Asher Kushnir (Ukrainian: Ашер Кушнір; Russian: Ашер Кушнир) is a Russian-speaking rabbi, lecturer and specialist on child-rearing and family relationships. He arrived in Israel in 1983 from the former Soviet Union (Ukraine), physicist by profession. After working as a scientist in the Weizmann Institute and serving in the Israeli army, he studied at Ohr Somayach and Mir yeshivas, as well as with Rav Ben Porat.