Ofir  Tenenbaum 

Ofir Tenenbaum (he/him) is a second-year Ph.D. student in sociocultural anthropology. Ofir is intrigued by the ways in which socio-political changes influence people’s emotional and moral positions toward the taken-for-granted elements of their own personal life, and is particularly curious about moments of individual or collective self-reflection, decision-making and ambivalence. To learn more about Ofir’s research and publications, visit his webpage.

In Spring 2026, Isabel was awarded a summer mini-grant which will support preliminary ethnographic fieldwork in Berlin. His project examines how leftist Jewish Israelis in Berlin interpret and debate questions around belonging and “safety” amid German state institutional efforts to protect Jewish life through the policing and silencing of Palestinians. The project focuses on people who occupy a conflicted position—institutionally protected as Jews in Germany yet often feeling everyday forms of hostility and unease tied to their Israeliness, being emotionally and practically attached to some elements of their homeland yet hating much of what it has become, and benefiting as favored migrants in Germany while critiquing the same structures that render them privileged.