2016 SPEAKERS
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Congressman Brad Sherman United States Representative for California’s 30th Congressional District
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Congressman Trent Franks United States Representative for Arizona's 8th Congressional District
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Congressman Tony Cárdenas United States Representative for California’s 29th Congressional District
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Rudy Giuliani Former Mayor of New York City
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Michael B. Oren Deputy Minister, Prime Minister's Office
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Ofir Akunis, MK Minister of Science, Technology, and Space (Likud)
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Yoav Galant, MK Minister of Construction (Kulanu)
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Amb. Dennis Ross William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Counselor Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship
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Elazar Stern, MK Member of Knesset (Yesh Atid), Retired IDF Major General
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Ayoob Kara, MK Deputy Minister of Regional Cooperation (Likud)
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Zehava Galon, MK Chairperson of Meretz
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Dr. Aliza Lavie, MK Member of Knesset (Yesh Atid)
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Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Senate Democratic Leader
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Ron Prosor Israel's former Ambassador to the UN, Abba Eban Chair in International Diplomacy and a Distinguished Fellow at the Hudson Institute
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Dr. Anat Berko, MK Member of Knesset (Likud)
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Natan Sharansky Chairman of the Executive, The Jewish Agency for Israel
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Judy Shalom Nir Mozes Israeli public figure, talk show host, media proprietor and charity activist
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Seth M. Siegel Businessman, activist and author of "Let There Be Water: Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World"
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David Brog CEO, Maccabee Task Force
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Mark Sokoll President and CEO, JCC of Greater Boston
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Gidi Grinstein President and Founder of Reut Institute
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Yehuda Yaacov Consul General of Israel, New England
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Sima Vaknin-Gil Director General, Ministry of Strategic Affairs
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Dr. Andy David Consul General of Israel, Pacific Northwest
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Zack Bodner CEO, Oshman Family JCC
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Prof. Simcha & Dr. Leah Goldin Head of the Diaspora Research Center at Tel Aviv University & CEO Golden Solutions and Senior Lecturer at Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering Parents of Hadar Goldin z”l
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Shira Ruderman Israel Director of the Ruderman Family Foundation
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Jonathan S. Kessler Director of Strategic Initiatives, AIPAC
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Russell F. Robinson CEO, Jewish National Fund
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Dana Weiss Chief Political Analyst, Israel’s Channel 2
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Dr. Joyce Starr Author, "Kissing Through Glass: The Invisible Shield Between Americans And Israelis"
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Sam Grundwerg Consul General of Israel, Los Angeles
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Richard V. Sandler Chairman of The Jewish Federation of North America (JFNA), Executive Vice President & A Trustee of The Milken Family Foundation
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Dr. Yoaz Hendel Senior Military and Diplomatic Commentator for Yedioth Ahronoth
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Lior Haiat Consul General of Israel, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Puerto Rico
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Sheldon G. Adelson Businessman, Investor & Philanthropist, Chairman & CEO, Las Vegas Sands Corporation
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Steven A. Rakitt President, Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF)
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Shmuel Rosner Political Editor of the Jewish Journal, and Journalist at Maariv Daily
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Roz Rothstein Co-Founder and CEO, StandWithUs
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Uzi Baruch Editor-in-Chief at Arutz Sheva
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Dr. Dror Eydar Literature, Culture and Society Researcher; Senior Commentator at Israel Hayom and Editor of the Op-Ed and Opinion desk at Israel Hayom
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Israel "Izzy" Tapoohi President and Chief Executive Officer of Development Corporation for Israel / Israel Bonds
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Ambassador Dani Dayan Consul General of Israel in New York
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Prof. Eytan Gilboa Professor of International Communication and Director of the Center for International Communication at Bar-Ilan University
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Boaz Bismuth Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom
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Yaniv Helfgot Executive Editor ״Meet the Press” Israel at Channel 2 News
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Dr. Ruth Calderon Former Member of Knesset and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset for the Yesh Atid Party, an Educator and Talmud Scholar.
