Shira Hecht-Koller

Shira Hecht-Koller is an educator, attorney, and writer. She is currently Director of Education for 929 English, a platform for the daily global study of Tanakh and a faculty member at Drisha, where she teaches and directs the Dr. Beth Samuels High School fellowship program. She brings with her a decade of experience teaching Jewish and interdisciplinary studies in high schools. Prior to embarking on a career in education, she practiced corporate intellectual property law at Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP. Shira was a Paradigm Fellow at the Paideia Institute of Jewish Studies in Stockholm, where she is currently Educational Ambassador, and holds a certificate in experiential education from M2. She is a past board member of Uri L’Ttzedek, and sits on the advisory board of Shazur/Interwoven, an organization designed to rebuild the relationship between Israeli and American Jewry. She holds a JD from Cardozo School of Law. Her photography was featured in The Jewish Journey Haggadah (authored by Adena Berkowitz).