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Before joining Hillel Israel in 2019, Noga served as Deputy Director of BINA and Exec. Director of KolDor. Noga has an MBA (Washington U.), an MA in Jewish Education (HUJI), and was ordained by the Rabbanut Yisraelit Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis (Oranim/Hartman). Noga is the founder of a Jewish renewal community in Tel-Mond, where she lives with her husband and three children.
Reut, a major in the IDF, served as a combat instructor in the Armored Corps and completed a mixed combat officer course. She was the head of the international leadership program and project manager of a youth at risk center. Reut also served as a JP representative at the camps. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Education and Communication, a teaching certificate and a double master's degree in American Jewish studies and alternative education from the University of Haifa
Studied for 4 years in a Yeshiva in the south of Mount Hebron. He did his BA at the Shalem Center in the combined track of Jewish Thought, Philosophy and Humanities. For the last 3 years, he has taught and coordinated a variety of programs: among them Tozeret Haaretz, Ruach Tzeira, a program for the gifted in Humanities, guided reading in Greek Philosophy at the University of Tel Aviv, and more.
Noga Brenner-Samia
Executive Director
nogabs@hillelisrael.org
Reut Noyman
Deputy Director
reutn@hillelisrael.org
Uri Carmeli
Director, Hillel Jerusalem
uric@hillelisrael.org
Orr was serving as the Jewish Agency Israel Fellow for Boston University Hillel for 2 years and was the first-ever 'Shaliach' of Triad Hillels of North Carolina. Orr holds a double degree in Social Sciences and Humanities from Tel Aviv University. He brings professional experience in high-tech and in designing educational spaces for the purpose of engaging, mentoring, and empowering young adults.
Dor is a social entrepreneur with expertise in building partnerships. Served two years as a Jewish Agency delegate to Hillel at UCSD University in San Diego, California.
Graduate of the Mandel Program for Excellence on behalf of the Jewish Agency.
He holds a bachelor's degree in social education and East Asian studies.
and Master's degree in Jewish studies. For three years he managed programs in the Tzahar-Palm-Beach partnership.
He also worked as the director of the Unistream-Amal Entrepreneurship Center in Safed.
One of the founders of "Be'it Hhamisha" - a social business for strengthening social education in the north.
Credit:
Alexey Kudrik
Educator and group facilitator, Yael holds a BA in Sociology and Anthropology, Human Resource Management, and an MA in Organizational Sociology as well as studies in group facilitation from Haifa University. Yael devoted a decade to absorbing immigrant students and their integration into Israeli society. Yael also worked at the Jewish Agency in the field of informal education in a variety of Jewish Russian speaking communities.
Orr Grosman
Director, Hillel at
Tel Aviv University
orrg@hillelisrael.org
Dor Gwieta
Director, Hillel Tel Hai
dorg@hillelisrael.org
Uri started his position as the Director of Hillel Sapir in 2023. He is active in the Refugee Center in the Negev, and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Ben Gurion University.
Maya has a B.A. in education and communication from BGU. She currently is studying for a master's degree in educational counseling. As a student, she was active in Hillel and participated in BCI program in California. Before Hillel, she worked in a variety of educational positions, including guiding in "Masa Israeli" (Israeli Journey) and managing the "Shnat Sherut" (Pre-Army Service Year) of "Krembo Wings" in Beer Sheva.
Lee served as a shlicha for the Jewish Agency at Towson University in the US. As a shlicha she helped connect students and communities to Israel, raised awareness and strengthened pluralistic Judaism. Lee has an MA in International Business Management.
Uri Bassan-Dvash
Director, Hillel at Sapir College
urib@hillelisrael.org
Lee Cohen
Director, Hillel at
Ben Gurion University
leec@hillelisrael.org
Lena has been an active member of Hillel since 2004 when she chaperoned and led a group of students from Russia on their Birthright trip. In April 2014 she made Aliya and began working at Hillel Israel.
Esther began her Hillel career in the US and transitioned into working at Hillel Israel in 1990. She worked with student leaders, participated in the March of the Living in Poland and has travelled frequently to the FSU. Esther has a BA in Jewish Studies, an MA in Social Work and has greeted more than 1,500 groups of participants on Hillel Birthright trips!
