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Meet our exceptional army of influencers, artists, writers, researchers, and educators. Bring us to your community to experience inspiring, cutting-edge, and unique perspectives on Jewish identity. We offer speaking, teaching, press appearances, writing, and consulting.

Associates & Digital Producers

Hen Mazzig, Senior Fellow

The New York Times described him as one of the most nuanced online commentators on Israel and Jewish people.

He is a globally recognized speaker, educator, author, and digital influencer. With an audience of over 650,000 followers across his social media platforms and content reaching more than 100 million users, Hen has become a trusted voice on Jewish issues, appearing as an expert in media across four continents, including outlets like BBC, CNN, The Washington Post, SkyNews, New York Times and more.

Named among Algemeiner's Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life in 2018 and 2021, Top 50 most influential Jewish LGBT voices, Hen recently received CAMERA’s Portrait in Courage Award. His debut book best-selling, The Wrong Kind of Jew, was released in 2022. This year, Jewish News recognized him as one of the Top 20 Young Jewish Creatives in the UK, and he was named among the Top 25 Most Influential Young Jews by The Jerusalem Post.

In 2019, Hen co-founded the Tel Aviv Institute, dedicated to researching and combating online antisemitism.

Shanni Suissa, ED, Jews Talk Justice

Shanni Suissa is the CEO of Jews Talk Justice, a Tel Aviv Institute project focused on growing, nourishing, and educating the Jewish community in the diaspora. Shanni is the host of The Shanni Show, a podcast about everything and anything. She also moonlights as the Podcast and Social Media Director at the Jewish Journal where she co-hosts JJ Live and The David Suissa Podcast. Shanni graduated from IDC, Herzylia with a Bachelor's in Communication specializing in Visual Content. When Shanni's not helping save the Jewish people, you can probably find her painting a beautiful mural or jamming out to psytrance music.

Dr. Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki, Visiting Fellow

Dr. Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki is a historian and co-founder of the Tel Aviv Review of Books. She has a PhD in modern European history from NYU. As a researcher and translator she has collaborated with numerous  authors and organizations on the topics of Jewish history, inter-religious encounters and the universal in Judaism.  She is also the co founder and editor of Tel Aviv Review of Books, an online review that presents the entire spectrum of views from and about Israeli culture, religion, and politics to an international audience.

Dr. Matthias J. Becker, Visiting Fellow

A linguist whose research focuses on discrimination in mainstream society and the construction of implicit hate speech. Since 2020, Dr. Becker leads the international research project “Decoding Antisemitism”. In this 3-year pilot project, 9 researchers analyze antisemitism on mainstream news websites and social media platforms in Germany, France, and in the UK based on a mixed-methods approach, also integrating AI technology. who analyze antisemitism on news sites and social media using AI.

Yseult Polfliet Mukantabana, Research Fellow

Yseult Polfliet Mukantabana is Rwandan, Jewish and a queer woman. She is an author, creative director and social and art advocate. Mukantabana is the Co-founder of Kinswomen, sits on the Board Committee of POWarts, an organization meant to uplift professional womxn in the art industry, Ted Speaker and designer/ co-founder of YOAH, a gender-free children’s’ brand created with her brother Noah Polfliet. Her unique approaches to matters of race issues are global, located mainly in New York, she speaks four languages, lives and travels between Kigali, Paris and Tel Aviv.

Mukantabana has done consulting in anti-racism for small and large groups, her clients have ranged from corporate America, high profile art institutions and prestigious American universities such as Columbia and Yale. She has a distinct way of intersecting spaces and people. Her work aims at making the conversation possible and practical. She makes it available for people to build a realistic plan of action to be impactful and empowered in their advocacy.

David Christopher Kaufman, Adjunct Fellow

David Christopher Kaufman is a New York-based journalist. His work focuses on the intersections between politics, culture, media, and identity across the globe. Currently at the New York Post, he previously served as an editor at The New York Times and Global Digital Director at Architectural Digest, Kaufman regularly contributes to publications ranging from The Financial Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal, to Monocle, AirMail, The Telegraph, Tablet, and The Forward. Kaufman studied at Brandeis University and received a graduate degree in Journalism from New York University. He is co-author of the book "Pride: 50 Years of Parades and Protests.”

Mirna Funk, Associate

Mirna Funk was born in Berlin in 1981. She majored in Philosophy and History at Humboldt University. She composes articles and essays for various publications, has authored two novels, one essay collection, and recently completed her first screenplay for a TV show. Her work frequently centers the presence of Jewish culture, and looks at how cultures of remembrance are being reshaped in the present. With a perspective on Jewish life that is contemporary and personal, she educates through talks, panels, curation and workshops, and writes a monthly column, “Jewish Today”, for Vogue Germany. Funk is a current contributor to Emotion, Myself, Cosmopolitan, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, Jüdische Allgemeine, and Monopol, and is also hosting a podcast about Jewish life in Germany for the association 1700 Jahre.

