Dr. Benji Davis, the founder and director of IMPACT Israel Education, is the Israel Institute Teaching and Research Fellow at George Mason University. An American-born Israeli educator and scholar, Benji’s research is at the forefront of academic discourse on the philosophy and pedagogy of Israel education. A fellow at the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education and a member of the Birthright Israel Education Committee, Benji was honored with the 2024 Harold Wechsler Award for Emerging Scholars by the Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE). He holds a PhD in Education from the University of Haifa and recently relocated with his family from Jerusalem to the Washington, DC area with his wife Rachel and three daughters Maia, Ella, and Lia for a three-year fellowship in teaching and researching Israel Studies.