Michelle Margolis is the Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies at Columbia University. She also serves as the Vice President/President-Elect of the Association of Jewish Libraries and co-directs a digital project called Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place.  Michelle works on the history of Jewish books and libraries, as well as the intersection of Jewish Studies and digital scholarship.

Hava Preil is an enthusiastic Licensed Israeli Tour Guide. She grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and holds an MA in Judaic Studies. Hava has developed and taught accredited courses in Tanach and Jewish Ethics for Naaleh/Woodmont College and Cybersem. She currently lives in Givat Ze’ev, Israel with her family. Hava can be reached at IL:054-844-1579, USA: 845-391-0438 or at Havapreil@gmail.com

Mrs. Shalvie Friedman  grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa and received her BSc in Mathematics. She spent many years teaching and learning in various Seminaries in Eretz Yisrael before moving to London. After 7 years as a senior Educator for Aish UK and a teacher at Hasmonean Girls High School in London, Shalvie and her family have returned to Eretz Yisrael. Shalvie is a yoetzet halacha and currently teaching at Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim (MMY).

Mrs. Michal Horowitz is a Torah teacher whose shiurim reach audiences worldwide. She teaches weekly in her Five Towns, NY, community and lectures nationally and internationally. A longtime presenter for the OU Women’s Initiative, she inaugurated the Torat Imecha Nach Yomi program. In September 2023, she was invited by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis to serve as the first female scholar to keynote the Annual Pre-Yamim Noraim Conference for the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. She is the author of Abled: Living With a Disability, a Torah View (Mosaica Press, 2025) and lives in Woodmere, NY, with her family.