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Head of the Emergency Department at Samson Assuta Ashdod.

Yael Davidowitz is a passionate educator to audiences across the life-span. Enthusiastic about sharing Torah values with the broad Jewish community, Yael has worked on projects for NCSY, Aish HaTorah, Emet Outreach and is the director of project Last Kindness for NASCK, the National Association of Chevra Kadisha. For the OU Women’s Initiative, Yael created […]

Rebbetzin Peshi Neuburger, a beloved mentor and experienced teacher, is a graduate of Stern College for Women and holds a B.A. in mathematics. Rebbetzin Neuburger brings a wealth of diversified experience to the classroom, including adult education at Lincoln Square Synagogue, where she taught kallah classes for twenty five years. At Manhattan High School for […]

Mrs. Dina Schoonmaker holds a B.Ed in Tanach and English from Michlalah College, a master’s degree in Jewish history from Touro College. She has been a member of the Michlalah faculty for over 30 years and has an alumnae counseling hotline for Machal graduates. Mrs. Schoonmaker lectures internationally and gives vaadim for women, live and […]

Sherri Mandell is an Israeli-American author, mother and activist. She is best known as the mother of Koby Mandell, a thirteen-year-old American boy who was murdered near their home in Tekoa in May 2001.

Mrs. Chana Leah Rapoport, a principal and teacher in Toronto, is a veteran educator who gives many weekly adult classes. She is an international lecturer, whose shiurim have been enjoyed by diverse audiences. For over two decades, Mrs. Rapoport has spent her summers in Moscow, Russia, where she is the director of Camp Eitz Chaim. 

Shira Smiles is a Mechanechet at Darchei Bina seminary, and teaches at the OU center in Jerusalem, as well as many other adult venues.

Ruhama has been teaching Torah and training teachers in London, the USA and South Africa for 20 years. She is the director of the Chief Rabbi’s Office of Education, and is getting her PhD in Education and International Development at University College London. She lives in Johannesburg with her husband and children.