Rabbi Menachem Deutsch

Head Honcho. The Big Cheese. Founder and dean. Responsibilities include; program coordination, rabbi-herding, fundraising, and bottle-washing. Rabbi Deutsch grew up in Dallas, TX, and came to Atlanta in 1987 as one of the original founders of the Kollel. Rabbi Deutsch enjoyed camping with his kids which he was able to do before he took this nutty job.

Email:mdeutsch@atlantakollel.org

Rabbi Yaakov Fleshel

Rabbi Yaakov Fleshel hails originially from Capetown, South Africa. The only time you don't detect an accent is when he is doing his Israeli and Brazilian soccer commentary or duck-brushing-his-teeth impersonation. Rabbi Fleshel is partnering up with the Meor Leadership Program to educate and inspire college students at Emory University. In his free time, he runs after his three sons, watches soccer and rides the elevator in his home.

Email:fleshel@gmail.com

Rabbi Daniel Freitag

Rabbi Freitag is the director of programming for the Kollel Dome in Dunwoody. Rabbi Freitag's lectures and classes have achieved a significant degree of popularity in a very short time.  The Kollel Institute which he teaches and founded has now spread to cities nationwide.  His Shabbat beginner services in his role as 'The Unintimidator' have a large following as well. Rabbi Freitag's activities include all aspects of Kollel Dome programming as well as numerous home groups and other unique study programs. While Rabbi Freitag loves the South, he is a closet Yankee fan. He enjoys cholent making, anti-missionary work, and premium orange juice.

Email: Rabbidan@atlantakollel.org
Phone: 404-272-8389

Rabbi Binyomin Friedman

Rabbi Friedman teaches many lively Lunch and Learns at a variety of locations around Atlanta, as well as evening classes in the Kollel Dome. One of the original founders of ASK, the Friedmans arrived in Atlanta in 1987. In 1994 a group of ASK students from Dunwoody asked Rabbi Friedman to become the Rabbi of the newly formed Congregation Ariel in Dunwoody, a position he holds until this very day. Rabbi Friedman is a native of Minneapolis, MN and he refuses to wear a winter coat in Atlanta.

Phone:404-202-2813

Rabbi Michoel Friedman

Rabbi Michoel Friedman is part of the Kollel Rabbi team in Dunwoody with Rabbis Binyomin Friedman and Daniel Freitag. Understandably, he brought much confusion (which Rabbi Friedman??) with his arrival in 2008. Originally from The Big Apple, he spent enough years studying at Baltimore’s Ner Israel to consider himself weaned from big-city antics. Rabbi Friedman spends much of his time giving classes and studying one on one with individuals working/living in North Atlanta. With an in-depth and thought provoking style, he introduces Jews to a deeper understanding of Torah and Judaism. Oh, and by the way, he only likes drinking warm soda. Coke, of course!

Email: michoel@precifix.com

Rabbi Shlomo Gelbtuch

Rabbi Gelbtuch brings his unique charm and warmth to the Jewish student bodies of GA Tech, GA State and UGA. Rabbi Gelbtuch studied at the famed Tiferes Yerushalayim Yeshiva in Manhattan and was Rabbinically ordained in Jerusalem. He loves the big city but is getting used to the "quiet" life of Atlanta. He enjoys singing and dancing with just about anyone and loves spending time with his wife and kids.

Email: Shtubes@gmail.com
Phone: Home: 404-327-4808

Rabbi Menashe Goldberger

Rabbi Golberger has accepted the position as the newly appointed COO for the Kollel, while also maintaining his teaching responsibilities in the Beis Midrash in Toco Hills. His position involves programming, teaching, shlepping, cup-stocking, and all other aspects of maintaining the Kollel's largest facility. Rabbi Goldberger is known for his singing talent and is in fact the son of a 7th generation cantor. Born in Akron Ohio, Rabbi Goldberger was raised in Silver Spring, MD and joined the Kollel in 1989 during which he also pursued 9 year career with the Torah Day School of Atlanta.  Rabbi and Mrs. Goldberger have recently joined the Kollel Grandparents' club!

Email: Rabbigoldberger@atlantakollel.org
Phone:678-244-6650

Rabbi Moshe Hiller

Rabbi Hiller is the director of the Kollel's Yesodei Hatorah program. The Yesodei Hatorah program is a comprehensive semester based text skills program which takes students all the way from basic Hebrew to Talmud study in the original! Rabbi Hiller's good cheer and educational technique have maintained this program since 1996. Rabbi Hiller is the resident expert on Hebrew grammar and usage as well as being the director of Pirchei Day Camp. Rabbi Hiller, his wife Leah and their children came to Atlanta from Israel in 1993.

