Daniel Ehrlich

Background

About Daniel Ehrlich

Daniel Ehrlich is Vice President and Educational Director at Keshet Educational Journeys and has been a leader in Jewish and Zionist education for over thirty years. As the founding director of the Tehilla Aliyah movement in North American, he helped thousands of American and Canadians realize their dreams of building their lives in Israel. He later served as Assistant Director of Yeshiva University’s Communal Services Division and went on to become the Executive Director of the Bnei Akiva Religious Zionist Youth Movement. After moving to Israel with his wife Batya and their three children, Danny was recruited by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel as a consultant for Diaspora affairs and later served as Program Director for the Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers. While heading development for the Kibbutz Tirat Tzvi Senior Center he also served as editor and coordinator of the Rabbi Amiel Publications Project of the Religious Zionists of America and as a regional coordinator for Christian Friends of Israeli Communities. He also served as the Cantor of the Ashkenazi Jewish community of Curacao (Netherlands Antilles) for nearly 20 years. Mr. Ehrlich earned Masters Degrees from New York’s Yeshiva University in Community Social Work and in Jewish History and is a graduate of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism Tour Guides Course. His special areas of expertise include the development of early Christianity, Christian-Jewish relations, Holocaust Education and Contemporary Jewish and Israeli Identity. As a licensed Tour Guide he has served as “Israel Educator” for a wide variety of Jewish, Interfaith and Christian groups. Mr. Ehrlich is the Director of Keshet’s Jewish Roots Journeys to Europe and in addition to his educational touring work in Israel, has been guiding Educational Tours in Europe for over twelve years. Mr. Ehrlich has been a featured scholar in residence and guest lecturer at churches and synagogues in the United Sates, Canada and Israel.