Speakers
The Tamari Project
Musician
Gunther Jikeli
Director, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University
Sarah Abramson
President & CEO , One Table
Ghaith Al-Omari
Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Igor Alterman
President & CEO , Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
Izhar Armony
Chairperson, Homeward/Habaita
Rachel Azaria
Founder and CEO, HaOgen for Reservist Families
Miri Bar-Halpern
Director of Trauma Services and Training/ Lecturer in Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Parents for Peace
Ofer Bavly
JUF - Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Edward J. Beckwith
Partner, Baker Hostetler & Co-chair Tax and Charitable Giving Committee
Dennis Bernard
Chair, Government Affairs Subcommittee, Jewish Federations of North America
Tzvika Brot
Mayo, Bat-Yam Municipality
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
Senior Rabbi, Central Synagogue in New York City
Rebecca Caspi
Director General in Israel and Senior Vice President for Israel and Overseas , Jewish Federations of North America
Simon Cataldo
State Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Laura Cherner
JCRC Director , Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Warren H. Cohn
Media Advisor, American Middle East Press Association (AMEPA)
William Daroff
Chief Executive Officer, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Yotam Degani
Chief Development Officer, Community Centers Network Kiryat Shmona
Rabbi David Eliezrie
Shliach, Chabad
Niv Elis
Associate Vice President, External Communications, Jewish Federations of North America
Rahm Emanuel
Former United States Ambassador to Japan
Taylor Epstein
Associate Vice President, Federation Growth, Jewish Federations of North America
Noah Farkas
President & Chief Executive Officer, Jewish Federation of Los Angeles
Eileen Filler-Corn
President, EFC Strategies LLC
eric fingerhut
President & CEO, Jewish Federations of North America
Asher Gellis
Found & CEO, JQ International
Rina Goldberg
Vice President of Israel & Overseas & Deputy Director for Israel , Jewish Federations of North America
Micah Goodman
Israeli Author
Daniel Hagari
Immediate Past IDF Spokesperson
Lahav Harkov
Senior Political Correspondent, Jewish Insider
Sawson Hasson
Israeli Embassy
Tal Hochman
Executive Director, Israel Women's Network
Jon Hornstein
Program Director , The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Ellen Horowitz Matz
Director, Educational Tax Credit Programs, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia - Foundation for Jewish Day Schools
Sarah Hurwitz
Author
Tamar Ish-Shalom
Israeli journalist & host of Jewish Crossroads
Dr. Ben Jacobs
Research Associate Professor, The George Washington University
Scott Jennings
Principal at RunSwitch PR, CNN Contributor, Keynote Speaker
Dr. Brian Johnson
Former President, Independent
Jonah Kaplan
Investigative Reporter, CBS News and Stations
Bob Kaplan
Senior Adviser, JCRCNY
Shuli Karkowsky
Chief Executive Officer, Moving Traditions
Jacki Karsh
Reporter/Journalist, LA County Channel
Jacob Katz
Senior Fellow, Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI)
Yadin Kaufmann
Founder & Chairman, A Good Option / Tmura
Kellie Kelleher
Advisor, Center for Countering Digital Hate
Sherri Ketai
Chair of National Women’s Philanthropy, Jewish Federations of North America
Sawsan Kheir
Haifa University
Dr. Michael Koplow
Chief Policy Officer, Israel Policy Forum
Michelle Labgold
Chief Planning Officer, Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Jemma Levene
Chief Operating Officer, Center for Countering Digital Hate
Sarah Levin
Executive Director, JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa
Doug London
Managing Director & Partner of CCS Fundraising, National Young Leadership Cabinet Israel & Overseas Vice-Chair
Nate Looney
Director of Community Safety & Belonging , Jewish Federations of North America
David Makovsky
Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations
Jason Miyares
Attorney General, Virginia Office of the Attorney General
Zachary Nichols
Applied Research Fellow , Collaborative for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE)
Ann Pava
President , Micah Philanthropies
Margo Paz
UJA Federation of New York
Wendy Platt Newberger
Director, Crown Family Philanthropies
John Podhoretz
Editor, Commentary Magazine
Jenna Potash
Senior Director, Public Outreach, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
Adina Poupko
Executive Director, Natan Fund
Gil Preuss
Chief Executive Officer , The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Olivia Reingold
Staff Writer, The Free Press
Deborah Riegel
CEO, Deborah Grayson Riegel Coaching and Consulting
Rev. Juan Rivera
President, Hispanic Israel Leadership Coalition
Avi Rubel
CEO, Honeymoon Israel
Jeff Schoenfeld
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Jewish Federations of North America
Dan Senor
Author & Partner and member of the Management Committee at Elliott Investment Management L.P.
Tal Shaked Cretella
VP Strategy and External Relations, Rashi Foundation
Eran Shayshon
Founder and CEO, Atchalta: Shaping Tomorrow
Devora Simon
National Director, JSU
Jamie Simon
Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Jewish Camp
Lauren Steinberg
Managing Director, Campus and K-12 Engagement and Strategic Initiative, Jewish Federations of North America
Rabbi Shira Stutman
Senior Rabbi of the Aspen Jewish Congregation & Founder of Mixed Multitudes
Rachel Sumekh
Entrepreneur and Strategy Consultant
Behnam Taleblu
Senior Director (Iran program) and Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)
Jessica Tarlov
Co-host of The Five on FOX News
Rabbi Andrew Terkel
Executive Director, Student to Student, Jewish Federations of North America
Gila Tolub
Executive Director, ICAR Collective
Jason Torchinsky
Partner, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC
Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
Senior Director, Knowledge Ideas and Learning, The Jewish Education Project
Dr. Dana Walker
Chief Operating Officer, Urban Legend Media
Noam Weissman
Executive Vice President , OpenDor Media
