Rabbi Barry Kornblau is Meisharim's founder. A graduate of Yale and a former Wall Street computer programmer, he was ordained by Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). He served as a community rabbi for two decades and helped to lead American Orthodoxy at the Rabbinical Council of America for a dozen years. His advocacy work has shown significant results.

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Meisharim is nurtured and supported by by its founding, ongoing discussion group including, among others, Rabbis Yosef Blau, Ezra Schwartz, and Jeremy Wieder of RIETS.

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Additional supporters include Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Miriam Gedwiser, Rabbi Steven Gotlib, Rabbi Scott Kahn, Rabbi Judah Kerbel, Evonne Marzouk, Rabbi Dr. Alex Ozar, Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Pill, Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Sinensky, and Rabbi Eliyahu Teitz.