Rabbi Kennard has won fame as a leader and educator in both the UK and Australia and is known as a dynamic speaker, whose lectures and public addresses attract young and old alike. Rabbi Kennard was born in London, studied Mathematics at Oxford University and attended Yeshivat Hamivtar in Israel. He has served as a Student Counsellor, and Principal of schools in Manchester, London, and Melbourne. Rabbi Kennard and his wife made Aliya in 2024 and live in Ramat Beit Shemesh.