After graduating from “Ironi Yod-Beit” high schoolin Jaffa, in which he studied in 1992-2005 Khader got his diploma, with a major in pedagogy. After finishing his studies, Khader began his professional career. First, in 2005-2006, he ran “Aroma Caf锑s branch on Karlibach, TLV. Then, a year later, in 2006-2007, he was a counselor for 6th-11th graders in the Jaffa Scouts. In 2010, Khader began his copywriting studies in the prestigious, one-year copywriting program at “Bezefer”. During that year, in 2010-2011, Khader worked as a content-manager in “Web Done – a company that specializes in creating and managing interactive, company pages. Among their clients, are: HFC in Health Services and more. Also, during 2011 he worked at “Ananei Tikshoret” as a producer for “Nickelodeon Israel” and “MTV Israel”. Then he worked for “Dana Friman Fashion PR” as the manager of office and contacts. Aside from his jobs, Khader was a freelance writer for the “Pride” column in the well known magazine – “Time

Amitai was born in Kibbutz Ma’ayan Zvi in Israel. He graduated from the Film & Television department  of Tel Aviv University. He now works as both a musician and a filmmaker.

Karym is an Arab Muslim Israeli citizen, born in Jerusalem in 1986. He grew up in Ein Rafa, a small village located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Karym earned a bachelors degree in Informal Education at Beit Berl college (just outside of Tel Aviv), focusing on Middle East Peace and History. He was first introduced to Ultimate Peace while working at the Peres Center for Peace. He quickly began deep involvement with the newly founded organization in 2010 as a volunteer, and was named Middle East Regional Director of Ultimate Peace in 2013. Karym is responsible for leadership and management of the program in the Middle East, which includes service to 500 youth in over 20 communities within Israel and the West Bank, and facilitation of the 3-year young leadership program that involves 50 multicultural youth.

More than a singer/songwriter, David Broza is also well known for his commitment and dedication to several humanitarian causes, predominantly, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beginning in 1977, Broza has been working to bring the message of peace to the masses by joining peace movements, and singing what has become the anthem of the peace process, his hit song, “Yihye Tov”. Since that time, Broza has released over 30 albums in Hebrew, English and Spanish,  many of which have become gold and platinum albums. 2014 saw the release of one of the most challenging albums in Broza’s long career – an album recorded in its entirety in the Palestinian Sabreen Studio in East Jerusalem, with the help of American multi-Grammy Award Winner, singer-songwriter Steve Earle as producer. The collaborative work of the Israeli and Palestinian musicians, sound engineers, camera men, chefs and many others who came to assist and be part of the eight days and nights, produced a beautiful, intimate and special album and documentar

Joseph Dorman is an award-winning independent filmmaker and the founder of Riverside Films. He is a winner of television’s prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for excellence. His most recent film, the award-winning Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness, was called “compelling” and “wonderfully rich,” and had a 100% positive rating from critics on the Rotten Tomatoes website. It was one of the top grossing documentaries of 2011, playing across the country and simultaneously in 14 theaters in the New York City area. Mr. Dorman also wrote and directed the critically acclaimed theatrically released documentary Arguing the World about the controversial sixty-year political journey of the eminent political writers and thinkers Daniel Bell, Irving Howe, Irving Kristol, and Nathan Glazer. The New York Times described it as “enthralling… one of the deepest portraits of… of ideas ever filmed,” and The New Yorker raved “Superb.” It was named one of the best films of 1998 by The New York Ti

Tamara Erde is a French-Israeli filmmaker living and working in Paris. She was born in Tel-Aviv on 1982. She graduated from Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, and later attended the Le Fresnoy Film School, France. Tamara creates in various mediums- documentary and fiction films, performances and video installations. Her work was presented both in many film festivals (Clermont Ferrand, Angelica Spring festival NY, Jerusalem int. Film festival and on) as well as in Gallery spaces and theatrical venues. In addition, Tamara frequently participates in residency programs and international artists projects: New- York, Denmark, England, Spain, south Korea. She often deals in her work with political and social issues focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her works mixes her personal and imaginary reflections, with a documentary approach accompanied by profound researches on the selected themes.

Anat Goren was born on 1973 in Israel and lives in Tel Aviv. She is an anchorwoman, director and producer. Goren studied at the “Koteret” school of Journalism.

