Rabbi Yossi Katz, a New Jersey native, joined Anshe Chesed in 2021. Rabbi Katz studied for three and a half years in Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh in Eretz Yisrael and continued his studies at Yeshiva University earning a Master’s in Jewish Philosophy from the Bernard Revel Graduate school. He has rabbinic ordination of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) of Yeshiva University, where he studied under Rabbi Hershel Schachter and Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh. He comes to Anshe Chesed after having served as a fellow in the YU Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago. Rabbi Katz is a chaplain with the Linden Police Department
Rebbetzin Emma Katz is originally from Highland Park, NJ. Emma attended
Yeshivah of Flatbush, MMY, earned her Bachelors degree in Judaic Studies and Education from Stern College for Women, and her Masters degree in Jewish Education from Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. Emma has taught in many formal and informal Jewish educational settings, including Shulamith High School for Girls in the Five Towns and Ida Crown Jewish Academy and Bruriah High School. Emma participated in the Bellows Eshkolot Tanach Educators Program at Matan Yerushalayim, learning both Tanach content and new and innovative educational methodology from leading Jewish educators. Emma is currently the Director of NILI, the Chicago institute of women's learning and an adjunct professor at the Stern Collage for Women.
