JICC Staff

Daniel became the new director of the Jerusalem Intercultural Center in March 2021. Since immigrating to Israel in 2000, Daniel has held senior leadership positions in a wide range of Israeli non-profit and civil society organizations, spanning civil and human rights, formal and informal education, health, welfare and social integration. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Contemporary Jewish Life and Thought from the University of Cape Town, and a Master's degree in Public Policy from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Vardit has been the Director of Operations since 2011, maintaining the JICC's everyday operations and ongoing administrative support. This includes human resources and budgetary fields, such as staff salaries and welfare, follow-up of personnel processes, implementation, bookkeeping and overseeing the budget. Vardit previously worked as a Human Resources Coordinator at the Yes Satellite Television company, where she oversaw the human resource needs of different and varied populations. She holds an MBA from the Ramat Gan College, with a specialty in Human Resources.

Daud joined the JICC staff as the Director of the Atta'a Assistance Center for the Rights of Palestinian East Jerusalem Residents in 2015. Atta'a was founded in 2004, with a goal to help Palestinian East Jerusalem residents to access basic rights that are guaranteed them by government and other national agencies. Today it operates under the aegis of the JICC. Before directing the organization Daud was an active volunteer. He also directed the Community Schools program in East Jerusalem, which aims to strengthen the connection between local schools and their communities. Daud also directed a center for youth at risk, and worked for a number of human rights organizations in Jerusalem. Daud holds a B.A. in psychology from the College of Academic Studies in Or Yehuda.

Tami Lavie Nissim, mother of two, grew up and resides in East Talpiot - Southeast of Jerusalem. Tami joined the JICC in June 2022 and will develop current and additional projects together with residents and relevant organizations, including “Window to Mt. Zion” and “Window to the Old City”.

Tami has 20 years’ experience in group facilitation, content development and management in various social organizations in Israel. She managed the field of Education and Community Relations at the Immigrants’ and Refugees’ Hotline in Tel Aviv, and the field of Programs, Alumni and Assessment at the Beit Midrash Kolot senior leadership development program. In 2018, Tami initiated a project that aims to break the "unseen walls" between her neighborhood, East Talpiot, and the neighboring Palestinian villages "Sur Baher" and "Jabel El-Mukaber" enabling women to meet, communicate, and advance their communities together.

Tami completed a bachelor’s and master’s degree with excellence in Sociology, Anthropology and Women’s and Gender Studies at Tel Aviv University. She also received certification as an inter-faith and intercultural dialogue facilitator and as a Restorative Justice facilitator from ‘Mosaica, the Center for Conflict Resolution by Agreement’.

Orna became the Director of the Cultural Competency Desk in 2014, but has been working with the JICC since 2006.  In addition to her work at the JICC, she lectures on communication at the nursing schools of Wolfson (Holon), Sha'are Zedek (Jerusalem) and Kaplan (Rehovot) hospitals. She is the former Director of the Community Mediation section of Mosaica, the Center for Conflict Resolution by Agreement, where she worked to make mediation more accessible to the different communities in Jerusalem and to advance multicultural dialogue. She also accompanies the Department for Social Integration in Lod, in assimilating cultural competency in the local Municipality. Orna holds an MA in the Program for Conflict Research of the Swiss Center for Conflict Research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an MBA from the Academic College of Management.

Mohammad serves as the Rights Consultant at Atta'a, helping Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem receive the social, health and educational rights that are guaranteed them by law. Muhammad has been associated with Atta'a since its establishment in 2005, first as a volunteer and then (since 2009) as a reception hours coordinator. Prior to working at Ata'a Muhammad worked at a cellular phone company for two years and as an instructor and exhibit technician at the Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem. Muhammad is studying nursing at the Henrietta Szold Hadassah - Hebrew University School of Nursing.

Rachelly joined the JICC in January 2020, and is covering the maternity leave of Desk Director Orna Shani-Golan. In addition to her work at the JICC, she is a co-founder and a director of “Agree-Online”, a startup educating conflict resolution in the social-media and digital environment. She is also a professional mediator, a trainer and a facilitator of mediation & negotiation workshops.  In addition, she is a post-doctorate researcher at the Center of Jewish and Democratic Law, At the law faculty in Bar-Ilan University. She holds a PhD in Conflict Resolution, Management and Negotiation from Bar Ilan University. She wrote her PhD on the impact of joint learning programs on the identity-based conflict between Haredi and non-Haredi in Israel.