STREET FARBRENGEN

Reuven Flamer and Zechariah Lipitz live in Pomona, NY.

They’re always down for a real farbrengen.

  • Zechariah Lipitz

    Zechariah graduated from Binghamton University in New York, where he earned his Master's degree in Accounting and Marketing. He started his career working as a tax-specialist for a big four accounting firm. He transitioned to an executive sales position at a nationally-recognized wealth management recruiting firm becoming the top recruiter. Zechariah began his own firm Makom Management.

    Zechariah learned in Yeshiva in Morristown and after he married went to kollel at Hadar Hatorah. He currently lives in Pomona Heights, NY with his wife and four children. Besides his full involvement with community work , Zechariah can be found hiking with his kids, speaking at local community events, or behind the mic at Street Farbrengen.

  • Reuven Flamer

    Reuven was born in Montreal, Canada. After serving as President of B’nai Brith youth for the Canadian and United Sates eastern seaboard District President, he escaped to the New School of Montreal, an experimental college focused on personal and community leadership. After hitch hiking across Canada he sauntered into Lubavitch in Vancouver, British Columbia,. Making a detour from his plan to travel to Japan and India he went to Yeshiva ( Morristown, Los Angeles, Seattle, 770 and Kollel he served four years on shlichus in Palo Alto California and White Plains, NY.

    He is founder of the Natural Food Certifiers the first kosher, organic, Non GMO certification agency in the world. This completed his career in the natural products industry begun in 1976, when he established ”Le Centre,” a natural food co-operative in the Laurentian Mountains, 60 miles outside of Montreal.

    His interest in media and the arts began as a young boy appearing in local drama productions.

    While on shlichus in White Plains he started the first cable TV interview style talk show with a Chabad Rabbi.

    He developed Chabadlife.tv and Road Tripping Rabbis and is currently working on a full length feature film. He currently lives in Pomona, NY where he learns, works out in the gym, and can be found behind the Street Farbrengen mic when the time is ripe.