Leadership Members
The Ne'emanei Torah Va'Avodah staff consists of 12 board members (all of whom are volunteers), an Executive Director, organization coordinator, journal editor, media spokesman and fundraiser. This unique team's diversity (age, gender and occupation) is what allows the organization to touch so many different sectors in Israeli society.
| Name | Position | Occupation |
| Yonatan Ben Harosh | Chairman | PhD in Jewish Thought |
| Shmuel Shattah | Executive Director | |
| Yair Peretz | Executive member | Works for the national archive |
| Naama Shapira Kroizer | Executive member | M.A. psychology student |
| Jose Ben Harosh | Executive member | Psychotherapist |
| Menachem Malkosh | Executive member; Webmaster | Systems Engineer |
| Dr. Micha Goodman | Executive member | Head of the Ein Prat Leadership college |
| Ariel Braun | Executive member | Runs an educational initiative for Amutat Yishai |
| Yuval Kahan | Executive member | Head of Tel Aviv Leadership college |
| Yotam Brom | Executive member | Division leader in Israeli Scouts |
| Rivki Rozner | Executive member | Teacher at Hebrew University Ulpan |
| Anat Silverstone | Executive member | |
| Benny Doron | Media Spokesman | |
| Coordinator | ||
| Fundraiser | ||
| Avishay Bar Asher | past Deot Journal Editor | |
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Omri Shasha
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Deot Journal Editor | |
Dr. Joseph Achituv, Teacher and Religious Philosopher.
Rabbi Marc Angel, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Shearith Israel, Former President of the Rabbinic Board of America and Member of the Editorial Board of "Tradition".
Prof. Menachem Ben Sason, the president of Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Rabbi David Bigman, Former Rabbi Kibbutz Gilboa, Founder of Yeshivat HaKibbutz HaDati laBanot (now Midreshet haBanot b'Ein Hanatz"iv).
Prof. Asher Cohen, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Bar-Ilan University.
Prof. Rachel Elior, the head of the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University.
Rabbi Dr. Seth (Shaul) Farber, the founder of ITIM: The Jewish Life Information Center.
Rabbi Yehuda Gilad, Rabbi of Kibbutz Lavi, Founded and Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa.
Dr. Aviad Hacohen, Dean of the Sha'arei Mishpat Academic College.
Prof. Benjamin Ish-Shalom, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Rector of Beit Morasha of Jerusalem.
Rabbi Beni Lau , the Institute for Social Justice at Beit Morasha. Rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue in Jerusalem .
Dr. Aliza Lavi, lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University .
Rabbi Ronen Lubich, Rabbi and Educator, Nir Etzion Yeshivah.
Ms. Rivka Lubitz, Founder, Beit Misdrah Negun Nashiem, Mercaz Tsedek L'Nashim.
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Rabbi, Founder and Dean of Ohr Torah Stone Institutions.
Prof. Tamar Ross, a professor of Jewish Philosophy at Bar Ilan University.
Prof. Uriel Simon, Professor of Bible, Bar Ilan University.
Dr. Amnon Shapiro, Lecturer in Bible at Bar Ilan University, Former Director General of B'ni Akiva.
Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber - Professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University.
Prof. Yedidya Stern, Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute and Professor of Law at Bar-Ilan University.
Rabbi Avi Weiss, Rabbi, Head of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Founder and Dean of the "Open Orthodox" Yeshiva in New York - Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.
Dr. Micha Goodman, Founder of the Israeli Academy for Leadership.
Neemanei Torah Va'Avoda was founded by:
Dr. Yehezkiel Cohen together with Dr. Avraham Lasloi, Prof. Hanna Safrai, Prof. Ze'ev Safrai, Dr. Avraham Nuriel, Moshe Mozes and Dr. Aviezer Weiss.
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