Rabbi Yisroel Ziskin grew up in a “traditional” (pepperoni pizza in the driveway and vegetarian in the house) Jewish home, on the northeast coast of the USA. He studied Psychology and Political Science at Emory University in Atlanta, and accumulated three years of experience by counseling teenagers in a private psychiatric hospital. After engaging people on trains and in youth hostels throughout Europe he used his last dollars to jump on a boat sailing from Athens to Israel. In 1998, Rabbi Ziskin chose to leave his teaching/counseling position at Aish Jerusalem to share his knowledge and experience with the youth of South Africa. Rabbi Ziskin likes junk food and basketball.