Channa Zaccai is a PhD candidate in Jewish history, where she studies the migration history of Jewish Israelis in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2025, specifically diaspora formation, identity construction and integration in local Jewish communities. Her research stemmed from her master thesis where she studied experiences and narratives of belonging of Israeli female combat soldiers. Channa was the principcal researcher of the study "Memories of the Holocaust in Jewish families" within the project "War and freedom in three generations" for the National Committee 4 and 5 May (2023-2026). Previously, she taught interdisciplinary social science at the University of Utrecht. Her current research interests include diaspora and migration, Jewish history, Israel studies, gender, society and politics.

She obtained her bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary social sciences with a minor in conflict studies and human rights at the University of Utrecht (2009); studied international relations, conflict resolution, Hebrew and Israeli history at the University of Haifa and Tel-Aviv (2009-2010); and graduated with a master's degree in sociology (gender studies) and political science (conflict studies) at the University of Amsterdam (2012).