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Rabbanit Dr. Yaffa Gisser – Member of the board of directors of “Yesodot”, director of the project “Arevim Zeh LaZeh”, the organization “Shaharit” and “Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah”.
Rabbi Matanya Yedid – Grew up in Jerusalem and studied at Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Judaism and Education and is a doctoral student in Education at the University of Cordoba in Spain. Rabbi Yedid founded the Bnei Akiva Alumni Movement and currently teaches at Bar-Ilan University, Orot College and at the Nishmat and Shaharei Midrashot. In addition, Rabbi Yedid serves as head of the “Rabbis as Mediators” program at Mosaica and is a partner in the Religious Peace Initiative. He is close to certification as a mediator.
Rabbi Eyal Vered – Rabbi of the “Yachad” community in the city of Petah Tikva. Teaches at the Meir Institute in Jerusalem – an institute for advanced Jewish studies. Member of the leadership of the Tzohar organization and of the Midrasha of Bar-Ilan University.
Uriah Meborach – Doctoral student in the Gender Studies Program at Bar-Ilan University. Teaches Judaism at the Ohr Torah Stone Midreshet Lindenbaum, Herzog College, the Schechter Institute and at the Or Torah Neveh Hanna Ulpana.
Rabbi Elhanan Nir – R”M at Yeshivat Siach Yitzchak, teaches at Yeshivat Or Torah Machanayim, editor of the Shabbat supplement in “Makor Rishon”, and winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature for the year 5771.
Rabbanit Devorah Evron – Director of the Susie Bradfield Institute for Halakhic Leadership of the Ohr Torah Stone network, and active member of “Beit Hillel” and “Kolech”.
Michal Froman – Mother of five living in Tekoa, peace activist and architect.
Rabbi Nehemia Krakovor – Principal of the Or Torah Neveh Hanna Ulpana, and partner in the educational leadership of the Ohr Torah Stone network.
Rabbi Avraham Stav – Teacher at the Or Torah Machanayim Hesder Yeshiva and at the Or Torah Neveh Hanna Ulpana; author of books on Halakha and Talmudic analysis; researcher at the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization; culture critic at the Makor Rishon newspaper.
Rabbi Yoni Lavi – Educator, lecturer and author; one of the heads of the Kehilim organization and one of the rabbis of the Barkai Center; founder of the “Friends Listening” youth hotline.
Rabbanit Billy Rabinstein (Pizem) – Head of the Beit Midrash in the Israeli programs at Midreshet Or Torah Lindenbaum; engaged in Bible, Talmud and Aggadah.
Rabbanit Dr. Chana Hashkes – Graduate of the Susie Bradfield Program for Halakhic Leadership at Midreshet Or Torah Lindenbaum; head of the International Halakha Program for women at the Institute; member of the leading team of the Halakhic Beit Midrash of the Beit Hillel organization; author of the book "Talmud Torah Keneged Kulam", an original work of thought on rabbinic discourse in contemporary philosophical terms.
Yafit Gold – Teaches and coordinates the field of Jewish studies at Dror Tzur Hadassah High School; teacher of "Cognitive Thinking"; graduate of the Susie Bradfield Program for Halakhic Leadership at Midreshet Or Torah Lindenbaum.
Yifat Misgav – Pedagogical coordinator and civics teacher at the Or Torah Neveh Hanna Ulpana; group facilitator and content writer at the Yesodot association; halakhic advisor and responder on the open hotline of the Nishmat organization.
Rabbi Yitzhak Ben David – Currently leading a strategic process in the Masorti (Traditional) Movement; lives in and engages in community rabbinate in the settlement of Tzur Hadassah and teaches both locally and beyond; promotes good neighborly relations between the residents of Tzur Hadassah and the nearby village of Husan.
Netanel Shai Yahieli – Engaged in group facilitation through Beit Morasha and independently; teaches teachers/instructors/officers at the IDF Command and Staff College how to integrate facilitation tools into their roles; facilitator at Beit Morasha of an interfaith forum of religious leaders in Israel – Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze, Baháʼís, Samaritans.
Rabbi Dr. Michael Ben Admon – Head of the Ma’arava program for training emissaries to Sephardic communities in the Diaspora; engaged in education, teaching, writing, conversion and training of rabbis.
Rabbi Nir Menussi – Teacher and author; writes and teaches about Kabbalah and Hasidism and the relationship between Judaism and Western culture; authored one book on the status of women from the Hasidic perspective and another book on the connection between Torah and science.
Rabbanit Rivka Abramson – Director of AlSadiqin, an organization researching the shared heritage of Judaism and Islam.
Rabbi Menachem Bombach – Founder and CEO of the Netzach Network, a Haredi educational network that advocates for the integration of sacred and secular studies. Member of the Mandel Institute staff, holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Lecturer in Israel and abroad in the fields of education and society, with main interests in education and intercultural dialogue.
Rabbi David Ben Zazon – Educator. Former rabbi of Kibbutz Ein Tzurim, founder of the Yonatan Mechina, and partner in various educational initiatives. Co-author of the Covenant for Mutual Respect.
