Council members comprise a mix of all ages and experiences, such as educators, academics, clergy, public figures and leaders in organizations, business and media professionals, lawyers, and opinion-molders, as well as from a broad geographic distribution representing communities throughout North America.
The Council strives for an appropriate balance between men and women, religious streams and movements in the U.S., and proper representation of all approaches and concepts for teaching Hebrew.
Our members are:
- Committed to the promotion of the Hebrew language and culture in North America, either in an academic context, the school system, community activities, or as a public figure;
- Fluent in speaking, reading, and comprehension of Hebrew;
- Willing to devote time to attend meetings of the Council three to four times each year – Council members must attend at least one meeting in person and may join the others online;
- Serve on at least one committee or task force of the Council
- Able to suggest ideas and initiatives to promote the Hebrew language and ready to be actively involved in those tasks the Council adopts.
Members in alphabetical order:
- Ari (Ariela) Almog, Senior Lecturer in Modern Hebrew | University of Chicago
- Orit Avital, Director | World Zionist Organization
- Dr. Sharon Avni, Professor | Manhattan Borough Community College
- Rabbi Andy Bachman, Executive Director, JCP Downtown
- Moshe Bar Asher, President | The Academy of the Hebrew Language
- Ravit Bar-Av, Regional Director NE | Naale
- Inbal Barel, Director of the Hebrew Unit | World Zionist Organization
- Ditti Bechor, WZO
- Sarah Berman, Board Chair | Hebrew Charter School Center
- Heshie Billet, Rabbi | Young Israel of Woodmere
- David Black, CEO | Sid Jacobson JCC
- Herbert Block, Executive Director | American Zionist Movement
- Alex Blumin, Co-Chair | National Association of Hebrew Teachers
- Michael Bohnen, President | Adelson Family Foundation
- Rabbi Lee Buckman, Head of Scool | Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
- Sanford Cardin, President | Charles and Lynn Schusterman Philanthropic Network
- Jerome Chanes, Author | Journalist
- Peer Chodorov, Foundation Director | Bayit La Ivrit Rishon Le-Zion
- Chaim Cohen, Co-Head of the Department for Activities in the Diaspora | World Zionist Organization
- Ariela Cotler, Public Activist, Canada
- Aryeh Davidson Professor| Jewish Theological Seminary
- Peter Deutsche Founder | Ben Gamla Charter Schools
- Etty Dolgin, Founder and Director | Gan Gani
- Avraham Duvdevani, Chairman | World Zionist Organization
- Rabbi Andrew Ergas, Executive Director | Harold and Elaine Shames JCC on the Hudson
- Rabbi Josh Elkin, Executive and Leadership Coach
- Emanuel Federbush
- Steven Fraade, Mark Taper Professor | Yale University
- Tal Gale, Sr. Program Director | Hebrew at the Center
- Rabbi David Gedzelman, President and CEO | The Steinhardt Foundation
- Dr. Lewis Glinert, Professor | Dartmouth University
- Edward Harwitz, Director | The Jewish Educational Project
- Susan Hertog, Author
- Jan Katzew, Director | HUC-JIR
- Eli Kaunfer, CEO and President | Mechon Hadar
- Jerry Kaye, Director | URJ OSRUI Camp
- Aaron Koller, Associate Professor | Yeshivah University
- Lawrence Kobrin, Senior Counsel | Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
- Anne Lanski, Executive Director | iCenter
- Dr. Simcha Leibovich, Director of the Leadership Center / WZO
- Marc Leve Esq., Associate | Sills Cummis & Gross
- Yaakov Levi, Professor | University of Minnesota
- Moshe Margolin, Senior Director | JTS
- Tamar Mayer, Professor & Director | Middlebury College
- Gilead Morahg, Executive Vice President | National Association of Professors of Hebrew
- Naomi Reinharz, National Director of Young Leadership | ORT America
- Shula Reinharz, Professor | Brandeis University
- Dr. Vardit Ringvald, Director | Middlebury
- Frieda Robins, Judaic & Hebrew Consultant | Hebrew at the Center Advisor
- Michelle Rosenbloom, HATC from Baltimore
- Aryeh Rubin, Founding Partner and Managing Director | The Maot Group
- Eli Schaap, Senior Vice President | The Steinhardt Foundation
- Amy Scopp Cooper, National Associate Director | National Ramah Commission
- Bernard Septimus, Professor | Harvard University
- Dr. Esther Serok, North America Representative | World Zionist Organization
- Ahuva Shulman, Associate Professor | York University
- Barbara Skydell Safran, Board Member | HATC
- Moshe Sokolow, Associate Dean | Yeshiva University
- David Soloff, Chief Executive Officer | Camp Ramah in Wisconsin
- Richard Steiner, Professor | Yeshiva University
- Binnie Swislow, Consultant | iCenter
- Diane Troderman, Jewish Leader | Various Organizations in Jewish community and nationwide
- Rabbi Josh Weinberg, Vice-President for Israel | Union for Reform Judaism
- Arnee R. Winshall, President and CEO | Hebrew at the Center
- Walter Winshall, Founding Board Member | Hebrew at the Center
- Ruth Wisse, Professor | Harvard University
- Michael Zeldin, Senior National Director | Hebrew Union College
- Stuart Zweiter, Director | Bar Ilan University