2022-2023
Morane Bensoussan
Born in 1994 in the suburb of Paris, Morane obtained law degrees from King’s College and the Sorbonne, as well as an LLM from the University of Amsterdam and Columbia Law School. She is currently an active member of the French and Israeli bar associations. In addition to her legal career, Morane is a passionate …
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Maya Bickel
Born in 1998, Maya Bickel grew up in Maryland and spent a formative eighth grade year in Jerusalem. She has a B.A. in Middle East studies from Columbia University, including a semester spent studying colloquial Arabic in Jordan. After graduating, Maya moved to Jerusalem to work as a research assistant studying water insecurity in a …
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Rena Branson
Rena Branson is a composer, ritual leader, and educator who uplifts personal and collective healing through song. They founded A Queer Nigun Project in 2018, which organizes singing events for LGBTQIA+ folks and collaborates with rabbinic chaplains to support people in the Jewish community who are incarcerated. Rena moved to Philadelphia in 2019 for the …
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Ayal Cohen
Born in 1997, and raised in Evanston, Illinois, Ayal earned a Bachelors in Cognitive Science from McGill University in Montréal, Canada. His studies have led him to a wide range of work experiences in the healthcare and nonprofit worlds. From working at a mobile urgent care in Maui, Hawaii during the COVID-19 pandemic, to helping …
Kai Benjamin Jack
Born in 1994 in the US, Kai Jack was raised in Norway and earned degrees in Double Bass Performance from the Academy of Music and Drama, Gothenburg University (B.Mus. 2015-18) and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (M.Mus. 2018-21). During his Bachelor’s Degree, Kai helped create the Dream Orchestra, a youth project primarily for kids …
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Ikenna Maduno
Born in 2000, Ikenna was raised in Torrance, CA and attended Yale University, where he earned a B.S. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry. Whilst there, he co-founded an organization to address inequity in medicine and science, and performed with the semi-professional a cappella group Magevet – the name is indeed a story worth asking about! …
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Hannah Miller
Born in 1999, Hannah was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and earned her B.A. in history with a minor in economics and certificate in Hebrew from Harvard College. After graduating, Hannah was a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s American Statecraft Program, where she researched and wrote about practical solutions to a range …
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Nate Orbach
Born in 1999, Nate was raised in Newton, Massachusetts and attended Tufts University, where he earned a B.A. in English, with minors in Arabic and Biological Anthropology. After graduating, Nate moved to Jerusalem to work as an editor at +972 Magazine through the NIF/Shatil Social Justice Fellowship. There, he profiled members of Knesset and wrote …
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Aron Wander
Born in 1993, Aron was raised in New York City, New York and received a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Creative Writing from Princeton University. After graduating, he worked in data science and community organizing. This past year, he completed his fourth year of rabbinical school at Hebrew College, from which he …
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Elana Weberman
Born in 1999 and raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Elana studied at The University of Michigan and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she earned a BA in Social Theory and Practice with a concentration in Food Sustainability. During this time, she conducted research on sustainable food pedagogy and implemented several large-scale sustainability initiatives within …