Libby Lenkinski has led outreach and engagement efforts for documentary films, media outfits and human rights organizations in Israel and Palestine for almost a decade. She recently moved back to the United States after 7 years living in Tel Aviv. She was the outreach producer for Sundance Award-winning documentary The Law in These Parts and worked with Just Vision on Israeli engagement for Puma Impact Award-winner Budrus. Libby consults for +972 Magazine, an online magazine that brings progressive voices from Israel and Palestine and serves on the Board of Comet-ME, an organization that provides renewable energy systems to off-the-grid Palestinian communities in the West Bank. She currently works as Field Director for the Western US at the New Israel Fund (NIF) and is based in the Bay Area.

Mor Loushy graduated from Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in 2007 and has been working as a freelancer ever since. Her debut film, Israel Ltd, had its world premiere at IDFA 2009 (Yes, VPRO, Radio-Canada, Knowledge- Canada) and has been broadcast in 10 countries worldwide (Yleisradio OY, VRT, RTVS-Slovenia, Radio Télévision Suisse, Planete Poland). Her latest documentary film Censored Voices (2015) has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and Berlinale and is expected to release theatrically this fall.

Chaim Peri has served as a visionary educator and advocate for vulnerable youth in Israel for more than three decades, touching the lives of thousands of at-risk children, both immigrant and Israeli-born. Today, he serves as Director-Emeritus of Yemin Orde Youth Village, a multicultural global community of 440 at-risk and immigrant youth. Chaim also serves as the Founder of Yemin Orde Educational Initiatives, an educational endeavor aimed at rejuvenating 27 youth villages and high schools throughout Israel, based on the philosophy and methodology developed at Yemin Orde Youth Village. His accomplishments include the establishment of the Shvut Am Institute at Yemin Orde, which addresses the identity conflicts of adolescent immigrants; initiating the steering center of Ethiopian Educational Affairs at the Ministry of Education and founding Israel’s first premilitary leadership program specifically designated for immigrant youth in Hatzor, in the Upper Galilee. Chaim has been recognized for his work on behalf

Oren Rudavsky is an award-winning documentary filmmaker specializing in work on religion outside the mainstream. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1979. Oren Rudavsky is in post-production on The Zionist Idea, a feature-length documentary supported by a media grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was the producer of media for the Russian Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, which opened in Moscow in 2012. He has received two National Endowment for the Arts filmmaker awards, three National Endowment for the Humanities grants, several New York State Council for the Arts awards, and many other awards and commendations. His film A Life Apart: Hasidism in America was short-listed for the Academy Awards and his film Hiding and Seeking was nominated for an Independent Spirit award. He completed his first fiction feature as Producer/Writer/Director on The Treatment, starring Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm and Famke Janssen in 2006. The film premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival and was awarded Be

Chen and Anat are from Kibbutz Mizrah. For years, Anat managed the division of Jordan-Israel commerce for a major logistics company. In 2011, she partnered with Rola Srouji, a businesswoman from Ramallah. Together, they own and manage Unlimited Logistics, a company that specializes in transporting commodities to and from the Palestinian Territories via Israeli ports. Chen directed the film “Partner with the Enemy,” a documentary about Anat and Rola Srouji’s business and relationship.

Meg Sullivan is the Co-Founder and Director of Project Harmony Israel, an English immersion summer camp for Arab and Jewish youth in Jerusalem developed in partnership with the Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel. Since Project Harmony’s founding in 2010, camp has grown from 25 to over 100 participants ages 8-17, and serves both children from the Hand in Hand Max Rayne School in Jerusalem and others from the Jerusalem area. Meg holds a BA from the University of Chicago and an MS in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Columbia University, and in addition to her work in Jerusalem is also the Program Director for the Jewish Journey Project (an initiative of JCC Manhattan). Meg is a native New Yorker.

Avi Vaknin is a singer, composer, writer and music producer, born and raised in Sderot, Israel. His critically acclaimed debut album Square of the Lost was published in the summer of 2008. Vaknin has a unique voice that sounds rough and angelic, with fragile vocals and delightful melodies, with ethnic colors and soul music. For ten years, Vaknin managed Sderock, a music club and rehearsal space for teenagers that cultivates young artists in Sderot. Using this framework, he created master classes, bringing major Israeli artists from the industry to work with Sderot’s youth. Avi produced two albums with bands from Sderock: The Record Project (2001) and The Hope Project (2007).  From 2009 through 2012, Vaknin collaborated with Israeli music legend Shlomo Artzi on his album Happiness Express. In 2014 he released a second album, First Light, which also earned him praise from critics and several of its singles have been featured widely on Israeli radio. Vaknin has composed several successful film scores for dire