Dr. Shahar Sadeh

Board Member

Dr. Shahar Sadeh serves as Director of Strategic Affairs at JCRC-NY. Since 2014 she has been working with academics, educators, and urban experts, developing future-looking programs and initiatives. She directs the Faculty Engagement Program and the Resilient Cities programs, working with faculty and administrators all across NYC to enhance nuance discussions about Israel and the Israeli Palestinian conflict. She curates and leads academic events, workshops as well as study tours to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. She also oversees the education portfolio at the JCRC-NY which includes the New York Education Initiative as well as the Youth-Bridge program.

Shahar is a scholar-practitioner in the fields of Environmental Diplomacy and Environmental Peacemaking in the Middle East. She received her degrees from Tel Aviv University and taught courses on environmental politics in the Middle East at Columbia University.  She has been part of the environmental movement and the peace camp in Israel. Shahar's interest in the Environmental Peacemaking field is not merely academic and she has been part of the environmental movement and the peace camp in Israel for many years.