Dr. Naama Azulai, a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, received her PhD in Sociology and Anthropology in 2010 from Bar-Ilan University, where she completed her studies with distinction.  Her research deals with the religious renaissance within the secular population in Israel, examining its historical, social, and identical aspects.

Dr. Azulai has published articles on the new Jewish revival social movement, which is forming among communal groups of young secular people in Israel.

Her present research within the framework of the Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought examines perceptions of Jewish identity among communal groups of secular youth in Israel.

Dr. Azulai is the director of the Alliance Schools network and has worked for many years in formal and informal education in the Israeli periphery.