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Rachel Werczberger is a sociologist and anthropologist of religion specialising in the study of contemporary Judaism, New Age spiritualities and New Religious movements. She received her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Jewish philosophy in Ben Gurion University in the Negev and in the Katz Centre for Advance Jewish studied at UPenn. Her book Jews in the age of authenticity: Jewish spiritual renewal, published in 2016 by Peter Lang, is an ethnography of two Jewish New Age communities that were active in Israel in the beginning of the 20th century. In addition, she published numerous paper and articles in academic journals and edited volumes in Hebrew and English. 

Dr. Rosenthal's research and teaching deal with how political actors strive to achieve their goals in parliamentary democracies, particularly in the Israeli case. His research mainly examines how political elites (prime ministers, members of parliament, high court judges, and senior officials) use institutional arrangements, rhetoric, and heresthetic(s) to turn their political desires into public policy. Alongside dealing with political elites, Dr. Rosenthal examines how weakened political groups operate in elections based on their social status to achieve their goals. In this context, his research examines the political behavior of Arabs in Israel and the electoral behavior of Mizrahim in Israel. Dr. Rosenthal's research utilizes the rational choice approach (with an emphasis on the realistic and pragmatic use of the principles of the approach) and research methods such as analytical narratives and quantitative research methods. Dr. Rosenthal was a faculty member at the Lauder School at Reichman University visiting lecturer in a program of Israeli colleagues on behalf of the Schusterman Foundation in the Department of Political Science at SUNY Binghamton University in the United States. He was a visiting researcher at the McMillan Center at Yale University. He was the first postdoctoral fellow of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education in Israel in the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication at the Open University. Dr. Rosenthal studied all his degrees in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of the late Professor Gideon Doron.

Alex Selsky has extensive experience in senior roles in public relations, spokespersonship, and public diplomacy in the Israeli public sector.

He served as the first emissary of the Jewish Agency for public diplomacy and Jewish education at universities in New York during the Second Intifada and the Disengagement Plan.

Subsequently, he served as Deputy Spokesperson for the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization, as Media Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Russian-language media, and as the Spokesperson for the National Economic Council in the Prime Minister's Office.

He has initiated and managed political and public diplomacy campaigns in Israel and around the world. He appears and publishes opinion articles in Israeli and international media on various topics, including security, politics, economics, society, international relations, and more.

He serves as a reservist briefing officer for the Home Front Command in Israeli media in Hebrew and Russian, with the rank of Major.

He graduated with honors from the Executive Master’s Program in Public Policy at the Hebrew University and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with specializations in Marketing Communications and Human Resources Management from the College of Management Academic Studies.

Has been teaching in the Department of Politics and Communication at Hadassah Academic College since 2013.

An expert in the fields of music and music education, with extensive experience in teaching, educational project management, entrepreneurship, and research. She currently serves as the head of the music department in the Central District of the Ministry of Education, lectures in music education, and teaches music in elementary schools. Dr. Amir’s research focuses on the intersection of music, education, society, and community, with an emphasis on music as a tool for social change. She is an active participant in academic conferences and has published articles on music and educational philosophies.
Dr. Amir holds a Ph.D. in Music from Bar-Ilan University (2024), where she researched the challenges and perceptions of mixed Jewish and Arab musical performance ensembles in Israel. In addition, she holds a Master’s degree (with honors) in Music Education from Levinsky College of Education (2012), and two Bachelor's degrees in Music Education (2007) and Interdisciplinary Composition (2006) from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
Beyond her academic work, Dr. Amir has developed, managed, and led music education projects for various age groups across the country, including educational concert programs and community projects, with a focus on bridging different populations and fostering cooperation between sectors. Among the organizations she has worked with are the Rishon Lezion Symphony Orchestra, the Music Dialogue School at Bar-Ilan University, the "Voca Keva" association, and more.
Dr. Amir aims to continue advancing the field of music and music education in Israel and to promote access to music for all segments of Israeli society.

Dr. Shay Attias is CIC Research Fellow and a worldwide acknowledged expert for Diplomatic Studies & International Communications who coined in 2012 the notion of ""Peer-Peer-Diplomacy Network."" His pioneering research describes the latest developments in diplomatic practice and research, wherein civilians, by virtue of social media, are not only consumers of government information but also information producers, with the potential to bypass existing official government bodies. Dr. Attias's Ph.D. Dissertation (Awarded with distinction - International Relation - Bar-Ilan Univ.) was dedicated to exploring the changing nature of diplomacy as reflected in US's Public diplomacy during the global war on terror. Dr. Attias also serves as the Prime Investigator of the prestigious"" 2022 ״Erasmus Research Grant״ for the Hybrid Warfare"" global study task. As a former Senior Public Diplomat, Dr. Attias founded the first Agency for Public Diplomacy at the Prime Minister's Office of Israel. He carries vast practical experience in diplomacy, security, and global communication management. Today, he is a professor in various Israel's top Schools of Communication and Politics studies, where he teaches Public Diplomacy, Diplomatic Crisis Management, US Politics. His academic education and background include Harvard , USC's Annenberg School for Communication, and St. Antony's College - The University of Oxford (2022).

Primary expertise, courses teaching, and current research:

•Diplomatic Studies & International Communications  

• Power in IR

•Quantitative & Qualitative Measurement and Evaluation Methods in IR

•American Foreign Policy & The War on Terror

•Soft Power in the Age of COVID-19 & Global Uncertainty