Professor Benji Davis
Founder and Director, IMPACT Israel
Benji Davis is an American-born Israeli educator and scholar, currently serving as Assistant Professor of Jewish Education at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. He previously served as the 2024–2025 Israel Institute Teaching and Research Fellow at George Mason University. Benji is also the founding director of IMPACT Israel Education. In 2024, he received the Harold Wechsler Award for Emerging Scholars from the Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE), recognizing his research on the vision and teaching of Israel education.