Rabbi Sinensky serves as Rosh Beit Midrash at Kohelet Yeshiva High School in Merion Station, PA. He co-teaches an AP Interdisciplinary course bridging American literature, general philosophy and Jewish thought. The course was recently awarded the inaugural Kohelet Prize in the category of Interdisciplinary Integration.
Tzvi Sinensky
By Tzvi Sinensky
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