Rabbi Chanan Chernitsky is the CEO of Chabad of Newfoundland, based in St. John's.

Rabbi Chernitsky was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When he was 13 he moved with his family to Winnipeg, Canada.

After completing high school in Winnipeg he went on to pursue Jewish studies at the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, New Jersey.
After 3 years in Morristown Rabbi Chernitsky spent another year of study in Montreal before heading to Venice, Italy to study for his rabbinical ordination. He was ordained in the summer of 2012.