Alumni

You could say that this was our yearbook page. Here you will find short bios of the alumni of the Tisalom Residency Program.

Alumni 2024-2026

Kabumbayi Joh (2026)
A Congolese singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Tamar Mendelsohn (2026)
Singer of sacred and devotional music in Persian, Hebrew, and the language of the heart.  
Amira Abo Ata (2024) is a facilitator of healing processes, an actor and a writer. She lives in Haifa.
Tchelet Miriam Zohar (2024) is a poet, artist and chef, working with and for spirit, using words and movement. Jerusalem based, born and raised. Photo Credit: Benyamin Reich
Gitty Jakubo (2026)
Vocalist and composer inspired by traditional Yiddish, klezmer and cantorial technique.

Ayelet Ben Ishay (AYAH) (2024) is a singer, voice healer, sound sorceress, songwriter and composer of music and prayers for healing, social justice and love.
Ezra Paul Stadler (2024) is a writer, cook, and scholar of literature and psychoanalysis, with his mind partly lingering in the 1920s.
Photo Credit: Manu Theobald
Mohammad Abuajwa (2026)
A language teacher from gaza, and a writer of fantasy. 

Mara Jawetz (2026)
A multidisciplinary artist, published author and a puppeteer. 

Raphaëlle Oskar (2024) is a multidisciplinary artist, polyglot and student of the Talmud. 

Photo Credit: Levi Shagalow 

Netanel Olhoeft (2024) is a rabbi, writer and lecturer, who combines dynamic Torah teaching with a passion for engaging the challenges of contemporary Judaism.
Photo Credit: Levi Shagalow