Board of Advisors

Rabbi Yakov Haber is the founder and driving force behind TorahLab, an online Jewish educational resource that provides a fresh approach to Jewish learning. As the former National Director of Jewish Education for the Orthodox Union, he created the highly successful "Pardes Project" - a series of books and discussions on challenging subjects in Jewish thought. Rabbi Haber is the founder of the Australian Institute of Torah and the Torah Center of Buffalo, NY. He is also one of the founding members of AJOP, the Association of Jewish Outreach Professionals. Rabbi Haber is an expert in adult Jewish education and the onetime spiritual leader of Congregation Bais Torah in Monsey, NY. Rabbi Haber has published numerous articles and books and is a sought after international lecturer. Through TorahLab, Rabbi Haber is bringing together educational and media specialists to create dynamic learning experiences for adults of all backgrounds and all levels.

Rabbi Ari Kirschenbaum is Executive Director of Chabad Prospect Heights - Jewish Community Center. Rabbi Ari holds a B.A. in Jewish Law from West Coast Talmudic Seminary and received Rabbinical Ordination from Tomchei Temimim in 2002. He was the Judaic Studies Program Director at the Mayanot institute of Jerusalem in 2003 and currently serves as Rabbi and counselor to the Brownstone, Brooklyn, Jewish community. He is the editor of Jewish Brooklyn Weekly. He has recently spearheaded the rehabilitation efforts of one of Brooklyn's oldest and most venerable synagogues, Congregation Kol Israel of Prospect Heights, where he also serves as scholar in residence.

Matthew R. Pincus MD PhD is Chairman of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the New York Harbor VA Medical Center and is Professor of Pathology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He is also the Editor, with Dr. Richard McPherson, of the classic textbook in Clinical Pathology, Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods.

Sara Reguer, PhD Chair, Department of Judaic Studies, Brooklyn College, CUNY. Dr. Reguer received her PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from Columbia University. Her areas of expertise include modern Israel, Jewish women, Middle Eastern Jewish history, diplomatic history of the Middle East, and Italian Jewry. She has published widely in all of these areas, and her latest book is "The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times" Columbia University Press, 2003. She is a mother of two daughters and a long-time resident of Brooklyn.

Anita Septimus, LCSW, PhD was raised and educated in France and England. After graduating from the Gateshead Seminary in England she taught Judaic studies and French to high school and adults in France, Israel, and New York. While raising four children, she pursued an education in psychology and clinical social work, receiving an MSW from Wurtzweiler School of Social Work and a PhD from Columbia Pacific University. She is currently the Director of Einstein-Montefiore Department of Pediatrics, a program she initiated and managed for the past 22 years. Her passion for education grew out of raising her children and being a big part of her grandchildren's lives.