Rabbi Binyahu Tavila – Haredi Jerusalem educator, graduate of the Slabodka Yeshiva and of the Kollel for Rabbinic Ordination and Dayanut. Teaches Torah and pedagogy in various frameworks, both religious and academic. Has served in a variety of roles in the education system. His poems have been published in different venues.
Shaul Yudelman – Israeli director of the Roots-Shorashim-Judur Initiative, a network of Israeli-Palestinian centers across the West Bank. Lives with his family in Tekoa.
Rabbanit Avital Cohen Brener – Rabbanit of the Tzohali Mechina (a pre-military academy for religious girls). Doctoral student at the Hebrew University. Writes on the entry of women into the field of teaching and halakhic decision-making. Research fellow in the “Meshilot” program at the Shalom Hartman Institute.
Yonet Lemberger – Principal of the Ohr Torah Orya Ulpana. Mentor for beginning school principals. Lecturer in the Avnei Rosha program for training school principals at a Jerusalem college. Member of the board of directors of Herzog College.
Noa Mivorach – Community social worker. Social activist in her place of residence (Lod), working to foster good neighborly relations between Arabs and Jews. Engages in various groups in the local national conflict through interfaith encounters.
Rabbi Elchanan Miller – Founder and director of "People of the Book," an initiative for teaching Judaism to the Arab world. Teaches Torah at the Pardes Institute and is a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute.
Rabbi Shai Naveh – Director of the Yachad-Israeli Judaism in the Community organization of the Ohr Torah Stone network, and teacher of Talmud, Midrash, and Jewish thought.
Rabbanit Chani Kleiman – Ramit (Talmud teacher) at the Migdal Oz Beit Midrash, doctoral student in Jewish thought at the Hebrew University. Researcher of early Kabbalistic literature and the Zohar.
Rabbanit Vered Rosenthal – Faculty member at the Mandel Leadership Institute and in the "Shluchei Tzibur" program for leadership development in the Haredi community, in partnership with the Hebrew University. Lawyer and rabbinical pleader. Founder and director of Midreshet Otot, a Torah framework for the study of Talmud and Jewish thought for Haredi women, under the auspices of Herzog College.
Rabbanit Rachel Shapira Frenkel – Halachic advisor and teacher of Talmud and halakha at Midreshet Nishmat. Head of the advanced halakha program for women at Matan. One of the founders of the Jerusalem Prize for Jewish Unity and Unity Day.
Dr. Elad Ben David – Expert on Islam in the United States and research fellow at the Forum for Regional Thinking. Serves as one of the board members of the Israeli Association for the Study of Religions, and writes on topics related to da'wah (the spread of Islam) and trends among the Muslim community in America.
Rabbi Jacob Kirmayer – Immigrated to Israel with his family in 2015 and founded "Yakir: Israeli Community Initiative of Many Faces," which focuses on deepening relations between Jews and non-Jews loyal to the state. Served as rabbi of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York (2003-2015) and as rabbi of the "Ohel Leah" community in Hong Kong (1997-2003).
Rabbanit Shurla Rosen – Head of the Halacha Program at the London School of Jewish Studies and teaches Talmud at Migdal Oz and Matan Hashmonaim. Founder of the online Halachic Q&A of Matan Jerusalem, where she wrote and edited halachic responses. Rabbi of the "Yakar" community in Jerusalem. Active in interfaith dialogue initiatives in Israel and abroad.
Dina Ben-Torah – Educator and Bible teacher. Deputy principal and pedagogical coordinator at Har-Tuv High School in Kibbutz Tzora. Partner in the SCORA project for education against racism and antisemitism in Germany and Israel. In the past, facilitated study groups for religious and secular participants, and was a member of the board of the "Zehut" organization. Graduate of the Matan Bible and Interpretation program.
Rabbi Tzachi Fenton – Ordained in rabbinics and dayanut, holds a BA in social sciences, an MA in science and halacha, and a diploma in business administration and management. Director of the religious-Zionist center "Ratzon Yehuda" in Petah Tikva. IDF colonel (res.) in the intelligence field, and owner and director of the civilian intelligence agency "Barkat." Active in interfaith dialogue and founder of the "Shabbat Salaam" initiative and the "Al-Haqiqa" ("the truth") channel, co-founder of the "Abraham Institute for Israel Studies in Arabic."
Dr. Nasya Shmuel – Resides in Givat Shmuel and mother of five. Senior lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University. Specializes in Sharia (Islamic law), political Islam, and relations between Jews and Muslims. Author of the book: "The Head of Hamas: Jews, Zionism and Israel in the Thought of Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi."
Dr. Miriam Feldman-Kaye – Senior lecturer in the Department of Jewish Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University. Founder and former director of the Israeli branch of the Forum on Religion and Belief. Editor-in-chief of the New Encyclopedia of Jewish Theology at the University of St. Andrews. Member of the academic committee of the Religion Research Hub at the University of Haifa.
Noa Lewis – Founder and CEO of the "Echad" association, and director of the OLAH program for strengthening Jewish identity for women in Europe. Active in various programs connecting Israel and the Diaspora.
