Tzameret Fuerst
Chairwoman Emeritus

Tzameret Fuerst spent her life leaping back and forth between Israel and the  USA , which has gained her the title of “the classic hybrid”, fully embodying both Israeli and American cultures and speaking fluent “Hebrish”. 

A Founding Member, Tzameret assumed leadership as Chairwoman from 2006-2009. During her tenure, the organization doubled in size to nearly 13,000 members and began offering over 40 events a year. She took Dor Chadash to new heights by launching the Social Action Committee and Contemporary Art Series, founding the “Israeliness” program (engaging the family unit, in partnership with the 92Y) and initiating our national expansion plans, starting with our Los Angeles branch, in partnership with the Israeli Leadership Council. Before assuming chairmanship, Tzameret led the organization through some of the largest community-wide events in New York, such as the Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration and the all night Shavuot festival, both drawing in over 3,000 participants. She is an avid Israeli film supporter, and as such, founded the Israeli Film Forum, which became the foremost platform to premiere new Israeli films in New York. 

 

Tzameret serves as Executive Vice President, Business Development of Peak Financial Partners, a premiere network of companies focused on distressed real estate services. She divides her time between her two boys (Liam & Jonathan), her work and her passion for the Israeli/Jewish community through her leadership of Israeliness, Tevel Angel Club and The Rabin Medical Center and involvement in The Council for Young Jewish Presidents, Bezalel Art Academy and Artis Israeli Contemporary Art.

 

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Moshe (Marc) Bellows, Esq.
Honorary Vice Chair
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Moshe is a proud american Jew with a lifelong connection to Israel. after College at Yeshiva University, Moshe spent a year living and studying in Israel. Recently, he served as the President of Bellows Productions, a TV and Film Development Company, as well as an accomplished actor. Through his work, Moshe has brought countless entertainment personalities and groups to Israel to educate them and share with them the importance of Israel and its democracy.  Currently, he is the Director of the Center for the Jewish Furture at Yeshiva University.

Moshe believes the mission of Dor Chadash, bringing Israeli and american Jews together, is of great importance. and he is excited to bring his diverse skill sets to the Dor Chadash family, including his experiences as a: lawyer, Nonprofit consultant, life coach, invited lecturer in numerous communities throughout the United States, Israel, Canada and Eastern Europe.

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Sarah Eisenman
Vice Chair
Chair, Social Action Committee
Sarah moved to New York almost seven years ago and has been working at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), where she is the Global Program and Planning Specialist, focusing on strategic planning and organizational development, and is also the Director of Next Generation Engagement. Her work often takes her to Jewish communities around the world, such as in Ethiopia, India, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, and of course to Israel.

Sarah is an active member in the Jewish community. She is currently the Co-Chair of Dor Chadash's Social Action Committee, where she helped establish the then new committee.  She also serves on the Board of the American Friends of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Sarah has a BA in History from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master's Degree from the University of Oxford's Oriental Institute and the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. She grew-up in Orange County, California to a family deeply committed to Zionism and Israel's centrality to the Jewish people. A pivotal experience was the year she spent living in Jerusalem with her family, which led her to return regularly to Israel throughout her youth and college years.

For Sarah, Israel is at the heart of her own commitment to Jewish life and hopes to excite other young people to find their own 'Israel connection', whether through its land, people, culture or history. She believes that "Dor Chadash has an increasingly important and significant role to play in energizing and inspiring young American Jews to connect with Jewish life and with Israel."

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Ruth Golan
Vice Chair
Bio pending


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Alon Harnoy, Esq.
Vice Chair
Born in Haifa, Israel, Alon grew up in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) and South Africa before arriving in the United States as a teenager. Alon received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Rutgers College and a law degree from Columbia Law School. Alon spent six years working as corporate lawyer for the firms Fried, Frank and Skadden, Arps in both New York and London, working on many international as well as Israeli transactions. Alon served as Chief Executive Officer of icrunch.com, at the time Europe's leading legal music download site, and orchestrated the company's auction and sale to Music Choice Europe in the summer of 2001. Alon served as the Director of the Claims Conference, the Jewish Holocaust restitution organization, where he directs a project involving the review and payment of Holocaust life insurance claims.  Currently, he is an Associate at the law firm of Schulte, Roth and Zabel.

Alon is co-founder of Tribe 13, a promotion and event production company focused on organizing many Jewish themed parties in New York City. Alon joined Dor Chadash because he believes in the need for strengthening Jewish and Israeli identities. One can be proud of their identity and still be cool!

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David Birnbaum
Chair, Educational Committee
Born and raised in Florida, David has been studying and working in New York, Japan and Israel over the past 15 years. He has a BA from Temple University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.  David currently works for the Bank of New York Mellon's venture capital group.  His is also the Founder of the boutique consulting firm Globeopen Advisors, Inc.

David's interests include photography, surfing, Israel and other world travel.  He has been involved in a number of Jewish and Israel-related organizations over the past several years, including roles as a Board member of the Young Professionals Friends of the IDF and a Founding member of Oneg-Shabbat.org.  During his first summer in Israel while still a university student, he found himself particularly fascinated (and pleasantly surprised) by the vast cultural and historic diversity among Israelis, and since then has contributed to numerous programs that celebrate this diversity.

