Rav Shlomo and Kyra Ashkanazy are the founding Co-Directors of JLIC at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri and will be starting their fourth year on campus fall 2026 (along with their children, Adi and Immanuel).
Before their roles at JLIC, Kyra and Shlomo lived in Jerusalem. Shlomo worked as an Investor Relations Associate at Our Crowd, after completing his semicha at World Mizrachi and spending six years working and learning at Yeshiva Hakotel in Jerusalem’s Old City. Kyra worked as a fundraising Missions Manager at the Jewish Agency after finishing a Masters in Nonprofit management at Hebrew University. Community, Torah learning and teaching, cultivating an open home, and creating meaningful connections are values that are central to Kyra and Shlomo and which pushed...
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