
Ruth Abusch-Magder
Director of Education
Be'Chol Lashon
Relational Learning
Circle 2

Tal Amedi Eliel
Homeroom Teacher and Social Engagement Coordinator
Midrashiyat Hartman High School for Girls
Yated
Yated: Tikvah

Gil Hazaz
Head of Leadership Academy
Maamakim Leadership Academy
Yated

Lori Hoch Stiefel
PJ Library Engagement Officer
Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 6

Stephen Markowitz
Founder
Markowitz Consulting
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 2

Sarah-Kay Lacks
Senior Director of Institutional Programs
JCC Manhattan
18x18 Executive Fellowship
Cohort 1

Lawrence (Larry) Freedman
Rabbi/Director
Joint Jewish Educational Program
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 4

Amy Martin
Director of Family Engagement
Central Synagogue
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 4

Aura Chaya Bitton-Gispan
Founder, creative director
Aura Chaya Bitton-Gispan
Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
Wellbeing Cohort 2

Merav Medina Karniel
Teacher and Superviser
Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis- Shalom Hartman Institute
Yated

Alexandria Silver
Teacher
TanenbaumCHAT
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 3

Anna Gindin
Director of Informal Education and Recreation Programs
Prosserman JCC and The Shwartz/ Reisman Centre
Kehillot
Kehillot: Toronto '25

Maya Dvir
Resilience Instructor
Hebrew Scouts Movement in Israel
Yated

Esther Abramowitz
Associate Vice President, Global Israel Experiences
Hillel International
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 4

Aviva Janus
Religious School Principal
Temple Oheb Shalom
Relational Learning
Circle 2

Michelle Cooper
Director of Networks
Federation CJA
Aleh
Jewish Federations Cohort 2025