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Smadar has served as Executive Director of JCC Global since 2001. She previously developed teen and Taglit trips to Israel for JCC Association of North America and served as a Jewish Agency community shlicha at the Columbus Jewish Federation. She holds an MA in Contemporary Jewry from Hebrew University.

Smadar Bar Akiva

Executive Director

JCC Global

Smadar has served as Executive Director of JCC Global since 2001. She previously developed teen and Taglit trips to Israel for JCC Association of North America and served as a Jewish Agency community shlicha at the Columbus Jewish Federation. She holds an MA in Contemporary Jewry from Hebrew University.

Smadar Bar Akiva

CJPE
The Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education

The Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education serves as a resource and catalyst for developing the field of Jewish Peoplehood. It also serves as the central entity to address the challenges of Jewish Peoplehood education. CJPE offers institutions and individuals the resources and support to obtain professional development, content and programmatic development. It will achieve this through research, resource and content development, evaluation, convening, lectures, and mentoring and consulting.

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