Rabbis Fine and Sobol say that Barkai really has a third co-founder. Yoram Gordon, an expert in Applied Behavioral Sciences, founder of Israel’s premier institute for coaching, and organizational consultant, has been professionally consulting for Barkai over the past year, from way back when it was a concept without a name. Rabbi Fine explains, “We live what we preach. Just as we feel rabbis need to be as professional as they can be, and avail themselves of all the knowledge and skills out there in the world, when we wanted to found an institution and make it as professional and well-run as possible we consulted with experts in the field. Yoram has over twenty years of experience, and his expertise has helped us tremendously, especially in terms of structuring the program to best reach our goals. We’re really pleased to have him on board and feel that Barkai is the better for it.”