Dr. Itamar Brenner – Academic director of the master's degree programs and member of the management board at Herzog Academic College. Lecturer in Jewish Thought and Philosophy. Researcher of rabbinic thought and contemporary Jewish philosophy. Author of the book "Okimta: Hermeneutical Discourse, Interpretive Discourse and Theological Meaning in the Babylonian Talmud." Formerly, member of the editorial board of "Makor Rishon" and "Maariv," editor of the magazine "Segula," and editor-in-chief of Reuben Mass Publishing.
Adv. Dr. Moran Nagid – Legal advisor of the Religious Zionist Women's Movement Emunah, member of the Southern Geographic Inquiry Committee, and senior fellow at the Kohelet Forum. Specializes in law, space and society, state-community relations, and dilemmas of integration and separation. Policy researcher and consultant in the field of governance and local democracy in Israel.
Rabbi Yehuda Ben Hamo – Head of the Beit Midrash at Sderot Yeshiva and lecturer on entrepreneurship and values-based leadership at Sapir College. Author of the book "Orot HaNefesh" and additional books.
Tachia Froman – Doctoral student at Ben-Gurion University, writing on the connection of the Heichalot in the Zohar. Fellow in the "Meshilot" program at the Hartman Institute, teaches Zohar at the "Zohar Chai" Beit Midrash and other study centers.
Rabbanit Yaffa Aharonov – Graduate of the De’ah Kollel at Ohr Torah Lindenbaum Midrasha. Serves as the director of the programs in Israel of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.
Dr. Baruch Elster – Educator and scholar of the Bible and its interpretation. Until recently, served as a senior lecturer and pedagogical guide at Givat Washington College of Education.
Tehila Darmon Malka – Graduate of the Migdal Oz Beit Midrash and holds a PhD in Jewish History. Head of the Department of History at Herzog College and academic director of the “Mitarim” program for training teachers in integrated education for religious and secular students.
Sarah West-Vanish – Holds a master’s degree in Religious Studies from the Hebrew University. Serves as a Major in the IDF Intelligence Corps, and in her free time enjoys traveling to holy sites around the world, with an emphasis on mosques.
Rabbi Alex Hefetz – Teaches at Yeshivat Otniel and serves as the yeshiva’s English-language representative. Currently completing a master’s degree in philosophy at Tel Aviv University.
Gilad Israeli – Hi-tech entrepreneur and co-CEO of the organization “Arabs with Israel,” which works to encourage support and identification of the Arab population with the State of Israel. Previously served as assistant to the advisor on East Jerusalem affairs to Mayor Nir Barkat, and also managed the election campaign “Jerusalem My City,” headed by Ramadan Dabash, which aimed to promote voting and integration of East Jerusalem residents into the city council.
Aharon Krish – Experienced in managerial development and training, specializing in learning processes and the creation of study programs.
Batel Kolman – Poet and journalist. Works at Beit Avi Chai. Winner of the Minister of Culture Prize for her debut book A Chasm to Hold Onto (Bialik Institute), and recipient of the “Bustan” scholarship from the National Library of Israel. Her second book is expected to be published soon by Pardes Publishing. In the past year, together with friends from Gush Etzion and the Western Negev, she initiated and led the project “Mitchabrim” – a covenant for healing Israeli society.
Rabbi Moshe Nitzanim – Ordained rabbi with a master’s degree in bioethics. Formerly taught at Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi and served as a spiritual counselor at PMPC Hospital abroad. Currently a fellow in the “Dorot” program for Jewish leadership.
Elhanan Revivo – Lawyer with a master’s degree in Public Management and Policy from Ben-Gurion University. Previously served as assistant to the mayor of Arad and as a director in the Corporations Authority. Currently works at the Ministry of Regional Cooperation.
Miriam Reichman – New immigrant from New Jersey, raised in a modern Orthodox-Zionist home. Graduate of Migdal Oz Midrasha and holds a BA in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, specializing in Arabic, from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. Currently studying for a master’s degree in Security Studies at Tel Aviv University.
Rabbi Daniel Rowe – Studied at Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh and Yeshivat Mir, as well as under Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits. Holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in philosophy and is completing a PhD in the philosophy of mathematics. Served for 20 years in outreach and leadership of Aish HaTorah in England. Recently immigrated to Israel and currently works for Aish HaTorah International in the Old City.
Malki Rotner – Social entrepreneur promoting the role of Haredi women in Jewish thought and spirituality. Co-director of the Haredi Institute for Public Affairs, member of the “Faithful Left” movement, and founder of the “Lechatchila” program for contemporary Haredi thought. Previously served as head of Haredi society programs at the Shaharit Institute. Holds a master’s degree in Gender Studies from Bar-Ilan University and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and History from the Open University.
Rabbi Aviad Sanders – Rosh Metivta at Ohr Torah Lindenbaum Midrasha in Jerusalem (part of Ohr Torah Stone), responsible for the Midrashit program at the Midrasha. Also teaches halacha and Jewish thought at the Lod branch, and serves as director of development and placement at the De’ah Kollel in Jerusalem. Member of the “Beit Hillel” rabbinic organization and officiating rabbi with Tzohar.
