Haggai Resnikoff learned for two years at Yeshivat HaKibbutz HaDati at Ein Tzurim before majoring in history at the University of California in Berkeley. Following graduation from Berkeley he spent several years in Israel doing graduate coursework in the Hebrew University Talmud department and learning in various batei midrash in Jerusalem. He came to Chovevei after spending a year as a Judaic Studies teacher at Tehiyah Day School in El Cerrito, California. During his tenure at Chovevei Haggai had internships at Congregation Beth Sholom in Potomac, Maryland, Congregation Beth David in West Hartford, Connecticut, and Abraham Joshua Heschel High School in Manhattan as well as taking part in the JOIN Community Organizing Fellowship. He is married to Maya Resnikoff, a chaplain and educator with ordination from JTS. Haggai is interested in modern halakhic issues and their overlap with academic textual issues. He is enthusiastic about martial arts, cooking, and English literature.
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