Rachel Prero attended the Yeshiva of Greater Washington high school in
Silver Spring, MD, 45 minutes from her hometown of Baltimore. She then pursued a
degree in Business and Judaic studies from Blitstein Teacher’s Institue from
2003-2007 in Chicago, including a year abroad in Israel studying at Darchei
Binah seminary in Jerusalem. Rachel has spent the last few years have a great
time running Jewish culture clubs in public high schools in America, as well as
working for NCSY where she met her husband. Despite not knowing that people and
not camels lived in Be’er Sheva before she moved there, Rachel is now proud to
call it her home. Rachel is a medical school wife, married to Rabbi Moshe Prero
of MSIH’s class of 2013 and a super proud mom to Naava, almost 2 (just check out
her facebook pictures!) Rachel is enthusiastic to start an awesome year at BGU
and can’t wait to to have a great time getting to know each of you!!

052-339-0669
 Rabbi Aryeh Diesntag

052-308-9570

Email: peninadienstag@gmail.com

Email: aryeh.dienstag@gmail.com

Penina Dienstag graduated SKA (HALB) High school in Hewlett NY and studied in
Migdal Oz in Israel. She completed a BA in Biology at the CUNY Honors College in
Queens College. She is in the middle of her fourth year of medical at TAU. Her
husband Aryeh brought her down to Beer Sheva as he is a third year medical
student in BGU. Penina is currently studying in Nishmat’s Keren Ariel Program
and loves cooking and baking as well as running and anything outdoors. Penina is
really excited to learn and meet the new students and of course have fun.

Aryeh Dienstag graduated from Rambam high school in Cedarhurst NY and has a BA
in Jewish Studies from YU. He studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and has rabbinical
ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg. Aryeh loves music – especially
alternative and folk rock.

Tifferet is one an a half and likes drawing and playing in water. She is an avid
reader of Dr. Seuss. She also likes her shoes and is starting to talk!

The Dienstags welcome guests (come whenever you want) and any and all questions;
we can’t wait to see and hear from you!

The BGU Jeff Seidel Program offers, dollars for learning, trips and Shabbat
hospitality.

Intl. Phone: (917) 508-7384
 Shoshana
(Fruchter) Samuels graduated Yeshivah of Flatbush high school in her
home town of Brooklyn, NY and attended Stern College for Women between
2003 and 2007. At SCW she was privileged to participate in a few
life-shaping extra-curricular activities including the AJWS-YU learning
service trip to Honduras, Counterpoint Israel 2006 and student council.
Counterpoint brought her to Yerucham, a developing town outside of Be’er
Sheva and eventually led her to moving “down south”. After graduating
college she studied in the Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic
Studies (GPATS) and is currently continuing in that field as a student
at Ben Gurion University pursuing a masters. She is enjoying living in
the south of Israel and has dedicated this year to teaching local high-schoolers
English. Shoshana is so excited to meet the new students that are coming
to learn, experience and have fun at the Jeff Seidel Be’er Sheva Student
Center.

Ayol’s also a graduate of Yeshiva University and is currently a
second-year student in the BGU-Columbia Medical School for International
Health.

Shoshana Samuels
052-712-1351

E-mail: sfruchter@gmail.com
Intl. Phone: (917) 508-7384