מחברים בין עולים דוברי רוסית לישראלים ותיקים כדי לחזק את הדמוקרטיה הישראלית

Co-founder and CEO of VeHadarta, a nonprofit that works to support older adults in Israel’s workforce, currently leading projects like SKEELZ, an AI-based matching platform between elderly job-seekers and employers.

Expert in social and educational innovations. Head of the Center for Educational Initiatives, developing new approaches to learning and programs for intercultural dialogue. Harvard Public Diplomacy graduate student.  He actively supports new immigrants in their adaptation and integration into Israeli society. He has lived in Israel since 1990.

Director and advisor with over 20 years of experience in public policy, international relations, and strategic communication. She advised the EU Delegation to Israel (2024), served as Chief of Staff and Diplomatic Advisor to Minister Esawi Frej (2021–2022), led J Street Israel (2012–2020), and headed the Department for Civil Leadership at the Shimon Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (2006–2012).

Nica Kostenko is a social scientist, PhD in Sociology, a research fellow at Tel Aviv University, and an expert in migration and gender studies. She is the co-founder of Outrush.io, a large research project studying people who left Russia after 2022.

She made aliyah from St. Petersburg in 2022.

Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, a Rubinstein Fellow at Reichman University and a a Senior Research Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies. His fields of expertise include contemporary spirituality, Jewish modern identity, Jewish renewal, and forms of secularization and religiosity in Israel

Director and advisor with over 20 years of experience in public policy, international relations, and strategic communication. She advised the EU Delegation to Israel (2024), served as Chief of Staff and Diplomatic Advisor to Minister Esawi Frej (2021–2022), led J Street Israel (2012–2020), and headed the Department for Civil Leadership at the Shimon Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (2006–2012).

Social activist and co-founder of “The Faithful Left”, a movement of religious and traditional Jews promoting equality, justice, and peace. She has founded and led several civil society and cultural initiatives, directed democracy and gender grants at the New Israel Fund, and after October 7th coordinated the Fund’s humanitarian aid and efforts for the return of hostages.

Director and advisor with over 20 years of experience in public policy, international relations, and strategic communication. She advised the EU Delegation to Israel (2024), served as Chief of Staff and Diplomatic Advisor to Minister Esawi Frej (2021–2022), led J Street Israel (2012–2020), and headed the Department for Civil Leadership at the Shimon Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (2006–2012).

Director and advisor with over 20 years of experience in public policy, international relations, and strategic communication. She advised the EU Delegation to Israel (2024), served as Chief of Staff and Diplomatic Advisor to Minister Esawi Frej (2021–2022), led J Street Israel (2012–2020), and headed the Department for Civil Leadership at the Shimon Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (2006–2012).