Dr. Sivan Zakai
Sara S. Lee Professor of Jewish Education
Hebrew Union College

Sivan Zakai is the Sara S. Lee Professor of Jewish Education at the Hebrew Union College. In addition to directing the Children’s Learning About Israel Project and co-directing both Project ORLIE: Research and Leadership in Israel Education and the Learning and Teaching about What Matters Project, Sivan serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Jewish Education and as a member of the faculty at the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute. Her books include My Second-Favorite Country: How American Jewish Children Think about Israel and Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field.