Our Assistant Rabbi

Rabbi Ben Keil

Rabbi Ben Keil is a graduate of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological
Seminary at Yeshiva University, where he spent three years as a RIETS
Israel Kollel member, and was certified by the RIETS-Ferkauf Graduate
Program in Pastoral Counseling. He grew up in Northeast Philadelphia,
and attended Boston University, where he and his wife Dana met.

Rabbi Keil spent two years teaching at the Breuer's Mesivta High School, a
year running the youth department at Lincoln Square Synagogue, and two
years as Executive Director of LSS before their family moved to
Jerusalem to spend time learning. While learning at the RIETS Israel
Kollel, he taught Gemara at Yeshivat Orayta in the evenings, and did
specialized training in fertility and halacha with Machon Puah. Prior
to coming to Green Road Synagogue, Rabbi Keil spent three years as the
rabbi at the Young Israel of Pelham Parkway, and two years as the
rabbi at Congregation Kol Israel of Brooklyn.

Rabbi Keil and his wife Dana, and their children Meir (10) Ashira (8)
Livia (6) and Hillel (6 months) are excited to be a part of the Green
Road Synagogue community. In addition to his time at Yeshiva
University, Rabbi Keil also holds private semicha from Rabbi Joseph
Polak, the Av Beit Din of the Rabbinical Council of New England.