18X18 Research Fellowship

Doron Kenter is Director of North American Grantmaking at Maimonides Fund. Prior to joining Maimonides Fund, Doron spent nearly a decade as a corporate restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer in New York City, where his clients included companies such as Lehman Brothers and General Motors, as well as Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Doron earned his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and BA degrees from Columbia University and List College at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Doron lives in Westchester County, NY, with his wife and two adorable children.

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 .”

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.

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.

Ben is Associate Research Professor at George Washington University. He has spent most of his career preparing social studies teachers and Jewish educators for school and non-school settings, and consulting with various Jewish education agencies on curriculum and teaching. His research includes the history and theory of social education, Jewish education, and teacher education on the American scene.

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.