Ofer was born and raised in Tivon, a town in the north of Israel, as a third generation to one of the first founding families of the late 1930s. He served as a fighter on a battleship in the Israel Defense Force, studied Law and as a practicing lawyer, worked with the Israeli Religious Action Center, dealing with civil rights in Israel and helping new Olim (immigrants) with their legal issues. Ofer spent four years in North America as the representative of University Student Division of the World Zionist Organization, working to bring Israel to the campuses and the campuses to Israel. During the last three years he worked in developing and managing many internship, volunteer, and study MASA programs all over Israel - long term programs for students and young professional Jews from all over the world, a Jewish Agency for Israel project in collaboration with the Israeli government. Ofer is bringing to JVP Community (Bakehila) a lot of experience in the formal and informal education fields, management and outreach to different forms of communities and outside the box thinking on development and growth.

Maya joined Bakehila in 2012.  She has prior experience as the CEO of the Jerusalem Council for the elderly. She also works as an Employment Coordinator at the Jerusalem municipality  and as community relations coordinator at Intel. Maya has a B.A in Geography and Theater and M.A in Urban Planing Both from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  

Oshrit is the Neighborhood Manager in Talpiot. Oshrit has a B.A in Communications and an M.A in NGO Management, both from Hebrew University. Her prior experience includes coordinating a Dropout Prevention Program in a municipal project, managing the Leadership Training Program for University students, as well as being Manager of Youth in Gilo's Community Council.
 

Yael joined Bakehila in 2010. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Education and Theatre and a Masters in NGO Management from the Hebrew University. She worked in the Jewish agency, both in “Shlichut” in Argentina and in the institute for youth leaders from abroad of Latin America. For the past two years she has been the coordinator of the learning center in Gilo and is now starting her position as Gilo's Community Director.

Aamir Joined Bakehila in 2012. He has prior experiance as a Disabilities children Instructur at Israel Elwyn. Aamir also worked as Matriculation exams Coordinator at Manpower and as East-Jerusalem Projects & Classes Coordinator at Halon Organization. Aamir studied Special Education and Communication at Davud Yellin College.

Yair joined Bakehila in 2006. He worked as an instructor within the Kiryat Hayovel Learning Center then became coordinator of that same Learning Center for the following two years. Today he serves as the Director of Bakehila’s Learning Centers as well Yair is incharge of Bakehila's evaliuation program
Yair has a B.A in Business Administraions & Communication from the Hebrew University.