Rabbi Chaim Juni completed his postsecondary studies at the Rabbinical Seminary of America, Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim in Queens, where he was ordained as Rabbi in 2009. Rabbi Juni completed the Principal’s Training Initiative in conjunction with the Consortium of Jewish Day schools. He has a wealth of teaching experience on the high school level, among them, Mesivta Chofetz Chaim in Queens, Yeshiva Kesser Yisroel of Willowbrook, and the Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York.
Rabbi Juni recalls how Rabbi Bentzion Shafier, one of his high school rebbeim, inspired him with his insistence that true happiness can be attained only through Torah learning. This encouraged Rabbi Juni to make a career out of Harbotzas HaTorah, spreading Torah.
Rabbi Juni’s intuitive understanding of his students allows him to go beyond the teacher’s role. Rabbi Juni joined the Foxman Torah Institute in 2010 and is the Rosh Mesivta and Bais Medrash Mashgiach. Rabbi Juni lives in Cherry Hill with his wife Zippy (nee Davidowitz) and their children.
Rabbi Chananya Kramer, FTI’s Mesivta Menahel, joined FTI after serving as a rebbe at Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens from 2008-2015.
Rabbi Kramer completed an intensive chinuch training course at Mayan Hachinuch under the direction of Rabbi Mechel Rotenberg in 2010. Additionally, he participated in “The Legacy Project” chinuch teacher training seminar program in 2014, which was a joint program of “Ohel - School-Based Trauma Services” and Rabbinical Seminary of America, under the direction of Rabbi Dr. Hillel Fox and Rabbi Hillel Mandel. The seminar focused primarily on the emotional needs and emotional health of each student in the classroom.
Rabbi Kramer saw an incredible opportunity to help bring FTI – already a fast-growing yeshiva – to a whole new level, and turn it into a premier yeshiva serving hundreds of boys, producing real B’nei Torah and Balaei Middos, while positively impacting the Cherry Hill community at large. Rabbi Kramer lives in Cherry Hill with his wife Hindy (nee Luban) and their children.
Rabbi Yitchak Shmidman - High School Mashgiach & Bais Medrash Behelfer
Rabbi Yitzchok Shmidman, our Boarding Student Mashgiach and 11th grade rebbe, is a graduate of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens. Most recently, he was a rebbe in Yeshivas Yam Hatorah and Yeshivas Zichron Aryeh teaching gemara and mussar.
Rabbi Shmidman is a highly skilled mentor and has much experience helping boys balance school, family, social, and yiddishkeit obligations in a healthy and productive way. In fact, he has been mentoring boys for 10 years already, despite his relative young age, both as a volunteer and in official capacities. Rabbi Shmidman lives in Cherry Hill with his wife Hindy (nee Max) and their children.
Rabbi Yoel Eisenberg, FTI’s Assistant Menahel, comes to FTI from Manalapan where he was the Menahel of Yeshivas Tiferes Naftoli. In addition to teaching, Rabbi Eisenberg oversees classes and our students’ academic progress.
Rabbi Eisenberg has Smicha from Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim and a Master’s Degree in Education from Loyola University in Chicago. Rabbi Eisenberg lives in Cherry Hill with his wife Chaya (nee Krohn) and their children.
Rabbi Hirsh Hollander - Boarding Student Mashgiach & Gemara Rebbe
Rabbi Hirsch Hollander, FTI’s new dorm Mashgiach, comes to FTI after teaching kodesh subjects in Ottawa Torah Institute, the local yeshiva high school. Rabbi Hirsch Hollander is a graduate of Rabbinical Seminary of America in Queens NY, where he was ordained with Semicha in 2016. Rabbi Hollander has taught teens and adults in many settings including teaching at Mayan Hatorah, a Chofetz Chaim affiliate in Kew Gardens.
He loves FTI specifically because of its warmth and its focus on each student’s needs. He is excited about helping the students become bnei Torah and internalize a love of Judaism. Rabbi Hollander grew up in San Diego, CA, where both of his parents still teach in the day school. He was raised in a house of chinuch and has always been involved with teaching. Rabbi Hollander lives in Cherry Hill with his wife and their children.
Rabbi Aaron Juni - Bekiyus Rebbe & Bais Medrash Behelfer
Rabbi Aaron Juni, son of the famed Rabbi Menachem Juni, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Keter Torah in Mexico City, and cousin of FTI’s Rabbi Chaim Juni, teaches a multitude of shiurim at the Yeshiva.
Rabbi Juni completed his formal learning under R’ Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik in Yeshivas Brisk of Eretz Yisrael and then in Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood. With his fiery personality and penetrating analysis, Rabbi Juni adds a tremendous charge of excitement and energy to our program. Rabbi Juni lives in Lakewood with his wife Taibe (nee Stoll) and their children.
Rabbi Tuvya Aronovitch - Rebbe & Bais Medrash Sho’el U’Maishiv
Rabbi Tuvya Aronovitch comes to FTI with a wealth of experience teaching Gemara and Halacha for 7 years in the Chofetz Chaim Mesivta in Kew Garden Hills. Rabbi Aronovitch was a Rosh Chabura in the Rabbinical Seminary of America for many years, as well as the Shoel U’Meshiv for Bekius Seder. Rabbi Aronovitch comments “I am excited to share the Torah that I have been privileged to learn with the next generation.”
Rabbi Aronovitch lives in Cherry Hill with his wife Chaya (nee Rockove) and their children.
Rabbi Yoni Kaye - Academic Coordinator & Rebbe
Prior to joining FTI as our Student Academic Coordinator, Rabbi Kaye taught multiple subjects in both Judaic and General studies at all four levels of high school at Mesivta Tiferet Torah in Queens over the last five years. Rabbi Kaye brings his organizational skills to help all FTI’s talmidim with their academic achievement.
Rabbi Kaye studied at Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Miami and Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens. He received a Master’s Degree in Education from Aspen University in 2016. He also trained under Rabbi Shaya Cohn through the Ner Yehoshua Priority-1 Training Institute, and Rabbi Elimelech Gottlieb through the Chinuch Intensive Training Course. Rabbi Kaye lives in Cherry Hill with his wife Elianna (nee Routman) and their children.
Rabbi Yisroel Meir Hoffman – General Studies Principal & Chumash Rebbe
Rabbi Yisroel Meir Hoffman received his Master’s Degree in Education from Loyola University in Chicago, with a specialization in Education Administration and Supervision. He received Jewish Day School/ Yeshiva Principal Certification from the Jewish Education Leadership Institute in 2011.
In his previous roles, Rabbi Hoffman developed curricula for both secular and Jewish studies. Rabbi Hoffman’s wide range of experiences include teaching at all levels, adults, high school, junior high, and primary.
Rabbi Hoffman is both a third-generation student of the Rabbinical Seminary of America and a fourth-generation educator. His great-grandfather received an award in Teaching Excellence from President Lyndon Johnson.
