Rabbi Dr Yehuda Jayson
Sacks Scholar
Rabbi Dr Yehuda Jayson is a former school principal of Yeshivat Bnei Akiva Orot Yehuda, a position he held for eleven years. Today he works for the Educational Department of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva. Prior to his work in high schools, Rabbi Dr Jayson founded and directed the Young Judaea/FZY Tochnit Shalem gap year program.
He made aliyah from England in 1983, after which he studied at Yeshivat Kibbutz HaDati and served as an officer in the Tank Corps of the IDF. Rabbi Dr Jayson has received smicha from the Israeli Rabbinate, and a Ph.D. in psychology from Bar Ilan University. He also volunteers as a Rabbi conducting weddings for the Tzohar organisation. Rabbi Dr Jayson lives on Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim with his wife and family.