The program is sponsored by the Keruv Inclusion committee and is open to all.
Haftam Yizhak Heathwood is the Coordinator for the New York Jews of Color Cohort at the Wexner Foundation. She was born in Ethiopia and at the age of 3, her family fled their village for Israel where they settled in Beit She’an. After serving 2 years in the Israeli Defense Forces, she moved to New York City in 2011. In 2017, she became involved with JWFNY, where she served as co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Justice Task Force. She recently finished a fellowship with the Jews of Color Initiative and is currently attending City College.
