Makōm is changing the communal conversation about Israel.

In 2004 North American Jewish communities and the Jewish Agency began a partnership now called Makōm – the Israel Engagement Network.  Through this network we have succeeded in laying intellectual groundwork and inspiring new initiatives that have significantly advanced the field of Israel education.  Currently, 13 Federations are part of this network.

Makōm operates on two levels:

• On the first level it is a way of looking at Israel engagement in a creative way which creates dynamic new approaches and models for Israel education and programming.
  
  
• On the second level  Makōm is a joint commitment between The Jewish Agency and a community to engage in a two-year process, create change within the community and develop new communal capacity and structures for Israel engagement.

Makōm staff

	Yonatan Ariel, Executive Director  - Yonatan lectures widely in his fields of interest: Contemporary Jewry, Educational Policy-Making and Experiential Education, and is an adjunct faculty member of the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University. read more.>>   E-mail : yonatana@jafi.org Tel : 972-2-6216348  Fax : 972-2-6216149
	Scott Copeland, Director of Israel Travel Education - Scott holds a B.A. from Brandeis University in Near Eastern & Judaic Studies, and an M.A. from Hebrew University's Institute of Contemporary Jewry. Scott has worked as a teacher, tour guide, and educator in a wide variety read more>>   E-mail : scottc@jafi.org Tel : 972-2-6216590  Fax : 972-2-6216149
	Rabbi Reuven Greenvald, Director of Community Initiatives - Reuven Greenvald was a day school educator for over twenty years, serving in teaching and administrative capacities. At the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School (Rockville, MD), read more >> E-mail : reuvengre@jafi.org Tel : 212-339-6017  Fax : 212-318-6193
	Robbie Gringras, Artist in Residence  - Robbie is a British-born Israeli living in the Galilee, working in professional theatre and as Artist-in-Residence for the Makōm Israel engagement network in the Jewish Agency for Israel. With Makōm he works with Israeli artists  read more >> E-mail : robbiegringras@gmail.com
	Esti Moskovitz-Kalman, Deputy Director and Director of Education - Esti served in the Israeli Defense forces as an officer and commander, the first woman to attend the Combat Officer Training Course (until then only open to men).   Following her four year army service, read more >>   E-mail : estim@jafi.org Tel : 972-2-6216332  Fax : 972-2-6216149
	Dr. Alex Sinclair, Director of Educational Research - Alex is a thinker, researcher and practitioner in the field of Israel education.  He received a PhD in Jewish Education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  He is a lecturer in Jewish education at the Schechter Institute read more >>   E-mail : dralexsinclair@gmail.com
	Melissa Zalkin Stollman, Program Associate  - Melissa will be ordained in May 2010 from the rabbinical program at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religions New York Campus.  In 2008 she also received her Master’s Degree in Religious read more >>   E-mail : melissazs@jafi.org Tel :  212-339-6080    Fax : 212-318-6193
	Cynthia Tzvibel-Navon - Cynthia holds a BA in Criminology, Sociology and Anthropology from Bar-Ilan University as well as an MA in Criminology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. read more >> E-mail : cynthiatn@jafi.org Tel : 972-2-6216059  Fax : 972-2-6216149
	Irit Shernicoff - Irit has been employed by The Jewish Agency for Israel for the past seven years, first in the media relations office and, more recently, in the Finance Office of the Education Department read more >>  E-mail : iritshe@jafi.org Tel : 972-2-6216348  Fax : 972-2-6216149
	Raffi Bannai Makōm Expert in Teaching Hebrew as a Second Language - Raffi is a fifth-generation Jerusalemite. He served in the IDF for seven years and spent most of that time as a commanding officer in charge of the unity for Hebrew Language and Jewish Studies for new immigrant recruits.  read more >> E-mail : rafhelb@jafi.org Tel : 972-2-6216176  Fax : 972-2-6216149

	Sandrine Balloffet Smart- Room Coordinator Sandrine made Aliyah from France in 1994. She holds a BA in German Studies specializing in Literature and Art and an MA in German History. read more >> E-mail : sandrineb@jafi.org Tel : 972-2-6216109  Fax : 972-2-6216149
	Liza Barnea Graphic Artist - liza was born, raised and continues to live in Jerusalem. She began her painting career at six years of age. She spent four years studying art at the Performing Arts School in Jerusalem. read more >>    E-mail : lizab@jafi.org Tel : 972-2-6216049  Fax : 972-2-6216149
The Hub staff
	Dr. Shlomi Ravid is a recent member of the founding team of the Jewish Peoplehood Hub. Previously he was the founding director of the International School for Jewish Peoplehood Studies at Beit Hatefusoth. read more>> E-mail : ShlomiR@jafi.org