Faculty, Fellows and Honorary Professors

Christopher COLES D.S.S(c) (Switzerland), M.A. ( UCL). Finkelperel Institute | Dean of Programs Professor of Jewish History. Areas of Focus: Mongolian Jewish Question (MJQ), Jewish-Indigenous Studies, Imperial Russian Jewish History, Rabbinical History, Anglo-Jewish History, Nonconformists and Industry, Hebrew MSS, The City of London

Ulzii KHALTAR (Mongolia) – Finkelperel Institute Chief Registrar, Executive Director Eden Academy

Paul PAULUS (United States) – Honorable Emeritus Professor of Psychology U of Texas Arlington, National Science Institute, United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) research books Finkelperel Mentorships Program

Rand WOOD (Australia) – President Trade and Development Bank (TDB), Mongolia , Finkelperel Mentorships Program

Gillian HOROWITZ (Canada) – Vice President of Canadian Hadassah-World Zionist Organization, Former President of the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, Long term Holocaust Education Director, Educator

Lily KAHN (United Kingdom) – Director of Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies UCL, Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Languages, Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, UCL, Prof Kahn completed her BA (2003), MA (2004), and PhD (2008) in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at UCL, specialising in Hebrew and Yiddish philology. She teaches Biblical Hebrew, Rabbinic Hebrew, Ugaritic, and Yiddish in the Department and is Co-Convenor of the interdepartmental BA in Ancient Languages. She supervises dissertations on Hebrew and Semitic linguistics. Her main research area is Hebrew in Eastern Europe. She is also interested in Yiddish, the history of Hebrew, comparative Semitic linguistics, Jewish languages, translation studies, endangered language revitalization, and the development of Hebrew and Yiddish pedagogical materials.

Jonathan LEDERMANN (United Kingdom) – Distinguished Professor of Medical Oncology,
Clinical Director, UCL Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom, Finkelperel Mentorships Program

Paul FEE (Canada) – President and CEO (Former) of CoreLab Partners (Genetic Engineering and BioTechnologies), Finkelperel Mentorships Program

Michael BERKOWITZ (United Kingdom/United States) – Distinguished Professor of Modern and European Jewish History, Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom

Ian MCCLELLAND (Canada) – Founder, President of Colorfast Corporation, Board of Directors of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), Canada, Finkelperel Mentorships Program

Steve BASADUR (Canada) – Former Trade Commissioner for Canada to Mongolia, Distinguished Dean of Finkelperel Institute for Diplomatic Studies

Jacob PORAT (Mongolia/Israel) – Professor of Startups and Technology, Professor of Classical and Rabbinic Hebrew

Avi CARMELI (Israel) – Professor of Strategic Management, University of Tel Aviv

Hannah ADLER (Israel) – Dean, Finkelperel School of Education

Jeffrey HENDERSON (Andorra/Canada) – Distinguished Professor of Global Management and Economics

Norman MADRASZ (Brazil/France) – Distinguished Professor of European Philosophy and Thought

Arvid BJERGA (Norway/Israel) – Assistant Professor of European-Israeli Studies and Ethnology Studies

Dr. Benjamin HERR (Republic of South Africa) – Consultant, Finkelperel Mentorship Program

Tobi PHILPOTT (United Kingdom) – Adjunct Professor Finkelperel BBA Program, International Banking

Don MCCARGAR (Canada) – International Consultant Finkelperel Mentorship Program

Michael ‘Misha’ BALITSER (United States) – Assistant Professor Finkelperel Yeshiva Programs

Yuri MARTYNOVSKI (United States/Russia) – Dean of Finkelperel Merchant Ambassador MBA Program

Theo BRAND (Canada) – Assistant Professor of Data Management, Finkelperel Institute

Dr. Amin MASHADI (Denmark) – Consultant, Finkelperel Mentoring Program

Mark JACOBS (New Zealand) – Gold Mining Industry Consulant, Finkelperel Mentorship Program

Viktor KEL’NER (Russia) – Professor of Jewish Pedagogy in Imperial Russia and Contemporary Russia

Kelly MCCAULEY (Canada) – Member of Canadian Federal Parliament (MP) Finkelperel Mentorships Program

Deepak BOOJHAWON (Qatar, Canada) – Consultant, International Management, Finkelperel Mentorships Program

Nachman BEN ABRAHAM (EU) – Assistant Professor of Rabbinical Studies and Banking

Enkhsogt ERDENETSOGT (Mongolia) – Marketing Manager, Finkelperel Institute Mongolia

Guy VALSCHAERTS (Belgium) – Finkelperel Professor of Viticulture and Oinaeology. Alliance Francaise Board of Directors, Senior Industrial Advisor EGP, EBRD

Dr. SAMBU PhD (Russian Federation) – Distinguished Professor of Cybernetics, Tomsk State University, Baikanur Cosmodrome, Soviet Space Program (Star City)

Simon OSTER (Israel) – Instructor ‘Archaeology and Geography of Israel’

Sam LEWIS JACOBS (United Kingdom) – Instructor ‘Sociology of Jewish London’

Taiaiake ALFRED – Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Distinguished Professor of Indigenous Studies, Project Manager KAHNAWÀ:KE GOVERNANCE PROJECT

Francois GUESNET (United Kingdom) Polish-Jewish History, Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom

Daphna BRUELLER (Israel) – Professor of Business Psychology, Ramat Gan University, Israel

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