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Chabad of Rural Georgia

Rabbi Chaim Markovits grew up in Sydney, Australia. He studied for his Rabbinical ordination in Pretoria, South Africa. He then moved to NY where he directed the Released Time Jewish education program for public school students in Staten Island until his marriage to Chayala in 2017.

Chayala hails from Bel Air, CA where she grew up with a strong involvement in her parents’ Chabad House. In 2011 Chayala co-founded the International Young Chabad Women’s convention. Chayala also currently is the program coordinator for Chabad of Bel Air, as well as the principal of their growing Hebrew School.

Rabbi Chaim and Mrs. Chayala Markovits are the co-founders of the organization which was established in 2019. They relocated to Atlanta, Georgia in June 2020 and have been residing there ever since.

Rabbi Yonatan Hambourger
Rabbi Yonatan Ariel Hambourger is a writer, public speaker, teacher, and prison chaplain. He and his wife Rivkah Sarah, moved to Sandy Springs, Georgia from Los Angeles in 2020 where Yonatan enjoyed a successful career in consulting to religious institutions across the United States.

Rabbi Yonatan delivers weekly Talmud, Torah, & Jewish mysticism classes throughout Georgia to both Jewish and Christian audiences, appears in town halls and discussions, and uses his platform in an effort to make a G-dly, biblical and patriotic case for morality and unity.

Yonatan’s greatest desire is to teach people of all backgrounds to lead richer and more satisfying lives. 

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