Dr. Mijal Bitton

Rosh Kehilla of the Downtown Minyan in NYC and Scholar in Residence at the Maimonides Fund

Dr. Mijal Bitton is a spiritual leader, public intellectual, and sociologist. She serves as the Rosh Kehilla of the Downtown Minyan in NYC and is a Scholar in Residence at the Maimonides Fund. Mijal is a Visiting Researcher at NYU Wagner, where she directs pioneering research on Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews in the United States. She is an alumna of the Wexner graduate fellowship, a New Pluralist Field Builder, and a Sacks Scholar. Mijal is committed to building a welcoming and vibrant Jewish life, leveraging renewed Jewish solidarity and commitment post-October 7. She lectures widely, co-hosts the podcast Wondering Jews, and was a featured speaker at the historic march for Israel in DC.