Heschel Center Environmental Leadership Fellows – 2003-2004

Stella Avidan
Urban environmental activist; coordinator of the Transportation Committee of the Tel Aviv Green Forum; member of the Board of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI); member of the management of "Ashal" - Citizens and Social Workers Group; member of the Likud Party's Central Committee, accountant by profession, holds a BA in business administration, native of Argentina, resident of Tel Aviv.

Gidi Bashan
Forester; director of Community and Forest (Mountain Region) of the Jewish National Fund (JNF), manager of the JNF Sataf site for restoration of ancient agriculture in the Jerusalem Hills; active in the non-profits Green Staff and Ein Hamevaser, holds a BA in environmental sciences, resident of Sataf.

Eyal Biger
Private environmental consultant; environmental vice president of IQ Solutions specializing in ISO business accreditation; active in the Abundant Life Seed Foundation (for agriculture and social justice), holds a master's degree in agricultural sciences, resident of Moshav Ramat Raziel.

Badria Biromi
Urban planner; directs the environmental department of ACAP - The Arab Center for Alternative Planning; member of the board of directors of The Galilee Society; formerly a facilitator in The Karev Program for educational interventions, and at Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salaam; holds a master's degree in urban and regional planning, resident of Nazareth.

Elyashiv Frankel
Educator and researcher; teaches at the Re'ut school in Jerusalem; lecturer in Talmud at the Hebrew University; active in the "Community Advocacy" non-profit; graduate of the yeshiva of the religious kibbutz movement; holds a master's degree in Talmud and is continuing in a doctoral program, resident of Jerusalem.

Chayim Glancer
Civil engineer and real estate assessor; director of the Institute of Assessment and Engineering; academic advisor in real estate studies at the School for Management; holds a master's degree in civil engineering and business administration, and graduate of the program for real estate assessment; native of Poland, resident of Savyon.

Yuval Gozhanski
Journalist and television director; directs and writes documentary programming for all broadcast channels; independent director for Educational Television and for the "Hop" children's station; member of the management of the "Left Bank" political non-profit; holds a BA in theater and television arts, resident of Ramat Gan.

Tami Keren Rotem
Ecologist and educator, national director of hadracha (Guiding/Teaching) for the Nature Reserves Authority; holds a master's degree in zoology and a teaching certificate, resident of Moshav Kerem Maharal.

Yonit Mansour-Shachar
Group facilitator for social change; participated in the founding and management of "Achoti" Mizrahi feminist organization; active in Mizrahi feminist and peace groups including Bat Shalom and Kol Ha'isha; holds a senior teacher's degree from the Hofen (Experimental and Open Education) Program of the David Yellin Teacher's College, resident of Mevasseret.

Dalia Markowitz
Lecturer and political activist in the field of education; lectures in educational policy and informal education at the Hebrew University, Beit Berl College and the Mandel School for Educational Leadership; member of the management of the Shachar non-profit, and active in the Coalition for Equality in Education; holds a master's degree in education and a doctoral candidate in the sociology of education, resident of Tel Aviv.

Moustafa Natour
Director of the community center of Kalansawa, educator and social activist; active in environmental issues in the Southern Triangle (including the campaign against the Sharonim plant in Kalansawa); holds a master's degree in political science from Heidelberg University, resident of Kalansawa.

Naomi Nimrod
Creative writing teacher and feminist activist; lectures and researches in the field of life narratives and oral history, especially among the aged; central activist and project coordinator for "Isha Le'Isha" feminist organization; holds a master's degree in literature and writing; resident of Haifa.

Shai Shachal
Agronomist and social-environmental activist; responsible for communal and urban gardening in "GreenAction"; gardener and planner in the "Every Person Under a Vine" organization for organic gardening and permaculture; branch coordinator for GreenCourse, holds a master's degree in plant sciences; resident of Rehovot.

Yuval Tamari
Urban and regional planner; facilitator and encounter coordinator for the Peace School, active in "Bimkom" organization for planning rights; participated in Arch. Adam Mazur's "Cross-Boundary Planning" project; was the environmental referent in the Ministry of Regional Cooperation; holds a master's degree in urban and regional planning, resident of Tel Aviv.

Ela Weber
Urban planner; director of planning for the Tel Aviv District of the Planning Administration of the Ministry of the Interior; formerly director of planning for the Northern District in the Ministry; official government representative to the 2003 World Summit in Johannesburg; holds a master's degree in geography and urban planning, resident of Jerusalem.