Asher Kushnir

Asher Kushnir was born in 1956 in Chernivtsi

Asher Kushnir was born in Chernivtsi in 1956. He trained as a physicist in the Soviet Union and moved to Israel from Ukraine in 1983.

In Israel he worked as a scientist at the Weizmann Institute and served in the Israeli army. He then studied at the Ohr Somayach and Mir yeshivas and with Rav Ben Porat.

He gives lectures and seminars in Russian and has produced audio lectures, radio and TV programs, and books. He co-founded and leads Toldos Yeshurun, an Israeli organization for Russian-speaking Jews. With Rav Ben Tzion Zilber he directs the Russian-language portal "Judaism and Russian Jews".

He lives in the Bayit VeGan neighborhood of Jerusalem. He speaks in cities across Israel and in countries such as Germany, the United States, Austria, Russia and Ukraine.