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Meeting ID: 914 6890 4301, Phone: 929-205-6099, Passcode: 5781

Betsalel Steinhart
Betsalel Steinhart, 48, was born in London, England, and made Aliyah as a teen with his family. After his army service, he earned a BA in Psychology and Jewish Philosophy from Bar Ilan University, and is currently finishing his MA in Jewish History and Jewish Education at the Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.  A licensed Israeli Tour Guide, Betsalel is privileged to have guided groups from all over the world, both in Israel and in Jewish destinations around the world, and over the years taught at a number of Israeli institutions involved in educating world Jewry of all denominations. 
He joined Ramah Israel in 1999 as a guide and educator, and is now the Director of the short-term group department, Ramah Israel Institute (RII). Since the pandemic, he has taught and guided dozens of virtual tours, to over a thousand people, but cannot wait to get back to guiding in person and not only online. He lives in Bet Shemesh with his wife and five sons. 

Ilan Bloch
Ilan Bloch, 44, works as a tour guide, teacher and session facilitator for individual tourists, and adult, family and student/young adult groups from overseas. Before making Aliyah he worked as a Jewish Studies, Hebrew and Israel Studies teacher, and served as the Head of Informal Jewish Education, at The King David School in Melbourne, Australia. He is married with twins and lives in Jerusalem.
Ilan holds a Ministry of Tourism Tour Guide License and a Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) Ministry of Education-authorized Tour Guiding Certificate. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Jewish Education, and a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Graduate Diploma of Education (Teaching Diploma) in Jewish Studies and Hebrew Literature.