Email: mbhiller@hotmail.com

Rabbi Michoel Lipschutz

Rabbi Lipschutz leads a number of study groups as well as working on administrative and fund-raising activities for the Kollel. Rabbi Lipschutz, a native of Nashville, joined the Kollel in 1990 and lives in Toco Hills with his wife Rivka and his 8 children. Rabbi Lipschutz was ordained at the renowned Chaim Berlin Yeshiva and holds a bachelors degree in Accounting. Mrs. Rivka Lipschutz holds an MA in education from Georgia State and presently teaches at Temima High School. Rabbi Lipschutz enjoys hiking in North Georgia as well as the beaches of South Carolina.

Contact:mlipschutz@atlantakollel.org
Phone: 404-218-7767

Rabbi Doniel Pransky

Our Rosh Kollel moved to Atlanta with his family after spending four years in the bustling metropolis of balmy Columbus, Ohio. (They left the sleds behind.) Meticulous and thorough, Rabbi Pransky received his rabbinic smicha from the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore as part of a brief, 18 year stint of intense study. He is nevertheless somewhat articulate, and his wide specturm of classes include in-depth Chumash, Sefer Yechezkel for women, and Shulchan Aruch for men. 

Contact: rabbipransky@atlantakollel.org
Phone:678-244-6667

Rabbi Dave Silverman

Rabbi Dave, one of the original founders of the Kollel, runs a number of programs for the Kollel including high school programming at local schools such as Pace Academy, Woodward, Paideia, and others. He also leads the Heritage Young Adult Program in Toco Hills. Rabbi Dave runs a popular weekly Shabbat beginner service and leads a number of other classes for singles and young adults. Rabbi Dave is known for his proficiency at juggling, mime, and he particularly enjoys burning his hands as the Kollel's 'Kashering' expert.

Contact: davesilverman@juno.com
Phone:404-329-0323

Mrs. Julie Silverman

Mrs. Silverman, wife of Rabbi Dave, was born in Tokyo, Japan.  She and her husband Dave moved to Atlanta to join the Kollel in 1987.  She has previously done work as a paralegal and is presently very involved in local lay leadership of various Jewish educational institutions.  Julie has been the director of the Bena program for the past 6 years.

Contact:404-329-0323

Mrs. Rivki Freundlich

Rifki has been working for the Kollel in various capacities since she and her family moved to Atlanta. After teaching, tutoring and some office work, Rifki became the co-director of Bena in 2004. When not hosting guests, or volunteering for one of the local schools, Rifki enjoys going to Braves games with her husband.

Email: Freundlich@bellsouth.net
Phone: 404-929-8047

Mrs. Miriam Cole

Although Miriam Seidband Cole hails from Washington Heights, New York, and is a graduate of CCNY, she has lived in the DC suburbs, Boca Raton and moved to Atlanta in 1982. She was involved in Jewish education from 1986 to 2001, teaching at B'nai Torah's religious school, then becoming the education director there. This past year, she joined the ASK team as Program Co-ordinator and is honored to be working with such a dedicated group. During her spare time, Mrs. Cole is involved with B'nai Torah's Kesher committee, a variety of chesed projects and she enjoys traveling with her husband, Stephen Cole, when time permits.

Ms. Marcia Sternberg

"Marcia from Kollel"  - Keeper of the Kollel. The foundation upon which the Kollel runs........  Although Marcia was born in Paramus, New Jersey she has called Atlanta her home for more than 4 decades.  Active in Hadassah, Civitans and various other volunteer jobs, Marcia attempts to keep the Kollel running smoothly.  She comes from a background working with Jewish National Fund, Southeastern Region of Hadassah and Emory Pediatric/Genetics.  Marcia enjoys spending her spare time watching NASCAR and hanging out with her 2 pit bull dogs and her husband.

Contact: ask@atlantakollel.org

Mrs. Shoshana Stiefel

Mrs. Stiefel is a Bais Yaakov graduate and has a B.A. in Early Childhood Education. She and her family have been in Atlanta since 1986. Mrs. Stiefel has been working with the Kollel since November 1991 as Program Co-ordinator. During her "free" time she spends time with her husband and 5 children enjoying summer in Israel and working on various chesed projects.

Mrs. Leah Pollock

Mrs. Leah Pollock has been working as the bookkeeper for the Atlanta Scholars Kollel ever since she moved to Atlanta with her family in 1997.  Aside from her job at the Kollel office she enjoys spending time with her children and shepping nachas from her husband Mordechai who is the youth director at Congregation Ariel in Dunwoody.

Contact: leah@atlantakollel.org