I’m Zvi, also known as Hershel and I hail from Ottawa, Canada.  Speaking of hail, (hail to the Redskins, hail victory!) you should know from the start that I am a Washington Redskin fan.  Try to figure that one out*.

For those of you who want to know what I did before I became a tour guide, I grew up in a Zionist home and spent lots of time in Israel.  I even attended high school here for two years.  For post high school I studied for one year at Yeshivat Har-Etzion, in Gush Etzion.

For my formal education I have a B.A. in Political Science, an M.A in Judaic Studies, both from Yeshiva University, and I received smicha from RIETS.

In 1984 I made aliya to Efrat, Gush Etzion with my wife, Rachel (formerly Bock of New York) and two babies.  We had three more children in Israel. 

I taught in elementary, high school and post high school programs in the U.S. and here in Israel.  When the opportunity arose, I fulfilled a dream to take the Ministry of Tourism’s guide course and graduated in 1994. 

I am very fortunate to have a job I love:  Walking and talking about Israel from early morning till late at night with people who are here for their first time and sometimes with people who are here for their tenth time. Israel comes alive as we are out*and about*.

By the way the Montreal Canadiens are my other favorite team. Go Habs Go!

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* Pronounced correctly as owt-t and abow-t.