Sharona eshet-Kohen

Sharona eshet-Kohen has spent several years developing a postcolonial approach to Jewish issues, with a special focus on applying transnational feminist theory to issues confronting Jewish women. Her doctoral studies at Ben-Gurion University focused on Marxist and Messianic ideologies within the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (Leḥi) underground. While completing her Masters degree in theories of nationalism at UCLA, Sharona created the Doreinu program, aimed at facilitating deeper conversations for young professionals surrounding topics of Jewish identity and national consciousness. As an undergraduate student of economics and legal studies at UC Berkeley, she was a founder and president of Tikvah Students for Israel