Friends of Israel Story

Friends of Israel Story Board

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  Mishy Harman

  Following his military service, Mishy studied history at Harvard, archeology at Cambridge and wrote his PhD – a biography of…

  Following his military service, Mishy studied history at Harvard, archeology at Cambridge and wrote his PhD – a biography of the first Protestant missionary in Ethiopia – at the Hebrew University. He lives in Jerusalem, with his wife Federica and their two dogs, Nomi and Golda.

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  Jeff Feig

  Jeff Feig is an investor in New York. The son of Holocaust survivors, he grew up in Toronto and moved…

  Jeff Feig is an investor in New York. The son of Holocaust survivors, he grew up in Toronto and moved to New York in 1993, where he has now spent half his life.

  Jeff worked for Citi for twenty-five years, including a decade-long stint in which he ran their global foreign exchange business. He now spends his time working on various non-profit boards and awaiting his next opportunity to travel to Israel. Jeff and his wife Michelle have three boys aged 12-16.

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  Joy Levitt

  Rabbi Joy Levitt is the Chief Executive Officer at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, which is one of the largest…

  Rabbi Joy Levitt is the Chief Executive Officer at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, which is one of the largest Jewish Community Centers in the world. Rabbi Levitt previously served congregations on Long Island and in New Jersey. She earned a Bachelor’s degree from Barnard College and a Master’s degree in American Studies from New York University. Ordained at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, she is the founder of the Jewish Journey Project, an initiative designed to revolutionize afternoon Jewish education for children, and is the co-author of ‘A Night of Questions: A Passover Haggadah.’ In addition to Israel Story, Joy serves on the boards of the Shefa School, Plaza Jewish Community Chapels and the Jerusalem Foundation. She is married to Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, and together they have five children and three grandchildren.

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Founding Chair

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  Sheila Lambert Z”L

  Sheila was a corporate executive with extensive experience in Human Resources and General Management, both at the Dun and Bradstreet…

  Sheila was a corporate executive with extensive experience in Human Resources and General Management, both at the Dun and Bradstreet Corporation and Moody’s Investors Service. Sheila’s volunteer commitments focused on education, Jewish continuity and education, women’s issues and the economically disadvantaged. She was a long-time board member, past president and chair emeritus of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. She sat on the advisory committees of the David H. Sonabend Center for Israel, named for her father, and the Lambert Center for Arts and Ideas, which her family named.

  Sheila led, and was a member of, many boards including ‘Bottomless Closet,’ an organization for disadvantaged women which she founded, and ‘Project Kesher,’ where she was board chair. She was a former vice chair of the board of governors of Hebrew Union College and was a member of the advisory board for the school of communications at Northwestern University.

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