Originally from Toronto, Eric received rabbinic ordination from Aish HaTorah and the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. From 1996 to 2014 he served as CEO, working closely with Rabbi Noah Weinberg zt"l to develop strategy and manpower for Aish International and the Jerusalem Yeshiva. He was formerly the North American director of the Discovery Seminars, and compiled Aish's kiruv primer, The Eye of a Needle.
Rabbi Akiva famously taught that "love your neighbor as yourself" is the overarching principle of the Torah. Why did 24,000 of his students die for failing to do exactly that?