Noa spent her first eight years in Los Angeles, before making Aliyah with her family to Nof Ayalon. She attended Ulpanat Shaalavim for high school and then served for two years as director of the Neve Daniel Bnei Akiva Chapter. Afterwards, she studied at Migdal Oz and then attended Bar Ilan, majoring in Psychology and Educational Counseling. She is finishing her Master’s in Health Psychology at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo, and for the last year has been doing practicum at Hadassah Hospital. In her summers, she has worked in leadership roles in Bnei Akiva Israel, Mach Hach Ba’Aretz, Moshava Alevy and All Star Israel. In her spare time, Noa likes exploring Israel, hiking, experimenting with new recipes, watercolor painting and spending time with family, friends, and especially her daughters.
Rav Ari grew up in Cleveland, OH and after graduating high school, made Aliyah and spent nearly a decade at Yeshivat Har Etzion, learning there and working as the Head Madrich of the Overseas program. During his army service, he served as a combat officer in Givati and still serves as an officer in reserve duty. He has a BA in Education from Herzog College, an MBA from Peres Academic College, and is finishing smicha before arriving on campus with World Mizrachi’s Musmachim Program. For the last two years, he has directed a program supporting religious lone soldiers in the IDF with Tzalash. In his summers, he loves nothing more than engaging with Jewish young adults and has served in leadership positions in Camp Stone, Mach Hach Ba’Aretz, Moshava Alevy and All Star Israel. His hobbies include playing basketball, hiking, running, working out, eating ice cream and going to the park with his kids. Noa and Ari and proud parents of their daughters, Talya (3) and Maayan (1) and are moving as a family from Jerusalem to Princeton University.