Rabbi Goldman has been active in Hillel Israel since 1986, beginning as the Director of Hillel Jerusalem. Later he founded Hillel Centers in the FSU. He was responsible for the expansion of Hillel Israel over the years as well as establishing new Hillel centers in Western Europe. Rabbi Goldman was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary and holds two honorary Doctorate Degrees.
Esther Abramowitz - Associate Vice President, Global Israel Experiences
esthera@hillelisrael.org
Rabbi Yossi Goldman
Associate Vice President Hillel International, Emeritus
yossieg@hillelisrael.org
Yosef first joined Hillel in 1997. He has a background in both the business and non-profit sectors and has been a business advisor to firms in Israel and the US. Yosef has an MA from the Yale School of Business Management, an MA in Jewish History, and BA in Economics from Yeshiva University.
Galit has worked for Hillel since August 2005 in the accounting department. She lives with her husband, Yossi, and five children in Efrat.
Dina made Aliya from the FSU in 1991. She has worked as managing bookkeeper since 2008. Dina is married to Boris and has three children. She lives with her family in Ma’ale Adumim.
Yosef Epstein – Associate Director of Finance
yosefe@hillelisrael.org
Leetal was the Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow at Vanderbilt Hillel for three years. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Public Diplomacy from Reichman University. She served in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit as part of the International Press Desk.
Leetal Shoshan
Resource Development Coordinator
leetals@hillelisrael.org
Board of Directors
An Israeli politician and scholar who served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the Israeli government. Yossi was a significant figure in the 1990's Israel-Palestinian peace process and the initiator of Birthright-Taglit. After retiring from political life, he founded "Beilink," a business consultancy company. Yossi writes opinion pieces in Israeli newpapers Haaretz and
Yisrael Hayom.
Investor, chairman and director of public companies. 2011 - 2019, served as Senior Vice President of the global insurance company AIG-as CEO of the International Division and CEO of the European Division in credit risk insurance. Served as CEO of EMI insurance company. Also served as CEO of the Tel Aviv Economic Company and Jaffa Development Authority. Tomer sits on the BOD of Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College.
Tomer Sharet
Chairman of A. Mintkevitch Consulting Ltd and chair of the Board of Rafael Development Corporation Ltd.
Served as General Counsel at Israel's Ministry of Finance, chair of Israel's Securities Authority, chair of Israel's Discount Bank and Vice Chair of IDB Holdings.
Aryeh Mintkevitch
A former Hillel activist and Chairperson of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS), Yossi is Israel's leading solar pioneer. Named by CNN as one of the top six leading Green Pioneers worldwide, and winner of Israel's Green Globe, he can be followed @KaptainSunshine.
Founded and directed Melitz for 30 years , first director of Birthright Israel, President of Hillel International and Immediate Past Chairman of Hillel Israel Board of Directors. Author of "A Passion For a People" published in English (2017) and Hebrew (2018). Married to Ellen, father of 4, grandfather of 16 and great grandfather of the first 4 of his hoped for 64 great-grandchildren.
Credit: Nicole Kaplan
Yosef Abramowitz
Avraham Infeld
Nava (Ph.D. from the Technion), is a faculty member in the Kohler University Faculty of Management
Tel Aviv. She is the founder and director of the Raya Strauss Center for Family Business Research at the Faculty. Her research focuses on the study of emotions, organizational culture and employment in family companies. Her research has won academic awards such as the best article of the year 2014 in the Family Business Review Journal.
CPA with a bachelor's degree in economics and accounting from Tel Aviv U. Former senior partner at Cost Forer, Gabay (part of the global accounting network - EY.) Specializing in large non-profit corporations, public companies in the field of real estate and financial corporations. Currently serves in several non-profit corporations (audit committee, finance committee, investment committee, auditing body, etc.), and a public limited company in a public company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Nava Michael Tsabari
Shimon Greenberg, CPA
Richy has 50 years’ experience in M&A, Corporate, Regulatory and Banking matters. A pioneering legal expert, initially in hi-tech and subsequently in cleantech and agritech, Richy is at the forefront in the development of R&D laws and regulations. He serves as legal advisor and sits on many BODs around the country.
Richard Roberts, Esq.
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