Rabbi Hajioff received his degree in Economics from Manchester University in England. After working for MTV and European Business News along with moonlighting as a Jewish stand-up comedian, Rabbi Hajioff traveled to Jerusalem to learn at Yeshiva. Following that he returned to London to help establish the Jewish Learning Exchange, now a thriving Jewish educational center in London. Rabbi Hajioff received rabbinical ordination from Ohr Somayach in Monsey. In his spare time he works for NY State with recovering Jewish teens and young adult drug addicts, and is an adjunct professor at Stern College. He is now the educational director of the Jewish Enrichment Center, where he teaches and counsels many of the attendees. Rabbi Lawrence has performed 25 weddings of JEC attendees over the past 7 years he has been working at the JEC.