Levi Dombrovskyi
Pioneer of Jewish Community SMS & Religious-Audience Engagement Expert
Founder of Connect2Kehilla, the world's first SMS community platform for kosher phone users. 25+ years building educational, charitable, and commercial services for religious communities across Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Israel, and the United States.
“For 1.5 million Jews who use kosher phones, a text message is the only digital touchpoint. Connect2Kehilla was built to serve them.”— Levi Dombrovskyi, Founder of Connect2Kehilla
Areas of Expertise
Engaging Religious Audiences
Two decades of designing services for observant communities — where mainstream digital channels do not work. Built educational, charitable, and commercial products that meet halachic and cultural standards while serving real needs.
Original Intellectual Frameworks
Authored education programs adopted under Ministry of Education recommendation in Ukraine. Designed Connect2Kehilla's SMS interaction model from scratch — no prior product served the kosher-phone audience.
Kosher-Phone SMS Service at Scale
Connect2Kehilla now serves a multi-thousand subscriber base across multiple cities, states, and countries — the only SMS platform purpose-built for the 1.5 million kosher-phone users worldwide.
Recognized by the Beis Din of Crown Heights
Connect2Kehilla is recognized by the Beis Din of Crown Heights as a valuable and appropriate service for the Jewish community, maintaining the highest standards of technology use as outlined by our Rabbonim.
Career Timeline
25+ years of building services for religious and underserved communities.
- 2000–2011Ukraine
Organized children's talent and art competitions across multiple cities, building grassroots experience in community engagement.
- 2005Ukraine
Launched food-assistance programs for low-income families and homeless populations.
- 2005–2009Ukraine
Developed personally-authored educational programs for youth, deployed across Ukrainian schools under official letters of recommendation from the Ministry of Education of Ukraine.
- 2006–2009Ukraine
Coordinated blood-donation drives supplying local hospitals.
- 2008–2014Ukraine
Founded and ran a taxi service — first hands-on experience scaling consumer operations.
- 2008–2014Ukraine
Founded and ran a natural-spring water filtration and distribution business.
- 2015Ukraine
Built the first online educational platform for Jewish youth in Ukraine — pioneering digital outreach to a religious audience that lacked dedicated tools.
- 2015–2017Ukraine
During the war, organized humanitarian-aid imports from European countries to cities affected by the conflict.
- 2019USA
Founded Connect2Kehilla — the world's first SMS community service for kosher phone users.
- 2022USA
Co-founded American Friends of Small Jewish Communities of Ukraine Inc, a nonprofit supporting Ukrainian Jewish communities.
- 2022USA
Founded Education On The Go Corp (501c3) — umbrella for Jewish-community educational projects across the USA, Eastern Europe, and Israel.
Current Projects
Live initiatives serving Jewish communities worldwide.
Connect2Kehilla
SMS community service for kosher phone users — Brooklyn, Lakewood, Monsey, Five Towns, and growing.
Education On The Go (501c3)
Nonprofit umbrella for Jewish educational projects.
GetAShidduch
Shidduch services for the Jewish community.
ShabbatHub
Shabbos and community resources.
American Friends of Small Jewish Communities of Ukraine Inc
Nonprofit supporting Ukrainian Jewish communities (co-founder).
Speaking, Press & Consulting
Available for interviews, conference talks, and consulting on engagement with the Haredi and Orthodox Jewish market — including kosher-phone audiences, SMS-first product strategy, and culturally-aligned community technology.