Danielle is a matchmaker, culture writer, and lifelong Philadelphian. She is Tribe 12’s “in house matchmaker” and creator of our matchmaking initiative which she started in 2014 and grew to serve hundreds of people dating in Philly’s Jewish community. An American-Israeli dual citizen with Moroccan roots, her cooking and personality have both been described as “surprisingly spicy”. Danielle loves all things words like competitive Scrabble, the Sunday crossword, and writing poetry. Danielle received her Masters in Jewish Studies from Gratz College where she completed a thesis on trends in secular Jewish dating. She is trained in two forms of facilitative mediation as well as the Stanford d.school’s design thinking methodology.