About us

Who are we?

נפתלי קנדלר

Naftali Kandler

Educational and public entrepreneur

Founded and managed the Torah core in Kiryat Malachi, founded and manage ‘Orot Chesed’ together with the late Rabbi Hanan Porat, founded and managed the Oz Shlomo pre-military training school named after Rabbi Goren, management of the higher Yeshiva – Hesder Or Etzion headed by Rabbi Haim Druckman, founded and managed ‘Ami Conversion Studios’, founded and managed the development department of the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva Network – and a senior management member of the network.

Married +7, lives in Yad Binyamin, has a bachelor’s degree in education, a master’s degree in business administration, Shabbat observant.

Rabbi Hillel Mertzbach

author of the series of books “Shirat Hayam” for the rabbinic certification studies of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, and rabbi of the Yad Binyamin community.

Adv. Ziv Maor

Founder and manager of ‘News Desk’ and ‘First Response’. Presents a daily program on Galei Yisrael. Member of the board of ‘Israel’s Media Watch’. Worked as an editor for the Mida website, spokesman for the Chief Rabbinate, and a parliamentary assistant to MKs Uri Ariel and Michael Eitan. Has bachelor’s degrees in political science and law, and a master’s degree in American Judaism  
 

Aharon LevRan

Board member and advisor
Aharon LevRan is an entrepreneur and
investor with over 10 years of experience.
Previously, Aharon was the CEO of 2
promising technology companies and was a
director for an Israel-American family office.
Aharon is a deal maker who has transacted
multi-millions for different ventures, from
early stage to pre-IPO/SAPC.
Today Aharon focuses his efforts with
Geshem— a Denver based hedge fund
focused on Israeli companies.
 

Ora Eliasi

Educator; “Learning Together” project, owner of Black & Light website design and development office

Adv. Roni Sassover

Chairman of Meirim, an
organization which works
towards restoring Jewish studies
to state schools. Former CEO of
the Israeli Shield Partnership,
which works for the survivors of
the war and manages projects at
Shurat Hadin.
 
עמנואל שילה

עמנואל שילה

יוזם ויו"ר קרן יעוד

יוזם הקמת ‘בשבע’ – העיתון השלישי בגודלו בישראל ועורכו הראשי במשך 20 שנה. יו”ר ועדת התוכן של ‘כנס ירושלים’, מיוזמי הקמת העיתון ‘מקור ראשון’ ועורכו הראשי בין השנים 1998-2001, עורך ומגיש לשעבר של יומן הבוקר בערוץ 7.

נשוי + 8, ר”מ לשעבר בישיבת ההסדר בקרני שומרון, תושב קרני שומרון.