Prof. Adler is a professor of Sociology and Education and the received the prestigious Israel Prize for his work and research in education in 2006. He was the first director of the academic board of the NCJW Research Institute for Innovation in Education at the School of Education of the Hebrew University, a role in which he served for about 20 years. Prof. Adler's main areas of research include education as a factor for social change and youth culture in modern society. Prof. Adler is a consultant for the Mandel Leadership Institute's Graduates Unit and is a contact person for alumni of the School for Educational Leadership.

Yael has a master’s degree and is working towards a doctorate in education at Tel Aviv University. She is a graduate of the School for Educational Leadership. Yael Bar-Lev has been working for approximately 20 years on diverse aspects of education, including cognitive aspects of learning, education for personal autonomy in a democratic society, education and television, and the development of innovative pedagogies. Over the years she has addressed learning and theoretical development, developed and taught in-service courses, and supervised teachers and media personnel in their educational work.
In recent years Yael has worked on the relationship between education and culture, especially the challenges involved in education in the multicultural Israeli context. In addition, she is currently conducting research on secular-Jewish education in Israel. 

Dr. Ben-Dor holds a doctorate in Jewish thought from the Hebrew University. He has served as a lawyer for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and as lecturer at the Elul Center for Jewish Learning. He is one of the founders of the Yesodot Center for the Study of Torah and Democracy. His area of interest lies in the interactions between Jewish thought and western Philosophy and literature.

Dr. Shani received MA and PhD degrees in political science from Princeton University and a BA in philosophy and political science and an MA in political philosophy, both from Tel Aviv University. For her doctoral work, Danielle researched the origins of citizens' interest in politics, especially the ways in which socioeconomic status, family socialization, school environment and formative events influence the development of a motivation for political participation. She was a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Scholars, and the winner of the Knesset award for exceptional academic achievements.
Previously she served as a research assistant at the Israel Democracy Institute and established the Israeli Democracy Index project. As a journalist, she was head of the news desk at the Yediot Achronot newspaper, and served as the political correspondent, news editor and broadcaster on Galei Tzahal radio.

Ms. Florsheim holds an M.A. in History from the Hebrew University. She served as director of the Center for Teaching of Jewish Studies in the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University for five years. She has taught high school history and trains teachers at the Kerem Teacher Training Institute. At the Mandel School for Educational Leadership, Ms. Florsheim is responsible for the internship programs and placement of the second year Fellows, field observations, teacher diploma and professional internship.

Dr. Gottlieb holds degrees in Philosophy and Developmental Psychology from Cambridge and a doctorate in the Psychology of Education from the Hebrew University. Prior to joining the faculty in 2004, Eli served for three years as a visiting professor in Cognitive Studies in Education at the University of Washington. His research examines the relations between cognition, identity and education. Recent publications include "The development of religious thinking" (Religious Education, 2006) and "Learning how to believe: Epistemic development in cultural context" (Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2007).

Prof. Halbertal is a Professor of Jewish Thought and Philosophy at the Hebrew University and a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University in 1989, and from 1988-1992 he was a fellow at the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. He has served as a visiting Professor at Harvard Law School at University of Pennsylvania Law School and at NYU Law School. Halbertal is the author of the books “Idolatry” (co authored with Avishai Margalit) and “People of the Book: Canon, Meaning and Authority”, both published by Harvard University Press. He has also authored “Interpretative Revolutions in the Making”, and “Between Torah and Wisdom: R. Menachem ha-Meiri and The Maimonidean Halakhists in Provence”, both published in Hebrew by Magnes Press. His last book published in Hebrew is “Concealment and Revelation: The Secret and its Boundaries in Medieval Jewish Thought” (Yeriot, 2001). Moshe Halbertal is the recipient of the Bruno Award of the Rothschild foundation, and the Goren Goldstein award for the best book in Jewish Thought in the years 1997-2000.

Ms. Hochstein served as President of the Mandel Foundation-Israel from 2004-2010. She is a member of the founding group of Mandel Foundation's endeavors in Israel, including the Mandel Leadership Institute. A policy-planner by training, she established the Institute's policy studies department. Ms. Hochstein has contributed to major policy-analytic projects, including the West Bank Database Project, and the Commission on Jewish Education in North America. She was trained in public policy at the New School for Social Research (M.A. degree), MIT (as Humphrey Fellow) and at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Hevroni is a scholar of rabbinic literature. His work focuses on making classical Jewish literature relevant to contemporary thought. In addition to his work at the Mandel Leadership Institute, Ido is the academic director of "Rimon", a program for high school students run by the Shalem Center, and a lecturer in literature at Herzog College.
Ido speaks in various forums and publishes wide-ranging articles on aspects of literature and Judaism, including in Azure, Ynet, and nrg.

Dr. Marom is co-author of the book Dialogue From the Heart of Confusion (Keter Books,Mandel Foundation) [Hebrew], and co-editor of Visions of Jewish Education (Cambridge University Press: 2003). He is the Academic Director of the Mandel Leadership Institute and also heads the Visions Unit, where he has developed a unique training program for educational leaders called “Philosophical-Educational Facilitation”. He has published articles in the history and philosophy of Jewish and Zionist education in Israel and America.

Prof. Nisan is the founder and director of the Mandel Scholars in Education Program. Previously he served as the Academic Director of the Mandel Leadership Institute. He also directed the Mandel School for Educational Leadership, the IDF Educational Leadership Development Program and the Mandel Fellowship for Educational Researchers Program. Prof. Nisan is a developmental psychologist who served as Dean of the School of Education at the Hebrew University and as a member of the Council for Higher Education. His areas of research, on which he has written extensively, include moral development and behavior and human motivation.

Dr. Shalem holds a B.A. in psychology and a Ph.D. in Jewish History from Bar-Ilan University. His doctoral thesis focused on the formation of the IDF’s moral codex and was later published in his book, "An Army’s Search for Meaning" (Hebrew). Motti served in the IDF’s Education Corps for twenty years and retired from active service ranking as Lieutenant-Colonel. Motti is a graduate of the first cohort of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership.  Prior to joining  the faculty of the Mandel Leadership Institute, Motti  served as the director of Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies.