Rabbi Joshua teaches courses in Jewish Studies and Messianic Jewish Spirituality. In addition to being a faculty member he is also an alum, graduating in 2014. He also serves as Senior Rabbi of Simchat Yisrael in West Haven, CT and as President of the Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council. He is the author of two biblical commentaries and numerous articles, is an avid mountain biker, and loves the outdoors. He is married and has two sons.

Dr. Vered, as she is known by MJTI students, has been Academic Dean of MJTI since 2014. She received her smicha as a Rabbi from the Messianic Jewish Rabbinic Council in 2018, where she now serves as the chair of the Faith and Halachic Standards committee. She currently teaches various courses in the MJTI graduate programs including Apostolic Writings: The Early Messianic Community, World of the Apostolic Writings, Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha, Apostolic Writings and the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2nd Temple Judaism, Halachic Process, and many more. She also teaches a class each year in the Panim el Panim (PEP) program.

Elliot Klayman began teaching at MJTI in 2013 when he did Bible study teaching at MJTI’s center in Los Angeles. He has since taught Medieval Judaism in the Jewish Studies Graduate Program; and Great Jewish Modern Thinkers in the Panim el Panim program (PEP).

Stan Meyer is the Academic Dean of MJTI and Associate Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies. Dr. Meyer has a PhD in Intercultural Education from Biola University and an MA in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. His field of study is Jewish Social Scientific research, Jewish identity, and Contemporary Jewish history. He also teaches doctoral studies at The King’s University in Dallas and teaches Intercultural Studies at Grand Canyon University College of Theology in Phoenix. Dr. Meyer was a contributing author to Barna Research’s Jewish Millennials: The Beliefs and Behaviors Shaping Young Jews in America (2017) and Revitalizing Messianic Jewish Congregations: What Attracts and Engages Young Adults and Teens? (2022). He authored Emerging Jewish Young Adults and their Communities (2020), “The Divine Messiah in Early Judaism” (in press), and “The Un’taneh Tokef and the Dies Irae, A Liturgical Conversation between the Church and the Synagogue” (in press). Dr. Meyer and his wife Jacqui live in Phoenix, where they are elders at Baruch Hashem Messianic Synagogue.

Russ Resnik, veteran rabbi, teacher, counselor and writer, served as editor-in-chief of Kesher from 2018-2024.

Rabbi Russ was ordained by the UMJC in 1990 and currently serves as the Union’s Rabbinic Counsel: speaking, writing, and providing consultation on issues of biblical ethics and polity, pastoral care, and congregational life.

He is the author of Gateways to Torah, Creation to Completion: A Guide to Life’s Journey from the Five Books of Moses, Divine Reversal: The Transforming Ethics of Jesus, and A Life f Favor: A Family Therapist Examines the Story of Joseph and His Brothers.

Richard Nichol is one of the founding members of MJTI. He joined the Board at the school’s founding in 2003, and in 2014 he was appointed the President of the Institute.

In addition to holding the position of President, he teaches courses in Biblical Hebrew and in the Master of Rabbinic Studies Program: Sermon Preparation and Delivery, Congregational Growth and Development and Key Events in the Jewish Life Cycle. He also teaches in the Panim el Panim program.

Jennifer Rosner has been teaching for MJTI since 2010. She teaches courses on Messianic Jewish theology, Jewish-Christian Relations, and Modern Judaism. She is also affiliate assistant professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, and serves on the faculty of Azusa Pacific University and The King’s University. After spending two years living in Jerusalem, Israel, Jen currently resides in Lake Tahoe with her family. Jen’s doctoral dissertation, Healing the Schism: Barth, Rosenzweig and the New Jewish-Christian Encounter, was published by Fortress Press in 2015. She also edited Mark Kinzer’s book, Israel’s Messiah and the People of God (Cascade, 2011). She has published articles and presented numerous conference papers on Jewish-Christian relations, Messianic Judaism, Karl Barth, Franz Rosenzweig and other related topics. You can visit her website at www.jenrosner.com.

Paul Saal is a co-founder of MJTI and has served as a faculty member and an administrator since the beginning  of this millennium. He teaches classes in personal and communal spirituality and ethics. He is a former editor of Kesher: A Journal of Messianic Judaism and author of many published theological papers and articles. He received smicha (ordination) through the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC) and the Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council (MJRC), of which he has served as president. Additionally, he is also the founding leader of Congregation Shuvah Yisrael in West Hartford, Connecticut where he has lived since 1994. It his passion to mentor future rabbis and leaders for lives of service.