Calling Cards

Kelly is the North American Director of Education at the Diller Teen Fellowship. She has spent her career building meaningful, dynamic Jewish experiences for children, teens, and adults. She has built a wealth of experience working in a myriad of different settings including camps, day schools, synagogues, and Israel travel. She holds a BA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University, a Masters in Jewish Education from Hebrew College, and is a graduate of the Pardes Educators Program.

As Managing Director at OU-NCSY, Yoni oversees regional growth with a focus on people, strategy, and transformation. He consults internationally, helping executives and their organizations transform, lead change, and build thriving, people-focused cultures. Yoni holds a BA in psychology from York University and an MS in Organizational Leadership from Colorado State University Global.

Idana is Chief Executive Officer at the Russell Berrie Foundation. She works to ensure the strategic impact of the Foundation’s philanthropic investments. Previously she was the Co-Executive Director of RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network and Vice President for Field Advancement and Advocacy at Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools. She received her PhD in History with concentrations in modern Jewish history, American religion, and gender and feminist theory.

Clare Goldwater is a Jewish educator and leadership coach with expertise in professional and organizational development and experiential education. Working in close partnership with a wide range of organizations,  Clare oversees the development, dissemination of M²’s approach and ideas about experiential Jewish education, through consulting projects to Jewish organizations, publications, curricula materials, and more. Clare has a BA in English Literature from Oxford University, an MA in Jewish Education from Hebrew University, and a Certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University. She also holds passports from those three countries and lives in Jerusalem with her family.

Miriam is Vice Provost for Educational Strategy National Director, School of Education Associate Professor Rhea Hirsch School of Education/Jack H. Skirball Campus. She is passionate about empowering Jewish educational leaders and teachers to engage in their work intentionally, skillfully and creatively. Her current research and writing focus on designing Jewish education as a tool for building a creative society. She founded and directs “Beit HaYotzer: the Creativity Braintrust .”

Alex is Principal & Managing Director of Rosov Consulting Israel. His research areas include the life course of Jewish families, teachers’ lives and work, and Israel education. Alex was founding Head of Jewish Studies at the King Solomon High School, the Koschitzky Family Chair in Jewish Teacher Education at York University, Toronto, and Senior Researcher at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education. He is past chair of the Network for Research in Jewish Education.

Yolanda is a member of the JewVNation cohort, a fellowship sponsored by the URJ; she is a vice-chair of the Religious Action Center’s (RAC) Commission on Social Action; she was a 2019 Schusterman Fellow; and before her role at the URJ, she was the Executive Director of Operation Understanding DC, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting understanding, cooperation, and respect while fighting to eradicate racism, anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination.

As the CEO of M², Shuki helps provide educators and organizations in Israel, North America, and Europe with knowledge, tools, and skills to advance the theory and practice of experiential Jewish education. Previously, Shuki served as director of Service Learning and Experiential Education at Yeshiva University, where he founded the Certificate Program in Experiential Jewish Education and a range of programs mobilizing college students to serve underprivileged communities worldwide. A Schusterman Fellow, Shuki studied Jewish philosophy, education, and scriptwriting.