Hanoch Teller was born on 1956 and is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, author, lecturer, and producer who popularized the Jewish literary genre of true, contemporary stories to convey inspirational and ethical themes.
22 Facts About Hanoch Teller
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Author of 28 books, Teller is a tour guide in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Hanoch Teller was born in Vienna, Austria, to Shlomo Meir Hanoch Teller and his wife Edna.
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Hanoch Teller's father had fled to the United States after the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938, but returned to Vienna after World War II to recover the family business.
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When Hanoch Teller was a young boy, he and his parents moved to Stamford, Connecticut.
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Hanoch Teller attended the New England Academy of Torah in Providence, Rhode Island and completed his ninth-grade year in a high school in Israel.
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Hanoch Teller received his bachelor's degree in history after only 18 months of study by combining CLEP examinations with studies at five different universities simultaneously.
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Hanoch Teller earned a liberal arts degree from Yeshiva University of New York.
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Hanoch Teller has studied at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem for more than three decades.
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Hanoch Teller received rabbinic ordination from the previous Rav of the Kotel, Rabbi Meir Yehuda Getz.
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Hanoch Teller began his writing career in 1977 when he submitted an article to The Jewish Observer and Moment magazine about his encounter with American college students in Kiryat Shmona, whose program bypassed the traditional religious and cultural centers of Israel in favor of community service in a development town.
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Hanoch Teller has written for the Jewish Women's Outlook and The Jerusalem Post.
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Hanoch Teller received the My Jerusalem Prize of 5742 in an international essay competition marking the fifteenth anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.
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Hanoch Teller is known for the high-level vocabulary and witty turns of phrase that he employs in his writing.
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Hanoch Teller is currently a faculty member at Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim College of Jewish Studies for Women, Darchei Binah Women's School, Afikei Torah Women's School for Advanced Torah Studies, Midreshet Moriah, Michlala-Jerusalem College, Bnot Torah Institute, Neve Yerushalayim, and Naaleh Online Torah School.
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Hanoch Teller is an instructor at Yeshivat Hakotel for men.
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Hanoch Teller has made over 100 shidduchim among his students and other young people.
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Hanoch Teller is an international speaker for schools, women's groups, synagogue functions, learning seminars, fundraising dinners, and organizational meetings in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Israel, and Australia.
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Hanoch Teller is a senior docent at Yad Vashem, licensed to lead tours in its new Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Hanoch Teller's tours combine his knowledge of the events and lessons of the Holocaust with stories describing the experiences of individual victims.
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Hanoch Teller has produced an eleven-part CD lecture series on this subject, titled Comprehending the Incomprehensible: The History, Heroism and Lessons of the Holocaust.
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In 1996 Hanoch Teller produced a docudrama exploring miracles in everyday life which was seen by over 70,000 people in Jewish community centers, synagogues, and other venues around the globe.