Meet the Team
These are the people hard at work to make ShadowLight a worldwide force for good.
Jordana Lebowitz
founder & executive Director
Jordana was inspired by participating in the March of the Living when she was 16 to become an advocate for Holocaust remembrance and human rights. She attended the trial of convicted former Nazi officer Oskar Groening in 2015 and co-authored a novel about her experiences there with established Holocaust author Kathy Kacer. She completed placements at the Museum of Tolerance in California; the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Australia; the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights in Montreal; and the Holocaust Outreach Programme at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Jordana aspires to create interactive programming on the topic of the Holocaust and social justice and conducts book tours worldwide. She recently presented as a speaker and Master of Ceremonies at the 2018 United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony. She is a recent graduate of Psychology from the University of Guelph and is pursuing her Masters of Education at the University of Southern California. Jordana takes time to pursue her passions including speaking about her experiences.
Sagi Kahane-Rapport
Creative Director
Sagi Kahane-Rapport is a film and commercial director based in Toronto, Canada. With an internationally distributed feature film and numerous award winning shorts under his belt, Sagi is constantly looking for new creative boundaries to push. With several Holocaust survivors in the family, Sagi was proud to lend his technical and creative skills to the creation of The Cattle Car exhibit.
Todd Cohn
Head of operations
Todd is an accomplished leader with a proven track record of scaling businesses and fostering impactful ideas. As the CEO of organizations like HATE ENDS NOW and NCSY, Todd has successfully built and empowered teams, strengthened community relationships, and spearheaded innovative initiatives. With over two decades of entrepreneurial success as the founder of Lighthouse Lubricants—a global manufacturer serving the electronics and optics industries—and as the owner of Cinnaholic, a Shark Tank-featured gourmet bakery, Todd demonstrates an unwavering commitment to excellence. Known for a keen eye for design, marketing expertise, and creative problem-solving, Todd inspires teams to achieve their best. A collaborative and empathetic leader, Todd is driven by a passion for turning ambitious visions into reality while building teams and environments that people want to be part of.
Education Team
Jori Reiken
Educator
"The highlight of this tour is facilitating meaningful conversations with students about the consequences of hate and discrimination. It is meaningful to listen to students about their knowledge of the Holocaust, hear their questions, and learn with them as they move through the Cattle Car Exhibit and the Artifact Collection while connecting this knowledge to their experiences in their community. This first month of the tour has already shown how crucial it is for all students to participate in this tour."
Sim Borodach
DIRECTOR OF Operations and Development
Sim brings a suite of skills coming from his startup experience. From working on back-end software, to nonprofit fundraising technology, consulting, and operations, Sim seeks to reinforce a high performance culture where the best idea wins, we ‘yes and’, we lead one another, and we work with our full hearts.
Rooted in the Torah’s agricultural framework, Sim strives to support an environment of regenerative growth, inclusive community, and learning from nature (and one another). As Reb Nahman teaches, “every shepherd has their song...so too does every grass.”
From parks and beaches in Los Angeles, to campground throughout California’s wilderness, Sim finds strength, healing, & grounding in natural settings.
As Jordana’s life-partner and member of Israel, Sim feels blessed to be a part of this tremendous mission to connect ancestral heritage with future generations through learning, sharing, and hope.
Greg
Exhibit Designer
Alberta Salinas
Educator
“This tour to me means impacting the lives of our future nation through educating and inspiring the youth. It’s important for these students to understand the injustices we have seen in our past to make sure we prevent similar reoccurrences. A lot of minorities in this country are under represented and it is time that we stand together in unity for the greater good. Seeing how thankful the students are after experiencing what we have to offer reminds me that we are reaching them in the best way possible.”