About

Our Mission

The mission of the Community Beit Midrash, a community inspired initiative, is to foster a vibrant Religious Zionist Community in the Cleveland area and to promote spiritual growth through Torah learning, meaningful mitzvah observance and inspirational programs. 

Our vision is to engage every Jew in our community in a way that will be conducive to a deeper connection to Torah, the Jewish people, and Eretz Yisrael. Community Beit Midrash works in close partnership with the Fuchs Mizrachi School with our home at Green Road Synagogue.

Meet the Team

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Rosh Beit Midrash  |  Rav Yonatan Gilbert 

Rav Yonatan Gilbert serves as Rosh Beit Midrash of the Community Beit Midrash and teaches Gemara at Fuchs Mizrachi School.

Rav Yonatan is a graduate of the Eretz Hemda Manhigut Program in Jerusalem. He has semicha from the Israel Chief Rabbinate and postgraduate degrees in Family Therapy (ILEF) and Jewish Education (Hebrew University).

Before coming to Cleveland, he served as a Rabbi in Mexico and Costa Rica, and as the head of Jewish Studies at Yavne School in Mexico. 

Rav Yonatan and his wife, Yahav, are the proud parents of Itamar, Daniel, Michael, and Yedidia.

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Executive Director  |  Avital Levin, MBA, MSW 

Avital Levin is the Executive Director of the Community Beit Midrash. She holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University and has a strong passion for building organizations and communities. Avital also earned her MSW from NYU, specializing in dating and relationship coaching, as well as offering consultation to families and organizations on issues related to abuse.

In her previous roles, Avital was the Director of Education at Shalom Task Force and the Co-Director of OU-JLIC at Johns Hopkins University. While living in Israel, she taught at the OU Israel Center and Machon Maayan.

Avital and her husband, Rabbi Darren Levin, are the proud parents of Shmuel, Dovid, Tehila, and Batya.