Former Fellows - The Jewish People Policy Institute

Dr. Inbal Hakman

Noah Slepkov — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 06:53:53 +0000

Inbal is a Ph.D. student at the Federmann School of Public Policy and Government, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is also a teaching assistant at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy and at the Federmann School of Public Policy and Government. She worked as a Content Director and a member of the steering committee of the Israeli President’s Conference (2008-2009). She holds a master’s degree (honors) from the academic program in Public Policy at the Hebrew University.

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Gabriel Abensour

Noah Slepkov — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:04:24 +0000

Gabriel Abensour grew up in France and made Aliyah in 2011. Gabriel is a PhD student in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as a President’s Fellow at the Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. His research lies at the intersection of Mizrahi studies, Jewish Law, and History. Gabriel earned his MA and a multidisciplinary bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Hebrew University where he was a student in the Amirim Interdisciplinary Honors Program in the Humanities. For the last two years, Gabriel worked as Research Assistant in the Center for Religion, Nation and State at the Israel Democracy Institute. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife Chen and their son Peli.

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Dr. Einat Wilf

Noah Slepkov — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:00:43 +0000

Dr. Einat Wilf, the Baye Foundation Adjunct Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, was Chair of the Education, Sports and Culture Committee, Chair of the Knesset Sub-Committee for Israel and the Jewish People, and Member of the influential Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the 18th Knesset.

Previously, Dr. Wilf served as Foreign Policy Advisor to Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres, a Senior Fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, and a strategic consultant with McKinsey & Company. Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Wilf served as an Intelligence Officer in the Israel Defense Forces.

Dr. Wilf is the author of four books that explore key issues in Israeli society. Her first book, “My Israel, Our Generation”, is about Israel’s past and future from the perspective of the younger generation. Her second book, “Back to Basics: How to Save Israeli Education (at no additional cost)“, offers a detailed and feasible policy proposal for improving Israel’s education system. Her third book, “It’s NOT the Electoral System, Stupid”, demonstrates through comparative analysis why Israel’s electoral system is no worse than those of other democracies and therefore should not be changed. Her fourth and most recent book, “Winning the War of Words”, compiles her key essays on Israel and Zionism.

Dr. Wilf has a BA in Government and Fine Arts from Harvard University, an MBA from INSEAD in France, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Cambridge.

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Dr. Nadia Beider

jppi — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:43:35 +0000

Nadia Beider holds a PhD in Contemporary Jewry from the Hebrew University, where she was a Mandel Scholion doctoral fellow. She is currently a Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe postdoctoral fellow at University College London. She teaches Jewish Education at the Hebrew University and has worked as a demographer at the Claims Conference.

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Noa Israeli

Noah Slepkov — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:32:34 +0000

Noa Israeli is the coordinator of the academic course “Israeli Identity: Divided We Stand.” She is a PhD student at the School of Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University, and a graduate of the Israel Democracy Institute’s Human Rights and Judaism Program. Israeli is the Director of the Scholarships Program for Outstanding Teaching Students at Tel Aviv University, and lecturer in the Regav program at the Kibbutzim Seminar. She lives in Tel Aviv and is the mother of two daughters.

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Rivka Ravitz

Noah Slepkov — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:08:29 +0000

Rivka Ravitz studied business administration and computer science and received her MBA in Information Systems. She is currently working on a doctorate in public policy at the University of Haifa. Her research at JPPI addresses the empowerment of Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) women in the labor market. Ravitz served as Chief of Staff to the 10th President of the State of Israel, Mr. Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin. She is a member of Israel’s Haredi community and lectures on various topics.

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Rami Tal

Noah Slepkov — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 07:43:29 +0000

Born in 1948 in Tel Aviv, studied law, general history and political science, and specialized in Political Philosophy. In 1977 he started to work at Yediot Acharonot newspaper as a news editor. From 1989 to 1993 he was Yediot Achranot’s Washington correspondent.
Since his return to Israel, he has worked mainly at Yediot Acharonot publishing house, as the head of the political and security division, and as a member of the editorial staff. In this capacity he has edited books by Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Ezer Weizman, Moshe Arens, Yossi Beilin, Moshe (Bogi) Ya’alon, Dan Halutz, Uri Sagi, Avraham Burg and others

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Dr. Nurit Cohen

jppi — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:32:17 +0000

Dr. Nurit Cohen has joined JPPI as part of the “Jewish Peoplehood” project team. Dr. Cohen is a historian and curator of historical exhibitions. Her book, based on her doctoral thesis, Jewish Refugees in the War of Independence won the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for Military Literature. In the past, she has held key positions in several major media organizations.

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Jude (Yehuda) Taragin

jppi — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:51:27 +0000

Jude is involved in several research projects at the Institute, while pursuing an LLM at the Van Leer Institute’s MOSA program, alongside working as a foreign news analyst at “Maariv” newspaper. He previously combined graduate studies in Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University whilst a legal internship at S. Horowitz & Co, later becoming a lawyer as well.
He holds a BA in History, Jewish Studies and Education from Herzog College, as well as an LLB and was part of the “Amirim” honors program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

During his studies, he worked at the Ministry of Justice and a private law firm, and served as a teaching and research assistant at the Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, and the Israel Democracy Institute.

He also interned at the Yad Hanadiv Foundation and the OECD in Paris, while studying at Sciences Po University.

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