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Adi Altschuler

Adi Altschuler is an Israeli educator, social entrepreneur and politician who founded the Krembo Wings youth movement and the Zikaron BaSalon project.

born 1986Founding Krembo WingsFounding Zikaron BaSalonInclusive education through Inclu

Adi Altschuler
Born
23 November 1986, Hod HaSharon
Occupation
pedagogue, social entrepreneur
Education
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Founded
Zikaron BaSalon (2011)

Adi Altschuler was born in 1986 in Hod HaSharon

Adi Altschuler was born in 1986 in Hod HaSharon, the daughter of Erez and Dorit Altschuler. She studied at Hadarim High School in Hod HaSharon. At 12 she began volunteering at ILAN, a group for children with physical disabilities, where she tutored Kobi Kfir, a child with cerebral palsy.

In 2002, at 16, she joined the LEAD leadership program and founded Krembo Wings, a youth movement for young people with and without special needs. She was its CEO and chair until 2009 and then its president until 2014. In 2010 she started Zikaron BaSalon with her partner Nadav Embon, a project of Holocaust remembrance gatherings held in private living rooms.

From 2013 to 2017 she led Google for Education in Israel. In 2017 she founded Inclu, a nonprofit that promotes inclusive education in public schools, and she has served as its CEO. In September 2018 the Ministry of Education opened inclusive schools as part of this program.

In 2026 she joined the Yashar party led by Gadi Eisenkot as its candidate for education minister. She was placed fourth on its list and was elected to the 26th Knesset. She is married to Nadav Embon, they have two sons and a daughter, and they live in Tel Aviv.

Adi Altschuler's life in 9 milestones

  1. 1986

    Born in Hod HaSharon.

  2. 2002

    Founded the Krembo Wings youth movement.

  3. 2009

    Received the Presidential Award for Volunteerism.

  4. 2010

    Started the Zikaron BaSalon project.

  5. 2013

    Received the Rappaport Prize and began leading Google for Education in Israel.

  6. 2014

    Named by Time as one of six leaders of the next generation.

  7. 2017

    Founded the Inclu nonprofit for inclusive schools.

  8. 2020

    Lit a torch at the national Independence Day ceremony.

  9. 2026

    Received the Israel Prize for Young Leadership and was elected to the Knesset.

Adi Altschuler received 4 awards and honours

  • Rappaport Prize
  • Presidential Award for Volunteerism
  • Yigal Allon Prize
  • Independence Day (Israel) torchbearer
Members of the 26th Knesset

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Based on English Wikipedia, Adi Altschuler and Hebrew Wikipedia, עדי אלטשולר, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: עדי אדר, CC BY-SA 4.0

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