Jonathan Lavy
Jerusalem District Manager, Green Horizons
Jonathan Lavy is the Jerusalem district manager for "Hugey Sayarut", KKL-JNF’s Green Horizons Outdoor Leadership School, which offers educational outdoor activities for youth in Israel. Over the years, he has worked as a hiking guide and has created experiences in nature for youth in various frameworks, including afterschool nature clubs, the High School for Environmental Studies at Midreshet Ben Gurion in Sde Boker, and Arab-Jewish encounters. Jonathan is a strong believer in unmediated encounters between people, nature, and the environment, and in the power of these encounters to cultivate abilities, responsibility, independence, friendship, cooperation, and curiosity. He holds a bachelor’s degree in archaeology and ancient Near Eastern studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and lives in Jerusalem.*This biography was last updated at the start of the program