Rabbi Joshua Kahn assumed the role of Head of School in July 2016. He is a graduate of Yeshiva University’s Yeshiva College, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, where he is completing his doctorate in education.

Prior to MTA, Rabbi Kahn served as the Associate Principal for Judaic Studies and Dean of Student Life at Torah Academy of Bergen County. He pioneered initiatives like the Senior Mentoring and Beit Midrash Programs and organized community programming and disaster relief missions. In addition, he has brought his classroom expertise to his Gemara and Chumash shiurim. He is known for building strong relationships with students and parents and succeeded in streamlining many administrative processes to make them more intuitive, transparent and effective.

Rabbi Kahn lives in Bergenfield, NJ with him wife, Tamar, and six children.

Rabbi Taubes serves as the Rosh Yeshiva of YUHSB and has been involved in chinuch, both formal and informal, as a Rebbe, teacher and administrator for more than thirty years. He is also the author of The Practical Torah, a collection of presentations on halacha based on the weekly parsha and various scholarly essays in Hebrew and English which have been published in Torah journals. In addition, he co-edited the Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur Machzorim and a Weekday/Shabbos Siddur with notes and commentary based on the teachings of the Rav, Harav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik, zt”l.

Rabbi Taubes has also taught at Yeshiva University’s Mechinah & IBC Programs and worked as a writer and editor for Art Scroll/Mesorah Publications. A graduate of Yeshiva College, Rabbi Taubes received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, having studied for several years under HaRav Soloveitchik, and holds a master’s degree in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. He is presently the Rav of Kehillas Zichron Mordechai in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he resides with his wife and family.

Rabbi Shimon Schenker, who currently serves as Associate Principal, has been teaching in YUHSB since 2001. He began as Rebbe in the PTACH program based at YUHSB and then transitioned to become the Director of YUHSB’s Learning Center as well as a beloved Maggid Shiur.

Rabbi Schenker has a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the Sy Syms School of Business of YU, an M.S. in Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Education of YU, a Masters in Special Education from Herbert Lehman College CUNY and Rabbinic Ordination from RIETS of YU. He is also trained in the Orton-Gillingam Reading Remediation by the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education.

Rabbi Schenker was the recipient of the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education in 2013. He delivers Halacha shiurim and teaches chassan classes in Passaic, New Jersey where he lives with wife and family.

Rabbi Dov Emerson joined the MTA leadership team in 2017. In his role as Director of Teaching and Learning, focuses on faculty development and support, as well as nurturing MTA’s continued academic growth. He works closely with the administration and faculty to continue developing innovative educational pedagogy, including educational technology, project-based learning, experiential education, and personalized learning.

Rabbi Emerson, an award-winning educator, is a graduate of Yeshiva College and holds rabbinic ordination from HaRav Ephraim Greenblatt z’tl. Additionally, he holds MA’s in both Education and Social Work, and is currently a doctoral student at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. He has been honored for his work in Jewish education, receiving the 2011 Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for excellence in Jewish education and was a winner of the Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36 List for his work on educational technology.

Rabbi Emerson lives with his wife Rina and five children (two of whom attend MTA) in Bergenfield, NJ.