Our Staff
The Herzog Global team combines decades of pedagogical and curricular development experience with cutting-edge technical expertise and innovative ideas.
Amihai Bannett
CEO of Herzog Global
I am passionate about education and look forward to learning from other educators and working to enhance Jewish education around the world.
Rabbi Reuven Spolter
Educational Programming & Professional Development Coordinator
I have a passion for combining the depth and wisdom of Torah with the power and impact of technology.
Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger
Director of English Language Programming
By building dynamic partnerships in Jewish education, I believe we can give successful role models a platform to share inspiring methodologies and content.
Miriam Moyal
Director of Technical Pedagogy
I love to use innovative pedagogy and new educational technology to make Judaic Studies classes more exciting.
Rabbi Shmuel Kornblit
Director of Spanish-Language Programs
I am dedicated to sharing educational materials about Judaism and Israel in Spanish with teachers from Latin America.
Orit Lasser
Tanakh Curriculum Project Manager
I am excited to be creating innovative new curricula for the teaching of Tanakh in Jewish schools around the world.
Amihai Bannett
CEO of Herzog Global
Amihai joined Herzog College from the Jewish Agency for Israel, where he ran the International Chidon HaTanach competition. He is a graduate of the Herzog College B.Ed. program and has a Masters’ degree in Education Administration from Loyola University in Chicago. Amihai served for four years as an emissary (shaliach) of the Jewish Agency in Winnipeg, Canada, including two years as principal of the Jewish day school. He now lives in Bet Shemesh with his wife and four children. Follow him on Twitter at @IsraelConnect
Email: amihaib@herzog.ac.il
Rabbi Reuven Spolter
Educational Programming & Professional Development Coordinator
Rabbi Reuven Spolter is a graduate of Yeshiva University with an MA in Secondary Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School and Rabbinic Ordination from RIETS.
He has taught formally and online to groups of all ages in communities around the world, including teaching Judaic Studies at Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy in Livingston, NJ, Hebrew High School of New England in West Hartford, CT, and Akiva Hebrew Day School in Southfield, MI.
He is also working towards a MA degree in Talmud from Bar Ilan University.
Email: rspolter@herzog.ac.il
Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger, Ed.D.
Director of English Language Programming
Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger, Ed.D. is a scholar and educator whose interests range from the sociology of Jewish education to a close reading of Jewish texts.
He earned his Rabbinic ordination and Ed.D. from Yeshiva University. His doctoral dissertation, published as “Flipping Out – Myth or Fact: The Impact of the Year in Israel”, focused on the phenomenon of post-high school study in Israel.
Rabbi Berger served as the the Senior Content Editor of the Koren Talmud Bavli, and is co-editor of the H-Judaic academic discussion list.
Email: szberger@herzog.ac.il
Rabbi Shmuel Kornblit
Director of Spanish-Language Programs
Shmuel was born in Argentina and moved to Israel, where he graduated from the Yeshiva of Kibbutz HaDati in Ein Tzurim. He has a degree in Tanakh from Bar Ilan University and a teaching certificate in Talmud and Oral Law. Shmuel also learned in Beit Morasha and the Straus-Amiel | Beren Amiel Institute, and he is currently studying for his PhD in Judaic Studies.
20 years ago, Shmuel established the Masua organization to work with young Jews from Latin America. He started out with a Spanish-language website to share educational materials about Judaism and Israel. This led him to partner with Herzog College to create the website www.tanaj.org, starting with compiling the first full Spanish translation of the Tanakh (Jewish Bible), and adding maps, commentaries, articles, podcasts and movies.
Email: shmuelko@herzog.ac.il
Miriam Moyal
Director of Technical Pedagogy
Miriam is Herzog College’s pedagogical innovation expert, researcher and learning technology trainer. She develops online courses and digital resources, and writes and designs online content for Herzog College’s educational programs.
She has a BA in Jewish Education and Special Education, and a Masters in Educational Technology from the Open University of Israel.
She has also worked for the Ministry of Education, training teachers in the use of the latest learning technology.
Email: mmoyal@herzog.ac.il
Orit Lasser
Tanakh Curriculum Project Manager
Orit was born in Israel but spent her teenage years with her family in New Jersey, where she attended Bruriah High School. She has a first degree in Education with focus on Tanakh and Oral Law, and a second degree in NPO Management from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She learned for three years in Midreshet Lindenbaum and in various different frameworks and Beit Midrash programs.
Orit has worked in both formal and informal education in various different roles; as a Judaic Studies teacher and class teacher, and as the founder and principal of the Be’er Mamad Elementary school in Jerusalem for three years. She worked for the Bat Ami National Service organization; as the Education Director of the Nemanei Torah V’Avodah; for the IDF Nativ conversion program; and for the Gesher organization on a community project in partnership with the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs. For 9 years before joining Herzog College, she worked for the Jewish Agency in their partnerships department and as content manager for the Shlichut (emissaries) department.
Orit is responsible for developing a new Tanakh curriculum together with UnitEd.
Email: oritlas@herzog.ac.il
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