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The IAU OAE National Astronomy Education Coordinator team for Israel

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Ayelet Weizman
Dr Ayelet Weizman
Team Chair, NAEC team - Israel
Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts


Dr. Ayelet Weizman is a lecturer at the M.Ed. program in Educational Technology at Kibbutzim College of Education, where she is leading a track centered on Space Education, Innovation and Robots.
She has a Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences from Tel-Aviv university, and was a postdoc in science education at Michigan State University.
She is promoting space education for more than 20 years in various activities, including curriculum development, teacher education, research publications & various positions in space associations in Israel. One of them was VP of Education at SpaceIL.
At international level she participated in the Space Awareness project and currently is a member of UNOOSA Space4Women international expert team.


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Victor Bar
Victor Bar
Team Contact Person, NAEC team - Israel
Asteroid Day Israel
victor.z25​atgmail.com


Asteroid Enthusiast , Team Player and Project Manager in real life , Israel's Asteroid Day regional coordinator for the past 6 years , Former NEOShield2 ambassador , Space IL educational team volunteer.


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Einat Ben Eliyahu
Einat Ben Eliyahu
Team Member, NAEC team - Israel
Israeli Center for Excellence in Education



Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Nir Dubrovsky
Nir Dubrovsky
Team Member, NAEC team - Israel


I'm a veteran IT entrepreneur, and have founded and headed several software companies. Prior to that I held positions in marketing and R&D management in Systematics Atomi and several IT companies.
I'm a veteran of the green building international competition "Solar decathlon ,where I was representing Israel as head of the market appeal team.
I'm a devotional mentor and lecturer in the fields of space exploration at the ministry of education, Ramon foundation, Spaceil and the Israeli Ppace Agency (Horizon community).
I created several initiatives relating to space education, one of them "We are all residents of the Milky Way", aimed to gather Jewish and Arabic high school students under one umbrella of space exploration and education.
I holding 2 M.sc Degrees in various fields of Earth sciences from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA from Peres Academic Center.


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Osnat Eldar
Osnat Eldar
Team Member, NAEC team - Israel
Oranim College, Kiryat Tivon


Osnat is a lecturer at Oranim College of Education and holds an M.Sc. in Physics from Technion Haifa as well as a Ph.D. in Physics Education from the Weizmann Institute of Science. She volunteers in the HORIZON – Israeli space educator group and is an advisor for the ministry of education on K-12 teacher educating programs using space as an example of the STEAM approach and a member of Israeli Astronomy Society.


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Inbal Israel
Inbal Israel
Team Member, NAEC team - Israel



Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Itai Levy
Itai Levy
Team Member, NAEC team - Israel
Israel Space Agency


Born and raised in northern Israel, amateur astronomer for the past 20 years, spent 10 years in Space and Astronomy educational programs and institution, in a wide range of age groups and positions (both teaching level, and management level).


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Nitsan Moran
Nitsan Moran
Team Member, NAEC team - Israel


Nitsan is a space enthusiast and Space educator who Volunteers for the educational branch of SpaceIL, the organization that launched the Beresheet lunar lander. He has a teaching Diploma and works for several space education organizations: The Ramon Foundation, The Planetanya, and the Davidson Institute. Nitsan is a member (and former leader) of the Horizon community, for space educators, which established by the Israeli Space Agency.


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Majd Thabit
Majd Thabit
Team Member, NAEC team - Israel


Majd is the CEO of The Ilan Ramon Druze space center. His goal is to inspire children in Israel to be scientists and engineers. With his guide team he arranges many space and astronomy activities for kids and young people. He also works as a mechanical engineer and organises astronomy events across the country.


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Aya Zreke
Aya Zreke
Team Member, NAEC team - Israel
Astrofinders R.A.



Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

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Contact

To get in touch with the NAEC team for Israel please contact:
Victor Bar via victor.z25​atgmail.com

Astronomy Education in Israel

For more information on Astronomy Education in Israel, see the Astronomy Education in Israel document (PDF file 251.47 kB Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) icons) prepared by our NAEC team