Henny van het Hoofd is the Director of Education of the NIK, the umbrella organization of Jewish Communities in the Netherlands. She developed the JELED program for children who do not attend Jewish day schools, which has been introduced in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. Henny taught Jewish studies at the VU University at Amsterdam and is currently finishing a Ph.D on the history of Jewish education in the Netherlands (1860-1940) with a specific focus on teachers. She was honoured with the Max Fischer Prize for Excellence in Jewish Education