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Beitenu creates virtual entry points to Jewish communities around the world as a means of reflecting Jewish life throughout history.

We pair in-depth research with multimedia documentation gathered by our field and office researchers to create site-specific records. Our coverage includes religious sites, non-religious, commercial and residential structures, and manifestations of the Crypto-Jewish experience and Judaized communities. We present our findings here to preserve and make accessible the myriad expressions of Jewish communal life.

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Beitenu brings together individuals with an array of expertise who collaborate in a truly 21st century manner. Our interfaith and multinational coalition includes scholars, international photographers, social entrepreneurs and technical developers who gather data and photos of local sites and historical locations around the world.

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Beitenu creates virtual entry points to Jewish communities around the world as a means of reflecting Jewish life throughout history.

Our Team

Jason Guberman, Executive Director

Joshua Shamsi, Project Director

Eddie Ashkenazie, Researcher

Avital Hirsch, Content Manager

Glenn Dynner, Editor

Chrystie Sherman, Photographer

Gentian Xhaxiu, Researcher

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About Beitenu

Have additional information, photos, connections, or other resources to contribute?

Help us in the race against time to document Jewish history!

About Us

Beitenu creates virtual entry points to Jewish communities around the world as a means of reflecting Jewish life throughout history.

Our Team

Jason Guberman, Executive Director

Joshua Shamsi, Project Director

Eddie Ashkenazie, Researcher

Avital Hirsch, Content Manager

Glenn Dynner, Editor

Chrystie Sherman, Photographer

Gentian Xhaxiu, Researcher

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Jason Guberman

Executive Director

Jason Guberman-P., A social entrepreneur who specializes in building broad coalitions and melding intellectual and technical innovation, serves as founding Executive Director of Digital Heritage Mapping and is the coordinator of the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.

Joshua Shamsi

Project Director

Joshua Shamsi, is Project Director for the Atlas of Jewish Life and Lead Photographer/Outreach Director for the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.

Eddie Ashkenazie

Researcher

Eddie Ashkenazie, is a Yeshiva University PhD student focusing his studies on the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in the modern era.

Avital Hirsch

Avital Hirsch graduated Magna Cum Laude from Binghamton University with a BA in language and linguistics. She has studied in Rome at Istituto Lorenzo de Medici.

Glenn Dynner

Editor

Glenn Dynner. Professor of Religion, Sarah Lawrence College. BA, Brandeis University. MA, McGill University. PhD, Brandeis University. Scholar of East European Jewry with a focus on the social history of Hasidism and the Haskalah.

Chrystie Sherman

Photographer

Born in Chicago, Chrystie Sherman was educated at the University of Vermont, the University of Paris, and New York University Graduate School of Film and Television.

Gentian Xhaxiu

Researcher

Gentian Xhaxhiu, was born in Tirana, Albania, in April 1988. He has attained a Master Degree in “EU Business Law” and has successfully completed the Annual Programme of the School of Political Studies of the Council of Europe.