Esther Sperber - Executive Director
esther@smolemunius.com
Esther is an architect, founder of Studio ST Architects. Born and raised in Israel, she has been living in New York for 25 years. She writes and lectures about architecture, culture, religion and psychoanalysis. She is one of the leaders of Hostages' Family Forum in NY and the pro-democracy protests.

Rachel Landsberg - Program Director
rachel@smolemunius.com
Rachel is a Jewish educator, facilitator, climate activist and community organizer. She taught Judaic Studies for 18 years at the Abraham Joshua Heschel School. For the past five years, she has led Jewish climate action initiatives within the Jewish community.

Arnold Franklin
Arnold teaches in the History Department at Queens College, CUNY and directs the Queens College Center for Jewish Studies. His research focuses on Jewish society and culture in the medieval Islamic world.

Musya Herzog
Musya is a neuropsychologist, lecturer, and Smol Emuni volunteer from Brooklyn, New York. She manages Smol Emuni’s social media.

Tirza Leibowitz
Tirza is deputy director for Physicians for Human Rights Israel. Previously she litigated and led initiatives for equality and justice with Bizchut—The Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities and the Open Society Foundations.

Adi Mahalel
Adi is a Professor of Yiddish Studies. He is the author The Radical Isaac: I. L. Peretz and the Rise of Jewish Socialism, and of the forthcoming translation and introduction of Hanan Ayalti’s novel Boom and Chains: A Yiddish Novel Set in Israel/Palestine. Adi is also a proud contributor to the Yiddish Forward among other outlets.

Benjamin Rudski
Benjamin is a Canadian Jewish PhD candidate in Montreal, Canada. He tries to be a student of Aharon, loving peace and pursuing peace, in constant search of the Kol Demamah Dakah.

Jonathan Siegel
Jonathan is Chief Economist at the Office of the New York City Comptroller. He is a Board member and security coordinator at Congregation Ramath Orah.