Meet Our Fellows

Gabrielle Bailey grew up in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. She is passionate about tikkun
olam, health equity, supporting older adults, and medicine. Gabrielle graduated from
Northeastern University in 2025 with a degree in Bioengineering and Biochemistry, where she
led community service initiatives through Northeastern Hillel and volunteered weekly with older
adults. After graduation, she worked in health literacy research at Tufts Medical Center. In her
free time, Gabrielle loves painting everything from portraits and mezuzah covers to community
murals. Through Dorot, she hopes to broaden her perspective, explore her values, and engage
in community-based work and Torah study.

Born in 2002, Joshua was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. He was formally politicized in 2018 with the student climate movement and since has been involved with organizing for US racial justice and Jewish solidarity with Palestinians. He graduated with a BA in Religion and Environmental Studies from Middlebury College where he studied American neo-religion as well as sacred texts in Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew. He is recently excited by the politics of language, specifically Yiddish in contemporary Jewish life. As a Dorot Fellow, he plans on living in Al-Quds/Yerushelayem and continuing his studies of language, political resistance and joy, and Yiddish/Hasidic culture. In his free time, he loves participating in book and movie clubs, playing collaborative sports like basketball and volleyball, and singing or playing guitar.

Born in 1996 and raised in Montreal, Jared is a journalist whose work has taken him to just about every city and town in Canada, before making the international leap first to London and now to Jerusalem. Outside of reporting, he spends way too much time playing tennis, while also trying to make the most of whatever city he finds himself in. Jared is hoping to spend the year cultivating a mix of hobbies, skills and knowledge, including jazz piano, Arabic, and Iraqi-Jewish history.

Ariella was the first member of her Russian Jewish family to be born in the United States, in Queens, NY in 2000. She has worked as a researcher and educator in many non-traditional spaces, including classrooms in Kakuma Refugee Camp, art therapy programs for Ukrainian youth, a Waldorf school in the West Bank, and a prison in Brooklyn. In 2022, Ariella lived in Azerbaijan for a year as a Fulbright scholar, where she taught English and became profoundly inspired by Baku’s art spaces. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and English from Kenyon College (2022) and an M.A. in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University (2026). On Dorot, Ariella hopes to study Talmud, immerse herself in Hebrew and Arabic, and engage in solidarity and human rights work in the Jordan Valley.

Chana was born in 2003 and raised in Los Angeles. She went to college in the California Bay Area where she studied Philosophy and Religion and then moved briefly to Washington Heights, Manhattan, to study Gemara and Halakha. She and her husband moved to Kibbutz Ma’ale Gilboa in January for his learning and have just arrived to Nachlaot, Jerusalem, where they are excited to integrate into the local community. Chana hopes to spend this year in interfaith dialogue and community building, spiritual care in the medical field, and — as of recently — song.

Born in 1999, Julia was raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia and made aliyah in 2022. After spending several years in Hadera and Tel Aviv, she now happily lives in her favorite city, Jerusalem. She studied public health as an undergraduate and emergency and disaster management for her master’s degree, and has worked across a range of public health, emergency response, and humanitarian initiatives. She also worked at a bilingual Hebrew-Arabic peace kindergarten in Jerusalem, an experience that deepened her interest in community, education, and life in a diverse city. During her year on Dorot, Julia hopes to explore the through line connecting her many passions, challenge herself to step outside her comfort zone, and discover the passions she hasn’t explored. In her free time, she can usually be found cooking something new, getting lost in a book, making art, caring for her jungle houseplants, wandering outdoors, or finding a new hobby to obsess over.

Born in 2001, Simone grew up in Oakland, California. In 2019, she spent a gap year in Israel at Mechinat Kol Ami, exploring Jewish peoplehood and backpacking through the Negev Desert. Returning home, she worked at Youth Spirit Artworks, where she organized community murals at the Tiny House Village for formerly unhoused youth alongside residents, local artists, and the Bay Area interfaith community. In 2025, Simone graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in Studio Art. Her multidisciplinary practice includes drawing, painting, photography, performance art, spoken word and songwriting. She returns to questions of presence, belonging and what allows people to feel safe enough to truly see one another. After graduating, Simone worked as a freelance photographer while building creative Jewish community at Moishe House Lake Merritt, hosting Havdalah music circles, figure drawing sessions, and other arts gatherings. Simone hopes to deepen her understanding of Israeli society and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She is excited to explore meditation and Jewish spirituality, teach (and learn from) children, and cultivate a voice rooted in curiosity rather than others’ expectations. In her free time, she enjoys jamming on her ukulele, petting dogs, and making collaborative drawings.

Nava was born in Berkeley, CA, in 2000 and raised by Jewish hippies in New York City. She spent two and a half years learning experientially around the world during Covid before graduating from Hampshire College with a B.A. in Political Science and Theater. She is passionate about emergent ritual, fostering community (specifically through elaborate dinners), and building collaborative and creative spaces for all people (especially youth). As a Dorot Fellow, Nava looks forward to returning to her artistic practices, including writing music and poetry, while exploring the many histories and heartbreaks of this Land through dialogue, text study, grief work, movement, and film.

Born in 2003, Charlie was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland and now lives in Jerusalem. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a BA in history and most recently worked as a reporter for The Times of Israel, where he covered crime, police and the prison system. During his undergraduate studies, he nurtured a keen interest in the Levant under Ottoman imperial rule. Much of Charlie’s writing is driven by curiosity about his current place of residence and a desire to know its past and present inhabitants. He plans to dedicate this year to learning Arabic and honing his comprehension of Hebrew manuscripts. In his free time, he enjoys reading and going on walks.

Born in 1999, Gavi is an artist, educator, and community organizer from Philadelphia. In 2021, she graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis with a BFA in Studio Art and a minor in Art History and Archaeology. While in school, she developed a multi-media practice centered around themes of embodiment, ritual, identity, and tradition, and has since had her work shown in magazines and exhibitions online and across the United States. From 2022-2025 Gavi served as a Moishe House Resident in Philadelphia, deepening her skills and interest in meaningful community organizing. As 2025-26 Arts and Culture Fellow at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Gavi furthered her exploration of the connections between Torah and artmaking, seeing them combined as powerful tools for personal and communal connection. She is looking forward to spending her second year in Israel as a Dorot Fellow, broadening her artistic pursuits and finding the calm within the chaos. Gavi can usually be found running after birds, singing with friends, dancing on the streets of Jerusalem, or wistfully riding a Superbus.

Abby was born in 1997 and raised in Teaneck, NJ. At the age of 18, Abby moved to Israel with her family. She proceeded to study in the Migdal Oz beit midrash for women and completed two years of national service. Abby is a published poet and a life-long lover of music. She worked for many years in the field of mental health rehabilitation and recently completed her master’s degree in social work at Hebrew University. Before that, Abby completed a joint bachelor’s degree in musicology and psychology at Bar-Ilan University. Abby hopes to continue learning, creating and contributing and is excited to enrich her creative and social landscapes in this upcoming fellowship year.