Jerusalem devoted to promoting preventative medicine and improving the health care for women in Israel. Sarah is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Health at Columbia University.

Sarah enjoys learning and teaching Torah and has lectured in many communities in America and Israel. She began her career by teaching science and Jewish Philosophy at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls in Teaneck, NJ. Sarah’s hobbies include tennis and Jewelry making.

Sarah and Noah live in New Haven and are the proud parents of Adina Malka.

Sarah and Noah are looking forward to meeting you and sharing fun, food, and ideas together. They hope to facilitate the learning of Jewish texts both in individual study partnerships and in classes at many levels. They look forward to experiencing and celebrating Shabbat and many other Jewish events together with students at Yale.