Jacob Tollinsky, 19, is a shana aleph student from Teaneck, New Jersey, at Yeshivat Hakotel in the Old City of Jerusalem. He is a member of the Yeshivat Hakotel Bergman Family Leadership Program, a program that combines Torah study and community activism to create the leaders of the Jewish future. He is a graduate of Write On For Israel, a two year program that trains its members to advocate for Israel on college campuses. He graduated the Torah Academy of Bergen County in 2018.