Zoe Manor

Zoe Manor

Born in Jerusalem, raised in Colorado, building a creative career in LA, until October 7, and rising antisemitism sent Zoe Manor back to Israel, in the middle of a war.
She joined a Masa Israel Journey program as a soft landing, and a spur-of-the-moment offer to edit audio grew into Talking Unfiltered, a podcast exploring dating, bureaucracy, community, faith and identity from both native-Israeli and diaspora perspectives. In this conversation she reflects on why she'd rather live under rockets than as "a shell" of herself, what native Israelis still don't understand about antisemitism abroad, and how she made peace with her accent, recalling her brother's line that everyone who built this country once spoke Hebrew with one.

So This Is Where We Live

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How MITF Alumnae Landed Their Teaching Jobs

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San Diego Jewish Journal: Inspired to Give Back

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Bring on the Tears, an MITF Story By Allison Paisner

And so, one by one the goodbyes commence. Doors are closing and...

5 Elements of Israeli Culture and Mentality That I Will Bring Home

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Rishon Lezion with MITF: First Impressions

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Time to Re-Lod!

By Rebecca Taranto, Masa Israel Intern Did I mean to say “re-load”...

Hiking Through History in Beit Shean

Masa Israel Teaching Fellows work and live in cities on the socioeconomic...

The Holidays in Israel

By Chloe Newman, Masa Israel Teaching Fellow in Ashdod While this holiday...

Lost and Found in Israel: A Love Story

Benjamin Winik and Samantha Sisisky in Tel Aviv Just weeks into her...