2026-07-04 02:29:PM <br/> Tags: #AmericanJewry #organization #KeyOrganizations ![[image-300.png|961x152]] # Wexner Foundation - The Wexner Foundation is a prominent Ohio-based American nonprofit that incubates Jewish leadership in both the United States and Israel, distributes grants, and backs Israeli projects and groups.[^1][^2] - The foundation's stated mission: "We invest in individuals seeking to contribute to a professional, fully representative, and collaborative civil service in the State of Israel."[^3] - The Wexner Foundation is named after its founder and primary benefactor, [[Les Wexner]]. #### Background and General Activities - The Wexner Foundation was founded in 1983 by American Jewish billionaire [[Les Wexner]] in partnership with rabbis [[Herbert Friedman]] and Maurice Corson.[^1] - In 1985, the Wexner Heritage Program was founded. The program was formed to immerse Jewish leaders for a two year period in "Jewish history, values, and texts and enriching their leadership skills."[^1] - In 1988, the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program was founded. The program "strengthens rabbinical/cantorial students and graduate students in Jewish education and Jewish professional leadership programs, as well as academic Jewish studies." - In 1989, the Wexner Israel Fellowship Program was founded. The program, until the foundation cut ties with Harvard (mentioned below) facilitated "up to 10 outstanding Israeli public officials" earning their master of public administration at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[^1] - In the aftermath of [[October 7th]], the foundation joined a torrent of Jewish organizations demanding regime change at American universities, particularly the Ivy Leagues. - The foundation went hard after Harvard writing, "More than three decades ago, The Wexner Foundation identified Harvard Kennedy School as the ideal university setting for developing and educating Israel’s Public Service leaders...We are stunned and sickened at the dismal failure of Harvard’s leadership to take a clear and unequivocal stand against the barbaric murders of innocent Israeli civilians by terrorists [[October 7th|last Saturday]], the Sabbath and a festival day. Since then, many of our Israel Fellows no longer feel marginalized at HKS. They feel abandoned."[^5] - The Wexner Foundation summarily ended their "financial and programmatic relationships with Harvard" because, "HKS is no longer a place where Israeli leaders can go to develop the necessary skills to address the very real political and societal challenges they face." #### Wexner Davidson Fellowship - The Wexner Davidson Fellowship (WDF) is a leadership development program for prospective North American Jewish communal leader aged 26-36.[^75] - The WDF was formed in partnership with [[Bill Davidson]]'s foundation. - Wexner Davidson Fellows include:[^77] - Alyssa Arens - WDF class 1 - Arens is a senior portfolio manager at [[Jonathon Jacobson]]'s One8 Foundation. - Arens previously worked for the [[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]] and the [[Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)]]. - Ely Benhamo - WDF class 1 - Benhamo "spent the first six years of her career at [[AIPAC]]." - Benhamo "is a leader dedicated to deepening ties between the diaspora and Israel." - Jon Cohen WDF class 2 - Cohen is a "gay, Mexican, Jew" who works as director of community mobilization at [[Keshet]]. - Cohen completed the [[Bend the Arc]] Selah Leadership Program. *The Selah program is held at the Rockwood Leadership Institute. Rockwood is mentioned on Bend the Arc's page.* - Alyssa Gorenberg - WDF class 2 - Gorenberg is a director at Mem Global, the parent organization of [[Moishe House]]. - Prior to Mem Global, she worked at the [[Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)]]. - Ariel Halpern - WDF class 1 - Halpern has worked at the [[Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS)]], [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]], and the Ellen DeGeneres Show. - Julie Katz - WDF class 1 - Katz is director of project management for innovation and change management at the [[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]]. - Katz previously worked for a year in the State Department's office of the [[Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism]]. - Marissa Klegman - WDF class 2 - Klegman worked for [[AIPAC]] "expanding the AIPAC’s reach to more than 10,000 students on 200+ campuses." - David Korenthal - WDF class 1 - Korenthal worked as director of talent acquisition at [[Hillel International]]. - Noam Kornsgold - WDF class 2 - Rabbi Kornsgold is the