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Ilana Toweg, originally from North America, settled in Israel as a young lone soldier. She met her Israeli husband and began her life as a farmer on her husband’s family farm in Moshav Azarya. The Towegs, with a lot of divine intervention and support, decided to keep Shmittah K’Hilchata last Shmittah cycle.

Mrs. Ora Lee Kanner holds a BA from Stern College and an MA in Educational Leadership. She is currently the principal of the Katz Yeshiva High School in Boca Raton Florida where she has been an administrator, teaching and mentoring students for over 20 years. She is a native of Florida, the daughter of Rabbi […]

Leah Herzog is an educator, writer and psychologist who currently teaches at MATAN and various midrashoth, as well as international zoom classes and lectures. She also works as an instructional coach and a museum educator, and is a certified tour guide at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. Leah graduated magna cum laude with a […]

Learn new insights and perspectives on the Hagaddah in preparation a meaningful Pesach with Dr. Danielle Bloom, Mrs. Stacey Nechama Goldman, and Mrs. Ora Lee Kanner.

Beatie Deutsch is the Israeli national champion in the marathon and half marathon. As a mother of five young children, she has learned to apply her training to the real marathon of life. Beatie took up running just five years ago and recently went pro with the goal of qualifying for Tokyo 2020 and representing […]

Miriam Schwartz is a second year student at Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS), where she is a candidate for an MA in Biblical and Talmudic Interpretation. She currently lives in Bergenfield, NJ, with her husband and their son. Miriam grew up in Great Neck, New York. After completing Yeshiva University High […]

Netanya Silver grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and learned to fine-tune her speaking skills by trying to get a word in edgewise in a family of nine. Netanya studied for two years in Neve Yerushalayim seminary and then attended Yeshiva University until she left to get married and start a family. Later, Netanya went […]

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 […]

Esty Wolbe is a food writer, recipe developer, cooking show host of Easy Does It on Kosher.com, brand ambassador, food entertainer and social media consultant. She shares her love of food and fun through cooking demonstrations and chopped competitions nationwide. Esty has appeared on national television, radio shows, podcasts as well as newspapers and magazines. […]