David has been involved with Dor Chadash since 2005, and recently took the position of Chair for the Educational Committee.

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Elad Epstein
Chairman of Organizational Committee
Born and raised in Israel, Elad has been living and working in New York City for more than 11 years. He has a BA from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from the Wharton Business School. He is currently the managing director and co-founder of Oberon Securities, LLC, a New York based boutique investment banking firm.

His hobbies include international traveling, scuba diving and outdoor activities. For Elad, Dor Chadash is a way to address a unique need in the Jewish and Israeli communities in New York and Israel. "Having gone through the experience of relocating and adapting to the New York culture- it's important to create a platform that facilitates dialogue and understanding between the two different cultures.

With both an Undergraduate and Masters Degree in international law and human rights from Columbia and a law degree from Harvard, Linor has always been interested in human rights and social activism issues.  Throughout her professional life, Linor has continued to maintain an interest in human rights and non-profit causes, having been involved with organizations such as the ADL and acted as a volunteer advocate for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for children in foster care).

Linor has been involved with Dor Chadash from its inception and is a true example of a hybrid American (actually Canadian) Israeli. She was born in Montreal and raised in Brookline, MA, to an Iraqi mom who was raised in Israel and an Argentine father. Since her childhood she was surrounded by Israeli expatriates, and has spent numerous periods in Israel, including as an intern in the Israeli Foreign Ministry and as a summer associate at Yigal Arnon. Last year, she married an Israeli, and she recently gave birth to a boy, who is now her own hybrid.

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Nimrod Levy
Born and raised in Ramat-Hasharon Israel, Nimrod arrived to NY in 2005 to join the local delegation of the Government of Israel.  A few weeks later Nimrod discovered Dor Chadash and instantaneously fell in love. “Interacting with Jewish Americans at my first Dor Chadash event and bringing out my “israelism” was a unique experience for me, which helped me realize the important role this wonderful organization plays in the community. Our joined passion for Israel is the fuel for long-lasting friendships”. Immediately after this event, Nimrod joined Dor Chadash’s Cultural Committee.

Nimrod graduated from Tel-Aviv University with a B.A in Accounting, Management and Economics. He’s currently studying for his MBA at Columbia Business School where he also serves on the Graduate Business Association Executive Board and teaches Accounting.

Nimrod has joined the board of Dor Chadash after Co-Chairing the Cultural Committee for 3 years, successfully leading more than 35 events.

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Zvi Osterweil, M.D.
Chair, Cultural Committee
“Establishment of the Jewish state was primarily based on three things: 1) the continued presence of some Jews in Israel since biblical times, 2) the blood and sweat of pioneers who transformed a desert into a viable industrial nation, and 3) a haven from the relentless persecution of anti-Semitism. Though born in the U.S., Zvi is deeply connected and committed to Israel because his family is an amalgam of all three narratives: 1) his maternal grandmother’s family lived in Jerusalem for thousands of years, 2) his maternal grandfather’s family arrived in Israel with the very very first Zionists during the first aliya from Russia to establish Rishon-LeZion, and 3) his father is a Holocaust survivor.

Zvi is an Ear Nose & Throat surgeon with a solo practice on the Upper East Side, and he is voluntary faculty at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Cornell University. He was raised in Maryland to parents who came from Israel.

Zvi still recalls his enthusiasm at the first ever Dor Chadash Mangal in October of 2003 when he was relieved to discover that he was not the only Israeli-American ‘hybrid’ with an ‘identity crisis’. Since that time, he has tried to remain active in the Dor Chadash community by volunteering on the Cultural Committee.”

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Joshua Siderow
Born and raised in Chappaqua, New York, Josh traveled to Israel in 1994 to volunteer and study Hebrew on Kibbutz Palmachim for seven months. After continuing terror attacks, Josh felt compelled to act and decided to make aliya. He continued his Hebrew studies at Ulpan Akiva, Netanya and Tel Aviv University’s Overseas Student Program. Josh served in the Military Police of the IDF manning border checkpoints and as a “Loked Arik’im.” Following his army service, Josh enrolled in Tel-Aviv University’s “Mechina” preparation program for new immigrants and went on to earn his B.A. in History and English Literature from Tel-Aviv University. In June 2005, Josh married Sharon, an Israeli he met at Tel Aviv University and returned to New York.  She recently gave birth to a baby boy named Liam.  He now works at Murray Hill Properties, a full service commercial real estate firm. Josh has joined Dor Chadash because he believes that he can provide a unique perspective as an American Jew that has been immersed in both American Jewish and Israeli cultures and he views Israel advocacy as the best way to support Israel while overseas and maintain his strong connection with Israel until his return. Josh’s interests include World Politics, History (Middle Eastern and Islamic), Sports (Mainly New York Giants, New York Yankees, is a disgruntled Knick fan), and his wife’s Shabbat Dinners.

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