Speakers
The Tamari Project
Musician
Gunther Jikeli
Director, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University
Dr. Sarah Abramson
President & CEO , One Table
Imran Ahmed
Chief Executive Officer, Officer Center for Countering Digital Hate
Ghaith Al-Omari
Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Sara Allen
Associate Vice President, Community and Jewish Life; Executive Director, BeWell, Jewish Federations of North America
Doron Almog
Chairman of the Executive, The Jewish Agency for Israel
Igor Alterman
President & CEO , Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
Angel Alvarez Mapp
COO and Principal, Tiny Windows Consulting
Izhar Armony
Chairperson, Homeward/Habaita
Barry Avrich
Filmmaker, Partner , BT/A ADVERTISING
Rachel Azaria
Founder and CEO, HaOgen for Reservist Families
Dr. Miri Bar-Halpern
Director of Trauma Services and Training/ Lecturer in Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Parents for Peace
Ofer Bavly
Vice President Director General of the Israel Office, JUF - Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Anne Bayefsky
Director, Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust; President, Human Rights Voices, International legal scholar
Dawne Bear Novicoff
Executive Vice President, Jim Joseph Foundation
Edward J. Beckwith
Partner, Baker Hostetler & Co-chair Tax and Charitable Giving Committee
Andrew Belinfante
Interim Co-Executive Director, JDC Entwine
Dennis Bernard
Chair, Government Affairs Subcommittee, Jewish Federations of North America
Paul Bernstein
Chief Executive Officer, Prizmah
Evan Bernstein
Vice President for Community Relations, Jewish Federations of North America
Haim Bibas
Mayor of Modi'in and Chairman, Federation of Local Authorities in Israel
Emily Briskman
Vice President, JUF Campus Affairs & Executive Director, The Hillels of Illinois , Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
Tzvika Brot
Mayo, Bat-Yam Municipality
Rebecca Brown
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and University Governance, Washington University in St. Louis
David Brown
Board Chair, National Association of Jewish Legislators
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
Mark Charendoff
President, Maimonides Fund
Laura Cherner
JCRC Director , Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Yossi Cohen
Former Director of the Mossad and Head of SoftBank Investment Advisers, Israel, Aya Technologies
Warren H. Cohn
Media Advisor, American Middle East Press Association (AMEPA)
Philissa Cramer
Cramer, Editor in Chief, JTA
Dr. John Crouch
General Assembly Co-Chair
David Cygielman
Founder & CEO, Mem Global
William Daroff
Chief Executive Officer, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Yotam Degani
Chief Development Officer, Community Centers Network Kiryat Shmona
Ted Deutch
CEO, American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Harmeet Dhillon
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
Meredith Dragon
Chief Executive Officer, Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest New Jersey
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
Nicole Erdfrocht
Senior Director, Philanthropic Engagement , Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Jon Falk
Vice President, Israel Engagement and Confronting Antisemitism, Hillel International
Rabbi 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
Jeffrey Finkelstein
President and CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Andrea Fleishaker
Deputy Director of the Jewish Life Department, UJA-Federation of New York
Andrew Friedson
Council Member, Montgomery County Council
Heidi Gantwerk
President and CEO, Jewish Federation of San Diego
Zachary Garber
Managing Director, Garber Wealth Management
Asher Gellis
Found & CEO, JQ International
Ori Gil
Director General at JDC Elka, JDC
Rina Goldberg
Vice President of Israel & Overseas & Deputy Director for Israel , Jewish Federations of North America
David Golder
Secretary, Jewish Federations of North America
David Goldfarb
Senior Director, Strategic Health Resource Center, Jewish Federations of North America
Eric Goldstein
CEO, UJA-Federation of New York
Micah Goodman
Israeli Author
Cindy Greenberg
CEO, Repair the World
Marjan Greenblatt
Founder and Director, Alliance for Rights of All Minorities
Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO and National Director, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League)
Danielle Gross
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Daniel Hagari
Immediate Past IDF Spokesperson
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari
Founding Academic Head, Ruth and Emanuel Rackman Center for the Advancement of the Status of Women at Bar-Ilan University’s Faculty of Law; Co-Founder, The Dinah Project
Lahav Harkov
Senior Political Correspondent, Jewish Insider
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
Jonathan Huppert
Professor, The Center for Trauma Recovery at The Hebrew University
Sarah Hurwitz
Author
Shira Hutt
Executive Vice President , Jewish Federations of North America
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
Rabbi Bob Kaplan
Senior Adviser, JCRCNY
Shuli Karkowsky
Chief Executive Officer, Moving Traditions
Jacki Karsh
Reporter/Journalist, LA County Channel
Yaakov Katz
Senior Fellow, Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI)
Aaron Kaufman
Senior Manager of Legislative Affairs, Jewish Federations of North America
Yadin Kaufmann
Founder & Chairman, A Good Option / Tmura
Kellie Kelleher
Advisor, Center for Countering Digital Hate
Daniel Kelley
Director of Strategy and Operations and Interim Head, Center for Technology & Society, ADL
Sherri Ketai
Chair of National Women’s Philanthropy, Jewish Federations of North America
Dr. Sawsan Kheir
University of Haifa
Juliana Kohl Gendelman
CJL Co-Chair, Jewish Federations of North America
Rena Kopelman
