Tanenbaum approached Rabbi Baruch Taub, a prominent alumnus of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore,  who grew up in Toronto, then national director of NCSY in New York, to be the rabbi.
Rabbi Tanenbaum engaged Rabbi Baruch Taub, a prominent alumnus from Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, who had grown up in Toronto and previously held a leadership position at NCSY in New York, to serve as the rabbi.