Ariella Gentin

Born in 1998, Ariella was raised in Westchester, New York. After a year at Midreshet Nishmat in Jerusalem, Ariella returned to the U.S. and earned her B.A. in Politics and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. In 2021, Ariella made aliyah and took over as the director of Tikvah’s gap-year program, while simultaneously earning a M.A. in Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. Since moving to Israel, Ariella has volunteered for a number of organizations, including Pantry Packers, Isha L’isha, and Matav. Ariella is hoping to spend her Dorot year working for a Bedouin education NGO in southern Israel, studying Arabic, and learning Torah in an Israeli beit midrash.