When he was 3 years old he immigrated to Israel with his family. As a child, he studied in the school and yeshiva of Chabad in the city of Kiryat Gat. He continued his studies at Yeshiva Kfar Ganim.[1]
In 1986, he enlisted in the Israeli Air Force, and after 12 years of special service[2] he was discharged to the reserve with the rank of major.[3]
Education
Markovitch, Jonathan Benyamin, Rabbi
Markovitch received rabbinical ordination from Ovadia Yosef, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel [4]
He has a rabbinic status certificate from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and has also been verified and received rabbinical ordination from Eliyahu Aberjel, rabbi of Safed, Levi Bistritsky, Yitzhak Yehuda Yaroslavsky of the Israeli Chabad Rabbinical Court, and the Chief Rabbinate of the Israeli Army.[5]
In addition to his extensive Torah studies, he holds a bachelor's degree in equipment and control from the Technion and also a master's degree in education from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.[2]
Chief Rabbi of Kyiv
In 2000, Markovitch and his family moved to Kyiv. They founded educational institutions and a community.[6][7]
In March 2020, Markovich helped the Ukrainian government obtain help for Ukraine in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
Markovitch is a Rabbi in Kyiv and the emissary of the Chabad movement.[6][9]
Awards
He received the Order of Merit of the III degree for significant personal contribution to state building, socio-economic, scientific and technical, cultural and educational development of Ukraine, significant labor achievements and high professionalism.[10][11]
Markovitch was awarded the title of diploma of the European Parliament.[2]
Family
He is married to Elka Inna Markovich, who is the director of the network of institutions Or Avner.[12] They have seven children.
