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Alessio Pellegrino (right) at the Ben-Gurion Archive with Halutz cohort IV, Sde Boker, April 2025

“BGU is a unique melting pot of cultures and backgrounds… driven by merit, dedication, and hard work.” Alessio Pellegrino, Halutz Fellow

For Zin fellow Noah Tratt (cohort VI), from Seattle, the connection to BGU began years earlier, but the program transformed that connection into something more enduring.

Jewish background, he was struck by the University’s openness and diversity. “BGU is a unique melting pot of cultures and backgrounds… driven by merit, dedication, and hard work,” he says. What resonated most was the sense of shared purpose, an academic environment where innovation and social responsibility are deeply intertwined. Since “The people, the ideas, the energy — it all combined into an incredible

completing the program, Pellegrino has carried that perspective beyond campus, working to introduce new audiences to BGU and helping build bridges between Italy and Israel.

experience.” Noah Tratt, Zin Fellow

Noah Tratt (2nd from right) with Zin cohort VI, March 2023