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Yoav Krakovsky Head of the Political Desk at Reshet Bet
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Jordan Shenker CEO, Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
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Tal Keinan Co-Founder & CEO of Clarity Capital, Chairman of Koret Economic Development Funds
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Alon Ben David Senior Defense Correspondent, Channel 13
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Prof. Uriel Reichman President and Founder of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Hertzelia
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David Suissa Editor-in-Chief Tribe Media/Jewish Journal
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Yasmin Lukatz Founder & Executive Director, ICON
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Nechama Duek Journalist, Yediot Aharonot
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Lindsey Horvath Councilmember & Mayor (2015), City of West Hollywood
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Yishai Goldflam Executive Director, Israel Advocacy & Education at Jewish National Fund
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Prof. Leonard Saxe Director, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, The Steinhardt Social Research Institute, Brandeis University
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Aliza Kline Founding Executive Director, OneTable
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Lori Palatnik Momentum, Founding Director
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Barry Shrage Professor of the Practice, Brandeis University, Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies
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Dr. Asaf Romirowsky Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME)
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Erel Segal Journalist, NRG & Channel 20
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Noa Eliasaf-Shoham Co-Founder and Board Member, Reut Institute & Executive Director of Israel Yozemet
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Koby Huberman Co-Founder at "Israel Yozemet" - The Israeli Peace Initiative
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Frank Melloul CEO, i24 news
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Dr. Janice Weinman Executive Director and CEO, Hadassah
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Dr. Miriam Adelson Physician, Philanthropist, IAC Las Vegas Council Member and Former Chairwoman
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Noam Segal Curator
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Nir Hod Artist
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Daniel Kraus Director of Strategic Partnerships, Birthright Israel Foundation
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Dr. Neta Peleg-Oren IAC National Council Member - Florida
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Dr. Idit Harel Founder and CEO - Globaloria
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Rabbi Dave Felsenthal OU Chief Innovation Officer
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Galia Albin Businesswoman, Keren Hayesod Ambassador of Goodwill
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Gidi Mark CEO, Birthright Israel
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Jonathan Davis Vice President for External Relations, Head of the Raphael Recanati IDC Herzliya
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Prof. Adi Stern President, Bezalel Art and Design Academy, Jerusalem
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Prof. Yael "Yuli" Tamir President of Shenkar. Former Israel's Education Minister
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Avner Golov Research Fellow at INSS & Harry S. Truman Scholar at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Jennifer V. Roth Senior Vice President Business Development, Sotheby’s New York
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Rivka Saker Founder and board chair of Artis
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Eva Rosenstein Lilyan Wilder Center for Communication Excellence
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Rachel Raz Executive Producer of “Space Torah”, and Director, Early Childhood Institute, Hebrew College, Newton MA.
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Dr. Dore Gold President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, former Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and former Ambassador to the United Nations
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Michael Feinstein President & CEO, JCC of Greater Washington
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Dani Zamir Head of Pre-Military Leadership Academies
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Vardit Ringvald, Ph.D. Director of the Middlebury School of Hebrew and C.V Starr research professor for Language and Linguistics at Middlebury College
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Philippe Assouline Communications researcher & political analyst
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Colonel (Res.) Prof. Isaac Ashkenazi, MD World expert in medical preparedness for complex emergencies and disasters
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Prof. Arie Schachner President of Save a Child's Heart Founder of Cardiovascular Surgery Dept, Wolfson Medical Center Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University
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Jeremy J. Fingerman CEO, Foundation for Jewish Camp
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Homi Shamir President and CEO, Luminex Corporation, Former President and CEO, Given Imaging Ltd
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Andrea Meislin Art Gallery Owner
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Bruce J. Powell, Ph.D. Head of deToledo High School (dTHS)
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David Hazony Managing Director & Editor, TheTower.org and The Israel Project
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Nissim H. Ezekiel Israel – US Business Development Former Director, IFC/World Bank Group "
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Imi Eiron Co-Founder & CEO, Saloona
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Jeb Ory CEO & Co-Founder, Phone2Action
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Brigadier General (res.) Ram Shmueli Chair, HaShomer HaChadash
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Moshe Theumim Chairman of Gitam BBDO and Gitam Porter Novelli
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Daniel Benedict Founder and President, BRG
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Elliot Mathias Founder and Executive Director of Hasbara Fellowships
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Yana Shechterman Co- founded of the Boston Israel's Academic Forum
