Religionאורי שרקי

Ouri Cherki

Ouri Cherki is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and philosopher who chairs Brit Olam, the Noahide World Center, and teaches at Machon Meir in Jerusalem.

born 1959Founding Brit Olam Noahide centerTeaching at Machon MeirBooks on Jewish thought

Occupation: rabbi, philosopher
Education: Mercaz HaRav Kook

Ouri Cherki was born in 1959 in French Algeria

Cherki was born in 1959 in French Algeria. His grandfather, Eyzer Cherki, headed the Zionist Federation of Algeria and was a delegate to the Zionist Congress. His father held a doctorate in economics, and his mother was a Holocaust survivor.

The family lived in France for some years and moved to Israel in 1972. He studied at the Netiv Meir yeshiva high school and then at Merkaz Harav Yeshiva under Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook. His teachers also included Yehuda Leon Ashkenazi, Meir Yehuda Getz and Shlomo Binyamin Ashlag.

He has taught at Machon Meir for decades and has also taught at the Technion and other yeshivas. He founded and chairs Brit Olam, which promotes the Seven Laws of Noah, and leads the Bayit Yehuda congregation in Kiryat Moshe. He works with Rosh Yehudi and has written many books on Jewish thought.

He is married to Ronit, and they have 7 children in Jerusalem. His son Yair Cherki is a journalist. His son Shalom Yochai Cherki was killed in a ramming attack in Jerusalem in April 2015.