Yoshi Silverstein

Yoshi Silverstein is Founder & Executive Director of Mitsui Collective, a new startup building resilient community through embodied Jewish practice with a multiracial justice lens. Previously, Yoshi was Director of the JOFEE Fellowship at Hazon, through which he catalyzed the growth and leadership of 66 emerging professionals working across the US and Canada in the realm of Jewish relationship to land, food, culture, climate, and community. As a Chinese-Ashkenazi-American Jew, Yoshi is an active leader, advocate, and educator in the Jews of Color community. He was a member of Selah Cohort 14, currently sits on the Jews of Color Field Building Initiative's Grant Advisory Group, and speaks regularly on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Yoshi is also a CrossFit coach and movement teacher, 2nd degree blackbelt, and aficionado of Chinese Roast Duck. He lives in the Cleveland, OH area with his wife, daughter, and pup.