Mekudeshet Team 2021
Our team reflects the range of Jerusalem’s communities, giving us deep and organic connections to the ground. While we ascribe to disparate opinions and ideologies, we work to better understand one another every day, to discuss differences honestly and in good faith, and to see our diversity as inspiration and raw material for new creations. We are united by a passion for art and Jerusalem.
Naomi Bloch Fortis: Executive Director
Karen Brunwasser: Chief Strategy Officer
Malki Amir Danon: Festival Director
Sarah Oren: CFO
Yaffa Melamed: Bookkeeper and Box Office Manager
Riman Barakat: Director, Palestinian and East Jerusalem Community
Raya Hallak: Project Coordinator, East Jerusalem Department
Zuhdi Najeeb: Head of Media, East Jerusalem Department
Emmanuel Witzthum: Head of creative development
Itamar Doari: Musical Director
Yair Assulin: Thinker in Residence
David Kosher, Ayelet Givoni, Subhi Dajani, Yifat Shir-Moskovitz, Ori Vaknin: Producers
Gil Rouvio: Director of Communications and Artistic Contributor
Kim Weiss: Communications Team and Foreign Language Editor
Ahlam Qawasmi: Caretaker
Hamze Jarallah: Club Manager
Saar Plinner: Legal Counsel
Razan Munayer: Grahpic Designer
Nofar Kahana: Community and Collaborations Coordinator
OPEN: Branding and Design
OK: Digital Communications and New Media
NGsoft: Web Design