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Institute Leadership

Shalom Hartman Institute Executive Committee

Donniel Hartman
President

 

Yehuda Kurtzer
President, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

 

Shiri Mersel
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield

Executive Vice President, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

 

Tziona Koenig-Yair
Vice President and Director, Center for Israeli-Jewish Identity

 

Shraga Bar-On
Director, David Hartman Center for Intellectual Leadership

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Ariel Picard

Director, Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought

Academic Advisory Committee

Department and Program Directors

Program and Department Directors

Alan Abbey

Director, Media and Internet Services

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Naomi Adland 

Director, Program Operations

 

Ayman Agbaria 

Min HaBe’erot Academic Advisor

 

Jordanna Amsel 

Senior Development Officer

 

Abdullah Antepli 

Co-Director, Muslim Leadership Initiative

 

Orit Avnery 

Academic Steering Committee

 

Meirav Badichi 

Principal, Midrashiya High School for Girls

 

Justus Baird 

Senior Vice President for Programs

 

Lauren Berkun 

Director, Rabbinic & Synagogue Programs

 

Barbara Birch 

Vice President Development

 

Anna Bronstein 

Director, Development Operations

 

Shaul David 

Principal, Charles E. Smith High School for Boys

 

Tamar Elad-Applebaum 

Co-Director, Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis 

 

Dan Friedman 

Director of Content and Communications

 

Yoav Friedman 

Director, Israeli Communications and Marketing

 

Rob France 

Director, Campus Initiatives

 

Maital Friedman 

Alumni Director, Muslim Leadership Initiative

 

Michal Govrin 

Department for Innovative Ritual

 

Elana Stein Hain 

Director of Faculty, SHI North America

 

Yossi Klein Halevi 

Co-Director, Muslim Leadership Initiative

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Amitai Harroch 

Principal, Hartman Junior High School

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Michal Hartman 

Vice Principal, Midrashiya 

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Yitzki Hartman

Hevruta Director

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Melila Hellner-Eshed 

Director, Maskilot

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Alon Hodir 

Chief Information Officer

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Dalit Horn 

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Impact

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Ronit Ir-Shai 

Academic Steering Committee

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Rani Jaeger 

Director, Department for Innovative Ritual; Co-Director, Tanach Initiative

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Yaakov Kastel 

Director, Lev Aharon

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Eshel Klinhouse 

Director, Be'eri

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Joshua Ladon 

Director of Education, West Coast

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Ami Landau 

Administrative Director, Hartman High Schools

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Hagit Lazaros 

Principal, Midrashiya Upper School

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Orly Levanony 

HR Manager

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Becca Linden 

Director of Operations, SHI North America

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Menachem Lorberbaum 

Academic Steering Committee

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Israel Knohl 

Academic Steering Committee

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Roni Magidov 

Co-Director, Tanach Initiative

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Gidon Mais 

Director of Operations, SHI Israel

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Sagit Eisenberg Mordechai 

Chief Financial Officer

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Gabe Most

Vice President, Community Engagement

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Channa Pinchasi 

Deputy Director, Be’eri

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Renana Ravitsky Pilzer 
Educational Director, Center for Israeli and Jewish Identity

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Ishay Rosen-Zvi

Academic Steering Committee

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Avi Sagi

Academic Steering Committee

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Shira Ben-Simon Schonfeld 

Head of Hevruta

 

Dani Segal 

Co-Director, Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis

 

Tova Serkin

Director, North American Programs in Israel & Organizational Development

 

Ziva Shlush 

Principal, Midrashiya Junior High School

 

Michelle Bider Stone

Director, Los Angeles

 

Mick Weinstein

Chief Marketing Officer

 

Itay Yavin

Director, Min HaBe'erot

 

Shay Zarchi

Co-Director, Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis

 

Chanan Zucker

Principal, Charles E. Smith Upper School

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Jerusalem 9108001 Israel
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