Alumnae In the Spotlight

Ayelet Wenger
Ayelet, a Shana Ba’Aretz (SBA) alumna from 2011-2012 went on to study Classics at Princeton. She is now reading for the Oxford Masters of Philosophy

Keren Sudri
Keren attended Nishmat’s Midrasha program after her Israel Defense Force (IDF) service as the spokesperson for the Kfir Brigade (the youngest and largest division of

Meena Viswanath
Meena attended Nishmat’s Shana Ba’Aretz program in 2007. She has a BS from MIT in Civil Engineering and a MS from Georgia Tech in Geo

Rachel Reinfeld-Wachtfogel
Rachel studied in Nishmat’s Machon Gevoha program, the precursor to the Keren Ariel Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program. Upon Rabbbanit Henkin’s request, after studying at Nishmat

Sarit-Chen Kroitoro
Sarit-Chen, of Beer Sheva, attended Nishmat’s Israeli Midrasha program 20 years ago and is now in her second year of the Keren Ariel Yoatzot Halacha

Tigist Iyov
Tigist Iyov, enrolled in N.E.W’s Pre-College Program in 2016 She was drawn to the idea of dedicating a year to studying Judaism, personal growth and

Tova Warburg Sinensky
Tova is a graduate of the inaugural class of Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center’s US Yoetzet Halacha (YH) Fellows Program. She serves as the YH for

Yekite Mengistu
Yekite and her family emigrated from Ethiopia in 2006 when she was 10 years old. She joined Nishmat’s N.E.W. Pre-College Program in 2016 after her