About Us
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The Brooklynia is an authentic Israeli community, centered in Brooklyn and drawing members from everywhere. We’re creating a space for friendship and solidarity, where Israelis, friends and spouses, can meet in a relaxed atmosphere; where Hebrew is spoken and taught; where members can celebrate holidays and life events in familiar settings.

Since 2019 we’ve been meeting regularly at the ‘Kumzitz’ a family gathering at Prospect Park, which takes place every Sunday, regardless of weather. In combination with Ofek, a children program courtesy of the Windsor Terrace JCC, we roast potatoes, hotdogs and marshmallows, let the kids run free, and just hang around. We collaborate with organizations such as the JCC, IAC, Shlichim, Habonim Dror and others on activities such as Moadon Ivrit, for 4 to 8 years old, Moadon Teatron, for older kids and Ofek youth group. We meet on zoom for study sessions several times a week, including for Minyan Shabbat, a weekly Torah session on zoom, which brings together Israelis from the USA and Israel for a cross-Atlantic reading and study.

We have plans, ideas and dreams for the coming years, and hope that you join us in making this community strong and sustainable.

who we are
Yoav Gal
Yoav Gal
Hebrew Culture
‘Recovering artist’, who once upon a time created critically acclaimed operas in the Hebrew language and today leads study groups and community gatherings in the Israeli expat community of Brooklyn. A father of two.
Neot Doron Repa
Neot Doron Repa
Science and Math
Ph.D. in Neuroscience Research from New York University. Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology from Tel Aviv University. Areas of research in odeological processing in the brain And creation and storage of memories. Married and mother of three children and living in downtown Brooklyn.
Carmel Sauerhaft
Carmel Sauerhaft
Tradition and Common Sense
Merav Ezer Shniderman
Merav Ezer Shniderman
Art and Art Education
Merav Ezer is a multidisciplinary artist. Ezer draws inspiration from sources like movable architecture, transitional spaces. Her work engages the concepts of displacement, impermanence, and home while envisioning modern permutations of nomadic shelters. Her interactive performances explore the boundaries between private and public, inside and outside spaces. Ezer has participated in New York and international exhibitions. Her work has been shown at the Andy Warhol Factory(2004), Hendershot Gallery (2009), the Cypress Video Art Festival(2006), Williamsburg Video Art (2005), Scope New York(2007), and the Abington Arts center (2009), among other venues. Her work received favorable reviews in such periodicals as Sculpture Magazine(2009), The Journal of International Woman Studies (2007), The Jewish Press (2006). Ezer participate in several residencies such as; Santa Fe Art Institute, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Experimental Television Center (ETC), and was awarded the Finishing Funds award in 2007 for her work Air Condition. Ezer received her BEd degree from Beth–Berl College in Israel, and her MFA from SUNY Purchase. Her first book, Second Skin, was published in 2009.

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