Jesse Salem is the founder of Tanach Study. He studied in Israel at Yeshivat Birkat Moshe in Maale Adumim, and in 2007 enlisted and served in the IDF Handassah K'ravit (combat engineering) unit. He is currently Vice President of Congregation Hochma U'mussar in Brooklyn, and an active board member of Barkai Yeshivah NY. In his day-to-day he manages a textile business in midtown Manhattan. He and his wife Rochelle have four children.