Tom Mehager, the Executive Director of the Amram Association – The Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan Children Affair.
In addition, he is a contributor to Haaretz, +972 Magazine and Middle East Eye as well as a former fellow at Harvard Divinity School’s Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative (2019–20).
Tom has also served as Program Manager, Globalization and Sovereignty Cluster at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and prior to that, directed the Communications Department at Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.
Tom holds a B.A. in film and television and an M.A. in political sciences, both from Tel Aviv University. He lives in Tel Aviv with Live with his partner Sivan and their daughter Noor.

Shmuel Rozengarten, administrative manager of Maccabi-Dent in Beitar Illit, works for the benefit of senior citizens in Israel, on two paths of activism: he is the founder and partner of Kan Bishvilam, a nonprofit organization that operates to relieve the loneliness of senior citizens and to enhance the safety of their homes and lives, and he is the founder of a volunteer project to benefit lone senior citizens in the United Hatzalah Organization. Previously, Shmuel founded an ultra-Orthodox community relations program at MATI Jerusalem and managed the kindergartens of the Shuvu schools’ network, where he was also responsible for informal educational activities. Shmuel has a certificate of higher Torah education from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, and he is a certified organizational consultant and mediator. He is currently studying for his B.A. in education at Orot Israel College. He is married, has eight children, and lives in Modiin Ilit. Shmuel believes that every person has something to give and that there is something to learn from each and every person.

Racheli, the director of development and education at OU Israel. She is a social entrepreneur and community manager of Ahuki and AhukiNation, a communal platform that promotes social responsibility, entrepreneurship, and community. She is a director of digital media and lectures on social media. Racheli is a former educational Shlicha to the Jewish community in Boston. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in educational management and has a teaching certificate in Bible studies, all from Bar-Ilan University. She wrote her thesis on formative experiences in the lives of principals that shaped and changed their managing patterns. She is originally from Beit Shemesh, lives in Jerusalem, is married, and has two children. She is a smartphone photography enthusiast.

Rivka Yafit Kanner, leads communities, lectures, and facilitates groups in the private sector, primarily for women in business. She is also a consultant and facilitator for entrepreneurs and community managers, assisting in the establishment of regional business communities in municipal council projects.
Rivka was involved in founding an urban training project in Rishon LeZion and is an Intech coach. Over the years, she has facilitated and consulted on community-based social projects that integrate business tools, such as second-hand shops and women’s centers. Additionally, she has coached women through the processes of separation, divorce, and recovery from violent relationships, both individually and in group settings.
She holds a B.A. with honors in education from Tel-Hai College and served in the IDF’s Nahal Brigade. Originally secular, she became religious and now lives in Kiryat Bialik with her husband and four children.
Rivka is committed to fostering meaningful connections and driving social activism, with a strong focus on empowering women. She advocates for dialogue to bridge gaps between immigrants and native Israelis, secular and religious communities, central and peripheral regions, and traditional and innovative approaches.

Fadwa, an attorney who has her own independent law office. She is also a board member at the Misgav Economic Company, a founder and a member of the supervising committee of Clean, a nonprofit organization dealing with maintaining cleanliness in public spaces in Israel (education, information, and research). She also promotes a multicultural social-touristic culinary venture in the Galilee, which will be a platform for collaboration among all Galilee residents. Fadwa also has a part in designing a series of tours that present stories of Arabic and Jewish women from the Galilee. Fadwa holds an L.B.B., a B.A. in psychology, and an M.P.A. in administration and public policy, all from Haifa University. She is married and has two children. She was born in the village of Deir-Hanna to a family of farmers, and she lives in Salama. Fadwa believes in the great potential of direct connection and meeting between people to create conscious change, understanding, and containment.

Nizar Daaka, Lecturer in Innovative Education and 21st Century Skills at Kay College, District Instructor at the Ministry of Education and Advisor for Community Resilience at the Ministry of Social Affairs. Researching for a doctorate at the University of Murcia in Spain on the impact of innovative education on teacher training. Previously, he served as a lecturer in educational leadership in the Department of Education and Community at Kinneret College; was a member of the Leaders Community – Education for Shared Life at the Accord Center for Social Psychology at the Hebrew University; directed the Arab Comprehensive School in Mateh Yehuda; and directed a therapeutic institution in Sh’faram. Nizar holds a B.A. in Middle Eastern studies and a M.A. in administration and National Security, both from Haifa University, and he is a graduate of the Regional Leadership Program of the Mandel Institute for Leadership. Nizar served in the IDF Human Resources Division, and was discharged with the rank of Lt. Col. He is Druze, married and father of three, lives in Sh’faram.

Merav, the director and developer of a new initiative of the Hebrew University Alumni community in the UK. In her previous role, she was the Director of Peoplehood programs in the Connecting the Jewish People Unit of the Jewish Agency and the director of the Global School Twinning Network. Before that, she managed partnerships and connections between Israeli and Jewish communities worldwide in the partnership Unit. In the past, she worked in Elem; the Ministry of Science; the Ministry of Construction and Housing, and the Knesset. Merav is a communal and social leader with vast experience in collaboration and collective project management, developing and guiding plans, and working with volunteer leadership with the Jewish communities in the diaspora and government offices. She is a mediator and a mediation instructor. She holds a B.A. in political science and international relations from the Hebrew University and an M.A. in conflict resolution and negotiation from Bar-Ilan University. Merav is married and has three children. Lives in London.