Here you can read about the authors that regularly post articles on HarTsion.org
Machon Har Tsion does not necessarily agree with everything which is posted by these authors – every article represents the opinion of the author only.-
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Avraham Roos
Avraham Roos was born (1965) and raised in the Netherlands and made aliya in 1991 after having completed his BA in English Language Teaching and BSC in Physics in Diemen, Holland. Here in Israel, he finished his MA in ELT with the University of Liverpool’s extension program. He lives in a tiny moshav called Tirat Yehuda which is near Petach Tikva. He was the English coordinator and teacher of Yeshivat Lamerchav Petach Tikva and Yeshivat Ramat Gan for many years. He held numerous other jobs and Ministry of Education positions all connected to English teaching and taught as an online instructor for several English teaching courses. At present he is Head of the EFL (English at a Foreign Language) Department at Time To Know. Avraham is married, has six kids and two goldfish. He writes Parashat Hashavua in Dutch on a weekly basis and is a regular contributor of articles for the Aleh, the Dutch quarterly for Israeli immigrants from Holland.
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The Shalom Center
The Shalom Center is a Jewish information center which provides lessons and information about what christianity separates from Judaism, about the things they have in common and further about the actual situation in Eretz Israel. The Center also advises and coaches people who are interested in giyur (conversion to Judaism). The Shalom Center used to be an evangelical/messianic church in the Netherlands, but the community’s search for truth led them towards Judaism. Most of the church members left christianity and several of them converted to Judaism and made aliyah. Several of these ex-church members found a new home in the warm Judean community of Susya. The Shalom Center (located in Susya and in The Netherlands) works closely together with Machon Har Tsion.
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Steven “Shaya” Kelter
Steven “Shaya” Kelter, made aliya (moved to Israel) from the U.S.A. at age 31, bringing with him 50 other families via an organization that he founded, Social Workers for Aliyah and Klitah. Shaya holds a B.A. and an M.S.W. from Yeshiva University in New York. Occupation: Insurance Agent, specializing in health, long-term care, life insurance and long range savings. Shaya is a vegetarian, an environmentalist and a bicycle rider. He rides annually in a week-long charity bike ride for Alyn Children’s Hospital of Jerusalem and has raised well over $30,000 in the past 4 years. Sponsorships are appreciated in any amount for the 2008 500 km ride from 9-13 Nov. 2008. Shaya gave up car ownership in May 2006. Shaya chairs the Business Forum of AACI which provides info and networking programs for small business owners in Jerusalem. He has been an activist and volunteer lobbyist in the Knesset for legislation regarding the environment, electoral reform and quality in government. After the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin in 1995, he began “Learning to Live Together” to foster a more civil society in Israel. Shaya leads the Tu Bishvat Seder of the Jewish Vegetarian Society in Jerusalem.
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