University of Illinois

Rabbi Shmuel and Jackie Hauss have been a rabbinic couple at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since the Fall of 2022, and they are excited to join the JLIC team as the JLIC-JET couple at UIUC! Together, Rabbi Shmuel and Jackie have lived in three countries, visited 15 U.S states and 35 cities worldwide, and they are always looking for new places to explore. Rabbi Shmuel grew up in Los Angeles, CA. He went to University of California San Diego, where he got his BA in Judaic Studies. He spent two years learning at Shapell's/Darche Noam, after which he spent four years studying in the Rabbi Issac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University. He received training in Mizrachi’s Shalhevet program and Pardes’ Jewish Studies In-Service Teacher Training. When he can find fr Read More