Social Justice Fellowship Alumni
Yael Maizel
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Southwest Regional Director, J Street
Fellowship Year: 2006-2007
Placement: YEDID: The Association for Community Empowerment
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Yael Maizel has been with J Street for 10 years, currently serving as the Southwest Regional Director. Before joining J Street, she lived in Israel for 5 years. She began as a NIF/ Shatil Social Justice Fellow, working at YEDID and managing a number of their community organizing projects in Haifa. Following the fellowship year she stayed at YEDID as a grant writer while completing her MA at Tel Aviv U in political science. She then worked at ACRI for 2 years in the International Relations Department. She now lives in LA with her husband and daughter.
In My Own Words: The Social Justice Fellowship was a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the work of human rights and social justice organizations in Israel.