Member Directory

Iris Hami is President of Gil Travel Group, the largest travel management firm sending people to Israel. She has over 40 years of experience in the travel industry, and uses that knowledge to craft unique Jewish journeys around the world. Her company has won multiple awards, including one from State of Israel Bonds for Extraordinary Achievements Promoting the State of Israel.
Gil Tours specializes in arranging immersion tours for book clubs, either as part of a wider Jewish heritage tour, or as a dedicated literary tour. If you want to arrange a tour of Portugal, or any other destination, for your book club or reading group, talk to us now. In some cases, we may even be able to arrange an appearance by your favorite author as part of the tour!

Noa Raanan (she/her) is an Israeli-Canadian writer. She worked in the Israeli media and published short stories and nonfiction in Hebrew, English, and German. Her writing was displayed in Granta Hebrew Edition, Frankfurter Rundschau, Emerging Writers Reading Series and more. Currently, she is studying toward an MFA degree at the University of Guelph and writing a novel.

Vardit is a 39 years old writer and suicide survivor. She likes to write, read, and be in nature. She is passionate about mental-health reform

Anna Stolley Persky is a lawyer and an award-winning journalist. She also recently graduated from George Mason University’s MFA program for creative writing. Her non-fiction essays have been published in The Washington Post, Two Hawks Quarterly, The Jewish Writing Project, and Pithead Chapel. She has three children.

Emily L. Quint Freeman is the author of the memoir, “Failure to Appear, Resistance, Identity and Loss” (Blue Beacon Books) and numerous creative non-fiction articles including Salon, The Gay & Lesbian Review, Syncopation Literary Review, Open Democracy, The Mindful Word, and Narratively. Author website: http://www.emilyqfreeman.com

Sophie is a 1st year Psychology major at the University of Melbourne.

Tova Berger is a fifth generation Australian, a writer and teacher of writing.

Sarah Katz is an author and cybersecurity professional. Her work has appeared in the Jewish Journal and Times of Israel, the Middle East Forum, and many other outlets. She writes on Jewish-themed subjects, cybersecurity, and fiction.

Elizabeth Cohen is a poet, author, activist and writing coach from New Mexico, USA.

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