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Makom is rooted in deep appreciation of the diversity of the Jewish People.

Focusing on the burning questions facing the Jewish community without shying away from sensitive or charged issues is, we believe, essential for a stronger, more vital and more resilient Jewish future. Never has this mission been more important.

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Photo of participants looking out at the separation wall in the West Bank during a Makom program
Osnat Fox leading a program

Our Story

Two decades ago, leading Israel educators began to recognize a marked "vibe shift" in the field. With the foundering of the Oslo peace process, the eruption of the Second Intifada and significant social changes in Israel and the Diaspora, leading practitioners recognized that new and innovative approaches to Israel and Peoplehood education were called for. They needed to capture the complexity and multivocality of Israel and the Jewish People without sacrificing clarity and accessibility. "Simplexity" was the order of the day.
 

The Jewish Agency for Israel turned to Israel-Education Connoisseur Jonny Ariel to launch an education laboratory. Since its earliest days, Makom has focused on generating innovative educational tools and approaches — from "Hugging and Wrestling," "the Four Hatikva Questions" and "Stories from the Sake of Argument" and more —cultivating leading practitioners, working toward systemic change in the Israeli education system — never desisting from seeking to strengthen mutual understanding and commitment between Israel and Global Jewry. 

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Cynthia Tzvibel-Navon

Cynthia Tzvibel-Navon

Operations Director

Danny Weininger

Rabbi Danny Weininger

Program Head and Lead Educator, Dreams of Others

Nadav Savaya

Nadav Savaya

Educational Director, The Connection Initiative, The Institute for Global Jewish Voices

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Osnat Fox

Co-Director and Director of the Institute for Global Jewish Voices

Meet Our Team

Joseph Schwartz

Rabbi Joe Schwartz

Co-Director and Director of Educational Innovation, the Jewish Agency

Pnina Ezra

Pnina Ezra

Jewish Peoplehood Arena, Connecting the Jewish People Unit

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