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Ricky Yihye – WUJS Israel Director
Ricky was born and raised in Moshav Netua in the Western Galilee and grew up in the youth movement of the Moshavim. At age 18, Ricky moved with her family to Nahariya and was drafted to the IDF where she served for two years as an instructor in the Golani and Combat Engineer units. Following the army, Ricky traveled in South America, North America and Africa before returning to Israel to her studies in Art History and Theater at Tel-Aviv University. Following the completion of her B.A., Ricky served as a Shlicha in New Jersey where she worked with Jewish schools, the Israeli Scouts, university students and the JCC. Upon her return to Israel, Ricky began her position on the WUJS Israel program. Ricky is married and lives happily with her husband Meni and their dog Lulu (pictured above).
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Eytan Morgenstern – Coordinator of Admissions and Recruitment
Eytan was born and raised in the United States to an American dad and Israeli mom. After studying political “science” at Rutgers University in New Jersey, he made the jump and made aliyah to Israel(!). After studying half a year in Yeshiva, Eytan joined the IDF and served as a commander in the Givati Infantry Brigade. Two years later he was discharged (honorably) from the army and started working as a counselor for American and British students in Israel on trips such as Birthright. It was on one of these trips that Eytan met his wife Rut. They now live in Neve Daniel just outside of Jerusalem. He happily joined WUJS in Fall 2012 which allows him to pursue his joint love of bringing people to Israel and inviting people into his living room via video skype.
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Yonit Kolb – Program Coordinator
Yonit is originally from Jerusalem but her heart belongs to Tel Aviv. Yonit is trained tour guide in Israel and and was all about traveling for many years until she decided it was time to settle down. After graduating BA in Jewish philosophy, Yonit worked at different departments at the Jewish Agency. After graduating with MA in Cultural Studies, Yonit worked as program director at the Daniel Centers and then went for a year of Shlichut to New Zealand. Now, Yonit has joined the WUJS Israel team.
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Livnat Schroit – Program Counselor (Madricha)
Livnat was born and raised in Eilat. She joined the army at the age of 18 and was part of an intelligence unit (Shh..). After she completed her service like all Israelis she traveled to Central America for months and then moved back to Israel to Tel Aviv and started her BA in Anthropology and Behavioral Sciences. She moved to Boston for two and half years and worked with the Jewish community planning events and building relationships between sister cities in the US and Israel. Livnat joined WUJS in February 2013 and lives happily with her boyfriend Amir and dog Freddy in Tel Aviv. |
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Aviv Bertele – Israel and the Middle East Teacher, Hebrew Teacher WUJS
Aviv Bertele has been a Hebrew teacher and tutor as well as History of the Middle East and Africa Lecturar for the past 4 years. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, Aviv served his military service in the elite combat unit of “Charuv”, as an infantry soldier and commander. He completed his MA degree majoring in History of the Middle East and Africa at Tel Aviv University. While studying, Aviv was working on various programs of Young Judaea, including Young Judaea Year course in Israel (2001-2002) and Camp Tel Yehuda, NY. These days, he is working as a Hebrew Ulpan teacher for Year Course and WUJS Israel. In addition, he is also working as a journalist for Israel’s biggest daily newspaper, “Yedioth Achronot”. |
