Dr. Kinneret Lahad is an assistant professor at the NCJW Women and Gender Studies program at the Tel-Aviv University. She is a sociologist and a cultural studies feminist scholar. Her main research and teaching interests include Feminism and Culture Studies, Singlehood, Family and Gender, Global Families, Theories of Social Time, Self-help culture and the study of Social […]

Hillel Ben Sasson is a Research Fellow and Program Manager at Molad. His main fields of reserach include general Theology and Judaism. He has published articles on ancient theology and the political thought of the religoius right in Israel. Previously he served as a Research Fellow at the Van Leer Institue. Holds an M.A. in Philosophy from […]

Elisheva Goldberg is International Relations Analyst and Editor at Molad. She previously worked as assistant editor of the Daily Beast blog Open Zion edited by Peter Beinart. She holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in Near Eastern Langauges and Civilizations. She tweets from @ShevGoldberg.

Ayala is a writer and editor. She graduated from the Amirim Honors Program for Outstanding Students at the Hebrew University and holds a B.A. in communications and media studies. She wrote and edited for Ha’aretz and City Mouse for six years. In 2013, she was parliamentary assistant to Meretz MK Michal Rozin. In her most […]

Mikhael Manekin is the executive director of Molad, the Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy. In this capacity, Mikhael manages the political work of Molad, which includes both strategic and policy work with members of the coalition and opposition, and with relevant political parties. Prior to Molad, Mikhael directed Breaking the Silence, an IDF […]

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Professor Chaim Gans is a Senior Fellow at Molad.  A full Professor of Law at the University of Tel Aviv, his research interests include Legal, Moral, and Political Philosophy. His writings deal primarily with questions of nationalism and Jewish nationalism specifically, duty to the law, and philosophical analysis various public issues. Gans holds a B.A. […]

Michael Sfard is an expert in international human rights law, laws of war (humanitarian law) and Israeli administrative law and is one of preeminent human rights lawyers in Israel. Sfard has represented various human rights groups, peace organizations, Palestinian individuals and communities as well as Israeli activists.  He receieved his B.A. in Law from the Hebrew […]

Dr. Ronen Mandelkern is an expert in the field of Comparative Political Economy and Economic Policy. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the Hebrew Univeristy in Jerusalem. He served as a Polonsky Postdoctoral Fellow at the Van Leer Institute and was previously a […]

Avishay studies Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served as an officer in the IDF Intelligence Corps, in a variety of analysis and command roles. He tweets from @AvishayBSG.

Dr. Shivi Greenfield is a Research Fellow at Molad. His main fields of reserach include Political Science and Political Theory. Previously, he served as a Researcher at the The Center for Social Justice and Democracy in memory of Yaakov Chazan at the Van Leer Institute. He recieved his Ph.D. in Political Theory from the Oxford University where his studies […]