Liz Teich, Associate

fashion, New York

Liz Teich is a New York based fashion stylist, style creator, on-air style expert and mom of two. Liz has been a professional commercial stylist for 15 years, styling fashion and home goods for print and digital advertising campaigns, catalogs and e-commerce for major brands and retailers including Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Alex and Ani, Target, and ESPN. Through the campaigns she’s worked on she’s styled celebrities including Mike Tyson, Tom Brady, Ashley Graham, and the cast of Stranger Things. She has appeared as an on-camera style and lifestyle expert for brands, regional and national news and appeared in and contributes her fashion expertise to national publications such as CNN, NY Post, Forbes, InStyle, DailyMail, Womens Health, USA Today, Better Homes & Gardens, and appeared on the cover of New York Family Magazine. You can find Liz on her blog thenewyorkstylist.com

Eyal Booker, Associate

Eyal Booker’s debut TV appearance was on ITV’s Love Island in 2018. Eyal was a popular, dynamic and charismatic contestant on the well-loved show, and his presence really set him apart from the cast which has ensured his profile online and in mainstream media has gone from strength to strength. His esteemed modelling career kicked off at a young age, which has seen him feature in global fashion campaigns for the likes of Puma, Adidas, and Bed Head to name a few. Eyal thrives at the opportunity to create beautiful content alongside commercial & editorial partners, ensuring his work is authentic & engaging, always. Eyal has always strived to do his part for charity & community that are close to his heart. Some of these include: World Vision, Rays of Sunshine, Holocaust Educational Trust, March of the Living & the RSPCA to name a few.

Tamar Teifeld, Associate

producer • Los Angeles, USA

Tamar Teifeld has been Vice President of Digital Marketing at Paramount Pictures for the last 10 years, prior to which she spent years at MGM in Publicity. Tamar currently oversees digital PR for all Paramount titles including Transformers, World War Z, Fences, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, and many more of the biggest titles under her lead. Tamar was also the producer of the wildly successful and critically acclaimed documentary A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Vasquez Story.

Margot Touitou, Associate

Margot Touitou is a Jewish content creator and podcast host, currently residing in Tel Aviv, Israel. Originally from Denver, Colorado, she moved to Israel in 2012 and has since fallen in love with the city and its vibrant lifestyle. Margot is passionate about empowering Jewish people through her work, using humor and frank discussions to share her experiences with life in Israel. She is the host of the popular Kiss and Tel Aviv Podcast, where she explores the city's culture and shares her unique perspective with her audience.

Zoë Buckman, Associate

artist • New York, USA

Zoë Buckman is a multi-disciplinary artist working in sculpture, installation, and photography, exploring themes of Feminism, mortality, and equality. Notable solo shows have included Nomi at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, No Bleach Thick Enough, at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, Heavy Rag at Fort Gansevoort Gallery New York, Let Her Rave at Gavlak Gallery Los Angeles, Imprison Her Soft Hand at Project for Empty Space, Newark; Every Curve at PAPILLION ART, Los Angeles; and Present Life at Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York. Public works include a mural, We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident, in collaboration with Natalie Frank at the Ford Foundation Live Gallery of New York Live Arts in NYC. Buckman lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Ethan Zohn, Associate

Ethan Zohn gives the word survivor a whole new meaning. Ethan is a former professional Jewish soccer player from Lexington MA, winner of the reality television show Survivor Africa, a two-time cancer crusher, sports broadcaster and TV personality, author and co-founder of Grassroot Soccer (GRS). GRS uses the power of soccer and the energy of youth to educate, inspire and mobilize communities to improve health. Over the last 20 years, Ethan has been an important force in driving the strategic direction of GRS and building partnerships that have helped to provide lifesaving education for more than 18 million young people in 60 countries. He has also been named a global ambassador for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, StandUp2Cancer and Cancer Buddy, and an international key note.

Jonah Platt, Associate

creator, performer, Los Angeles

Jonah Platt is a multi-platform creator and performer whose unique career spans many facets of the entertainment industry. As an actor, Jonah has appeared in prestigious projects from stage to screen, such as Broadway’s smash hit WICKED, Aaron Sorkin’s BEING THE RICARDOS, and TV comedy favorites THE OFFICE and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. Most recently, he played the hilarious “Horst” in Darren Starr’s newest series UNCOUPLE, heading to Showtime for Season 2 this year. He'll next be seen onscreen in Universal Picture’s THE LIST, starring Halston Sage, Tubi's SPREAD with Harvey Keitel, and THE MENSCH, starring Jon Rudnitsky, for which he is also a lead producer. He has also written for NBC’s MR. ROBINSON, Fuse’s BILLY ON THE STREET, and Cartoon Network’s ANNOYING ORANGE series. Jonah is also an accomplished musician, composer, singer, and award-winning vocal arranger. Jonah is also highly engaged in the community through a number of different organizations.

Nicky Kelvin, Associate

Nicky Kelvin is the Head of The Points Guy UK. A self-proclaimed aviation geek, Nicky qualified as a solicitor with a US based law firm in the capital after completing a law degree in Central London. Not content with the solicitor life, Nicky switched up his career, following his passion, becoming a music lawyer for the UK’s biggest record label Virgin EMI. All the while, Nicky travelled across countries, continuing to dispense airmiles and aviation advice. Photography is also a passion for Nicky. With professional skills he developed on the job working as a photojournalist for a news agency in Israel. Today, Nicky heads up the Webby, Lovie and Travolution award winning UK team at travel expert website The Points Guy, after being noticed for his repeated social media snaps in first class, alongside shooting international music stars such as Justin Bieber.
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