JFNA Board member; Film and Television Producer
Dr. Michael Koplow
Chief Policy Officer, Israel Policy Forum
Sarena Koschitzky
Vice –chair of the Board , UJA Federation of Toronto
Huda Kowas
Economic Development Manager, Israel's Northern Region, The Jewish Agency for Israel
Elad Kozokaro
Chief Executive Officer, Community Centers Network Kiryat Shmona
Jaimie Krass
President and CEO, Keshet
Mimi Kravetz
Chief Impact & Growth Officer, Jewish Federations of North America
Renee Kutner
President & CEO , Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Michelle Labgold
Chief Planning Officer, Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Anna Langer
Vice President, North American Israel Strategy and Acting Executive Director of the Israel Educational Travel Alliance, Jewish Federations of North America
Sara Lefton
Chief Development Officer, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
Adam Lehman
, President and CEO, Hillel International
Jemma Levene
Chief Operating Officer, Center for Countering Digital Hate
Sarah Levin
Executive Director, JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa
Ari Levy
Associate Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Hillel International
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
Flo Low
Founder and CEO , BAMAH
Joan Lubar
General Assembly Co-Chair, Jewish Federations of North America
Brett Lubarsky
Director, Jewish Communal Life, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
David Makovsky
Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations
Sarah Mali
Director General, Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA
Yael Maori
Widow of Lt. Col. Dan Maori z"l killed in battle on October 24, 2024
Richard Marceau
Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel, CIJA
Kenneth Marcus
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
Michael Masters
National Director & CEO, Secure Community Network (SCN)
Dr. Dean McKay
Professor of Psychology, Fordham University
Hadas Minka-Brand
Executive Director, JDC Israel
Adam Minsky
President & CEO, UJA Toronto
Jason Miyares
Attorney General, Virginia Office of the Attorney General
Shlomi Nahumson
CEO, IDF Widows and Orphans Organization (IDFWO)
Yolanda Narva Savage
Vice president of Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) , Union for Reform Judaism
Lonnie Nasatir
President, Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Danyelle Neuman
Chief Development Officer, The Jewish Agency for Israel
Irina Nevzlin
Chair, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People
Zachary Nichols
Applied Research Fellow , Collaborative for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE) at The George Washington University
Gail Norry
Co-Chair, Community & Jewish Life, Jewish Federations of North America
Zibby Owens
Founder, Zibby Media
Suzanne Patt Benvenisti
Vice President, Israel & Overseas, Jewish Federations of North America
Ann Pava
Chair of Community Relations Subcommittee, Jewish Federations of North America
Margo Paz
Director, Advocacy & Government Relations, UJA Federation of New York
Julie Platt
Immediate Past Chair, Jewish Federations of North America
Wendy Platt Newberger
Director of Jewish Life and Israel Giving, 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
Hindy Poupko
Senior Vice President, UJA-Federation New York
Gil Preuss
Chief Executive Officer , The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Dena Rashes
Treasurer, Jewish Federations of North America
Olivia Reingold
Staff Writer, The Free Press
Deborah Riegel
CEO, Deborah Grayson Riegel Coaching and Consulting
David Rittberg
Senior Director for US Grantmaking, Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Rev. Juan Rivera
President, Hispanic Israel Leadership Coalition
Renee Rockford
President and CEO, Jewish Colorado
Isaiah Rothstein
Rabbinic Scholar and Public Affairs Advisor, Jewish Federations of North America
Avi Rubel
CEO, Honeymoon Israel
Annie Sandler
President, Joint Distribution Committee
Jeff Schoenfeld
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Jewish Federations of North America
Yardena Schwartz
Journalist & Author
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
Dr. Jenna Shapiro
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Eran Shayshon
Founder and CEO, Atchalta: Shaping Tomorrow
Susan Shulman Pertnoy
Immediate Past-Chair, Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
Orna Siegel
Executive Director, ElevatEd
Jamie Simon
Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Jewish Camp
Devora Simon
National Director, Jewish Student Union (JSU)
Becky Sobelman-Stern
Chief Impact Officer, Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
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)
Tao Tan
Affiliate Scholar, Center for the Future of the American University, American Enterprise Institute
Jessica Tarlov
Co-host of The Five on FOX News
Rabbi Andrew Terkel
Executive Director, Student to Student, Jewish Federations of North America
Jordyn Tilchen
Jewish and Israel Causes Lead, Urban Legend Media
Julie Tilson Stanley
President and CEO, Jewish Columbus
Gila Tolub
Executive Director, ICAR Collective
Jason Torchinsky
Partner, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC
Gary Torgow
Chair, Board of Trustees, Jewish Federations of North America
Rabbi Michael Uram
Chief Jewish Learning Officer, Jewish Federations of North America
Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
Senior Director, Knowledge Ideas and Learning, The Jewish Education Project
Dr. Dana Walker
Chief Operating Officer, Urban Legend Media
Amy Weiss
Director of Jewish Communal Engagement and Learning, OLAM
Noam Weissman
Executive Vice President , OpenDor Media
Mark Wilf
Chairman of the Board of Governors , The Jewish Agency for Israel
Erica Winsor
Public Affairs Director, Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
