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Our Educators

Our educators are associated with different movements and perspectives within Judaism. Each brings a different scholarly and personal background and focus to their work, and all are passionate about learning with young people.

Current Faculty

Hannah Kapnik Ashar
Director of Faculty 2023; Educator 2015-18

Arielle Rivera Korman
Community Manager

Megan GoldMarche
Educator 2023: US Seminars

Evan Parks
Educator 2019, 2021 & 2023

Ariel Picard
Educator 2023: Israel Seminar

Micha’el Rosenberg
Educator 2020-21 & 2023

Tirtzah Bassel
Visiting Artist 2023

Emily Bowen Cohen
Visiting Artist 2023

Daniel Terna
Visiting Artist 2023

Yuval Nussan
Israel Staff - Education Director

Neta Polizer
Israeli Senior Educator 2021-23

Hagit Sabag Israel
Israeli Senior Educator 2020-23

Michal Tikochinsky
Israeli Senior Educator 2020-23

Rotating & Past Faculty

Adina Allen
Educator 2021

Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Anisfeld Educator

Andy Bachman
Educator

Matan Barak
Israeli Senior Educator 2018

Eli Bareket
Israeli Senior Educator 2018

Idit Ben Or
Israeli Educator & Facilitator 2017

Dianne Cohler-Esses
Educator, Former Co-Director

Jessica Deutsch
Visiting Artist 2020

James Diamond z”l

Laurence Edwards
Educator

Rafi Ellenson

Shimon Felix
Executive Director Emeritus

Gila Fine
Educator 2019

Laura Geller
Educator

Hadassa Goldvicht
Visiting Artist 2022

Michael Grailsummer
Visiting Artist 2022

Sivan Har-Shefi
Israeli Senior Educator

Aaron Henne
Visiting Artist 2020

Rani Jaeger
Israeli Senior Educator 2020-22

Sheila Jelen
Educator (BYFI '87)

Claudia Kreiman
Educator

Dahlia Kronish
Educator 2019

Ilana Kurshan
Educator

Yehuda Kurtzer
Educator

Jon Levin
Visiting Artist 2021

Jon Levisohn
Educator 2018

Dan Libenson
Educator 2022

Jake Marmer
Education Consultant & Faculty

Ariel Evan Mayse
Educator 2022

Adam McKinney
Visiting Artist 2021

Rachel Nussbaum
Educator

Vanessa Ochs
Educator 2020

Michael Paley
Founding Director

Noam Pianko
Educator

Annie Polland
Educator 2018

James Ponet
Educator

Alicia Jo Rabins
Visiting Artist 2020-21

Or Rose
Educator

Judith Rosenbaum
Educator (BYFI '90)

Jennie Rosenfeld
Educator 2020 & 2022

Dana Ruttenberg
Visiting Artist 2022

Yehuda Sarna
Educator 2019

Arielle Tonkin
Educator 2020 & 2022

Miriam Udel
Educator 2021

Avi Weinstein
Executive Director Emeritus

Hadas Wolff
Israeli Educator & Facilitator

Shiran Zaharoni

Shiran Zaharoni
Israeli Educator & Facilitator

Mishael Zion
Educator, Former Co-Director

We are shocked and heartbroken by the events in Israel, and we are holding our Israeli community close during this tragic time. We feel it is more important than ever to continue our work of building a vibrant and diverse Jewish community, developing leadership in the Jewish world and beyond, and helping teens connect deeply with the Jewish experience and people in Israel and America. View our resources page.

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