 The MJLF was created in June 1977 by fifty families under the leadership of Rabbi Daniel Farhi, first President Roger Benarrosh and Colette Kessler, head of education.Many rabbis have contributed to the development of MJLF, including Daniel Farhi(1977-2009)[[Micha Koenig|Stephen Berkowitz, (1989-92;1995-1997; 2004-2013)], [[Oren Postel]], [[Pauline Bebe|Pauline Bebe (1990-1995)]], [[Gabriel Farhi]] (1995-2007) and [[Célia Surget]].Three rabbis currently provide the leadership for the movement