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Udi Sommer, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University, member of the Israeli Young Academy for Science
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Meara Razon Ashtivker COO, Masa Israel Journey
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Udi Mokady President & CEO, CyberArk
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Anne Bayefsky Director, The Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust & President, Human Rights Voices
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Shelley Kedar Jewish Agency for Israel Central Shlichah , Vice President for Israel Education and Engagement
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Michael Stoler President of New York Real Estate TV & Managing Director at Madison Realty Capital
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Mario Bramnick, Esquire President, Hispanic Israel Leadership Coalition
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Michal Rovner Video, Photo & Cinema Artist
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Shai Shamir CEO, Brack Capital Real Estate
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Oded Revivi Head of the Efrat Municipal Council & Chief Foreign Envoy, YESHA Council
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Nurit Eyal, Ph.D. Program Director, Israel National Brain Gain Program
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Dr. Colonel (ret.) Reuven Berko Political Science
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Morton A. Klein President, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)
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Sharon Buenos Director of Israeli House in the UK and Europe
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Gusti Yehoshua-Braverman Head of the Department for Diaspora Activities at the World Zionist Organization (WZO)
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Anat Katz Commercial Attaché’, Embassy of Israel, Washington DC
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Michael S. Miller Executive Vice President & CEO, JCRC
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Rabbi Marc Schneier Founder and President of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
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Yali Harari Venture Partner, Impact First & Co - founder Supersonas IAC, NY lead
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Hana Rado President, Supersonas IAC
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William C. Daroff Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Director of the Washington Office, JFNA
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Monika Lev-Cohen CEO, Science Abroad, The Organization of Israeli Scientists Abroad
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Yotam Polizer Co-CEO, IsraAid
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Ahed Al Hendi Founder, Syrian Youth for Justice
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Josh Mendel Treasurer, State of Ohio
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Shai Babad Director General, Israeli Ministry of Finance
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Robin Levenston Executive Director, Project Interchange, AJC
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Adina Bar Shalom Founder and President, Haredi College in Jerusalem, Israel Prize Recipient
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Dr. Netta Avineri TESOL/TFL Assistant Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
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Ben Pery Executive Director, JWRP
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Yaniv Katan Creative Product Marketing, Sales and Channel Enablement, Cisco
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Major Jonathan Conricus First IDF Officer to be seconded to the United Nations Department for Peace Keeping Operations (DPKO)
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Yoni Kempinski Deputy Editor and Correspondent, Arutz Sheva
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Jake Schwartz CEO & Co-Founder, General Assembly
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Arnee R. Winshall President and CEO, Hebrew at the Center
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Dr. Simcha Leibovich Executive Representative, WZO, North America
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Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer Consulate General of Israel, Atlanta
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Greta Van Susteren Commentator and Television News Anchor
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Doreen Remen Co-Founder, Art Production Fund
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Consul General Aviv Ezra Consulate General of Israel, Chicago
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Dr. Sara Shadmi-Wortman Head of Department of Community, Shdemot Center, Oranim College of Education
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Alona Barkat Owner, Hapoel Be'er Sheva
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Susan Kramer Director of External Relations, Jewish Women's Renaissance Project
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Dr. Nir Boms Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University and Research Fellow, International Center for Counter Terrorism, Herzlyia
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Ron Krudo Executive Director of Campus Affairs, StandWithUs
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Jeanne Lovy Vice President, JCC Center for Families, JCC Greater Boston
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Stuart Wachs President & CEO, Jewish Community Association of Greater Phoenix
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Margaret Finlay Vice President, City of Duarte, California
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Ruth Wasserman Lande Deputy Director General, International Affairs, Union of Local Authorities, Israel
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Adam Teitelbaum Acting Leadership Development Director, AIPAC
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Reuven Azar Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Israel, Washington DC
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Margarita Spichko Manager of Diaspora Affairs Office, Ministry of Diaspora Affairs
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Naama Klar Team Leader, The Reut Institute
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Assemblymember Richard Bloom California State Assembly
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Ido Schoenberg Chairman & CEO, American Well
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Neil A. Wallack Chair, Board of Directors, CJP, Jewish Federation, Greater Boston
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Eli Shaharabany Chairman of the Board, Tzav Pius
