Scholars

Ahuva Balofsky grew up in Toronto, Canada and obtained her B.A. Hons. and B.Ed. at York University. She taught Bible, Rabbinics and English at the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto. After moving to Israel in 2004 with her family, she completed a Master’s degree in Bible at Bar Ilan University. She currently teaches English and writes for BreakingIsraelNews.com and Israel365.

Email: ahuva@theisraelbible.com

Rabbi Yaakov Beasley has been lecturing passionately on Bible in different venues in Israel and abroad for almost twenty years. His essays and articles on Bible study appear regularly in leading magazines. Rabbi Beasley is also the editor of the groundbreaking series on the Pentateuch, Torah MiEtzion, and is completing advanced Bible studies at Bar Ilan University. When not teaching, he enjoys the company of his family in their home in the Judean mountains.

Email: rabbiyaakov@theisraelbible.com

Josh Even-Chen is a native of North Carolina, but has called Israel his home ever since immigrating to Israel with his family in 1978. After graduating from Bar-Ilan University and completing a teaching degree, Josh works as a tour guide and is popular with diverse groups of varied ages and backgrounds. He lives in Ma’aleh Adumim with his wife Chana and their six children.

Email: josh@theisraelbible.com

Batya Markowitz has been in love with the Bible for years. She is a two time National Bible Contest winner, which awarded her the opportunity to come to Israel to participate in the international Bible competition and tour the land. Growing up in Toronto, her dream was to make aliyah to Israel and become a Bible teacher. Today, Batya lives with her husband in the heart of Jerusalem, fulfilling both of those goals. Since receiving a degree in Jewish Education at Michlalah Jerusalem College, she has been teaching Jewish studies at the elementary, junior high and post high school levels.

Email: batya@theisraelbible.com

Shira graduated from Stern College with a BA in Judaic studies and received masters’ degrees in education and Bible from the Azrieli and the Bernard Revel graduate schools of Yeshiva University. Shira also studied at the Yeshiva University Graduate Program for women in Advanced Talmudic Studies, and was a teaching fellow at the Rabbi Soloveitchik Institute in Boston. Prior to making aliyah in 2013, Shira taught Bible to high school students at the Frisch School in Paramus, NJ. She now lives with her family in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel.

Email: shira@theisraelbible.com

Alexander Jacob Tsykin lives in Alon Shevut, Israel, with his wife and son. Born in Melbourne, he studied in Mount Scopus Memorial College for thirteen years before spending three years in Yeshivat Har Etzion pursuing advanced studies in Jewish law. He studied for two years in Monash University, Australia, and two years in Yeshiva University, New York, where he completed a degree in Jewish Studies focusing on Modern Jewish History. He is currently pursuing studies for rabbinical ordination at Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Email:

rabbialexanderjacob@theisraelbible.com