Ahavas Torah is a synagogue in Eugene led by Rabbi David Zitter, whose background in Torah study, teaching, and communal leadership spans Jerusalem, Budapest, Israel, San Jose, Chicago, and Virginia Beach. His long-standing dedication to Jewish learning includes study at Merkaz HaTorah and the Lakewood Yeshiva branch in Israel, as well as early rabbinic service in Jersey City. At Ahavas Torah, that experience informs a leadership presence centered on traditional scholarship, Torah education, and making Torah learning accessible to the congregation.