Ben came to faith in Yeshua in 1976 while studying philosophy at the University of Toronto and was a founding member of the first Messianic Jewish congregation in Canada. He has a MDiv from Knox College (Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto) and has studied at the Spertus Institute, Trinity Evangelical D.S., and MJTI. Ben has also taught for the Canadian Messianic Jewish Institute based in Calgary.

Ben served with Chosen People Ministries Canada as a congregational planter from 1986-91 and returned as Toronto Director of Ministries in 2007. He retired as the founding Messianic Rabbi of Kehillat Eytz Chaim/Tree of Life Congregation in Toronto, a ministry of CPM Canada, in 2021.

Ben was the Executive Director of The Messianic Times from 2002-2006. His journalism and feature articles have appeared in numerous international publications, and he has two Canadian national Christian journalism awards. He is the author of More Than Miracles: Elaine Zeidman Markovic and the Story of the Scott Mission and has been a book editor for Messianic Jewish Publishers and Resources. He is currently in the Doctor of Practical Theology program at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, ON. He and his wife Sue live with their son, Jon, in north Toronto.

On the MJRC:

As a mentor to Messianic Jewish congregational leaders across Canada, I believe that it is important that our rabbis and congregational members become familiar with the halakhic standards, instructions, and recommendations of the MJRC in order to develop a unity in practice and Messianic vision. I also feel that these guidelines are an invaluable resource that needs to have wider circulation.