director of continuing rabbinic education at the [[Rabbinical Assembly]]. - Brandon Pinsker - WDF class 2 - Pinsker is the associate director of the [[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]]'s New York regional office. - Elyssa Ronik - WDF class 2 - Ronik is the director of field recruiting at [[Hillel International]]. - Rachel Sasiene - WDF class 2 - Sasiene is the director of [[Hillel International]]'s Israel action and addressing antisemitism program. - Sasiene previously worked in Israel teaching English through [[Masa Israel Journey]] Teaching Fellows program. - Sierra Weiss - WDF class 1 - Weiss "is the Director of Inclusion and JCC Maccabi Access at [[JCC Association of North America]]. She most recently worked for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Atlanta, GA and was previously a longtime employee of the [[Jay Ruderman|Ruderman]] Family Foundation." - Rebecca Zimilover - WDF class 1 - Zimilover "creates opportunities for donors to embrace Israel." - She is a senior development officer at the [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)]]. - She was a regional director at the [[Jewish National Fund]]-USA and also held positions at [[UJA-Federation of New York]]. #### Wexner Field Fellowship - The Wexner Field Fellowship is a three-year leadership development plan for North American Jewish communal leaders aged 37-50.[^76] - The Field Fellowship and the Davidson Fellowship programs are substantively almost the same, but serve different age groups. - The Field Fellowship was founded in 2013 in partnership with the [[Jim Joseph Foundation]]. - Wexner Field Fellowship alumni include:[^78] - Samantha Abramson - Executive Director, Holocaust Education Resource Center Milwaukee [[Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)|Jewish Federation]]. - Matt Baram - Executive Director [[Hillel International|Hillel]] 818. - Carrie Darsky - Chief Talent Officer [[JCC Association of North America]]. - Leili Herlinda Davari - Director of Racial Equity and Inclusion [[Jewish Social Justice Roundtable]]. - Rachel Faulkner - National Director of Campaigns and Partnerships [[National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)]]. - Jacob Feinspan - Executive Director [[Jews United For Justice]]. - Shaun Goldstone - Senior Director, Global Resource Development [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)]]. - Rachel Gottfried-Clancy - Senior Director of Organization Change and Culture [[Jewish Social Justice Roundtable]]. - Jonathan Hornstein - Program Director, Jewish Community, US at [[Harry Weinberg]]'s foundation. - Shira Hutt - Executive VP [[Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)]]. - Ian Kandel - VP of AZA, BBH and the Teen Movement at [[B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO)]]. - Sheila Katz - CEO [[National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)]]. - Yoni Komorov - Managing Director [[Israel Democracy Institute (IDI)]]. - Deb Leipzig - Vice Present Leadership [[ADL]]. - Arielle Levy - Associate Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion [[Hillel International]]. - Evan Majzner - Chief Growth Officer [[itrek]]. - Lesley Matsa - Chief Operating Officer [[Moishe House]]. - Sarah Norton - Assistant Vice President, Growth & Engagement Initiatives [[Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)]]. - Erica Phillips - Program Officer, Jewish Charitable Giving [[Crown Family Philanthropies]]. - Aya Shechter - Chief Programming Officer [[Israeli-American Council]]. - Courtney Weinstein - Senior Vice President, Financial Resource Development [[UJA-Federation of New York]]. - Dov Wilker - Regional director[[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]]. - Alex Zablotsky - Managing Director at the [[Harold Grinspoon Foundation]]'s PJ Library. #### Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program - The Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program was a Wexner program built to cultivate "exceptional candidates with a strong personal commitment to the Jewish community" for a life in Jewish communal leadership.[^79] - According to the foundation's [website](https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/programs/wexner-graduate-fellowship/#:~:text=with%20one%20other.-,Fellows,-receive%20leadership%20training), "Fellows receive leadership training, peer support, professional mentoring and networking across career choices and denominational affiliations, both during school and throughout their lives." - In 2005, Les and Abigail Wexner partnered with [[Bill Davidson]] to integrate "Davidson Scholars" into the Graduate Fellowship. In each fellowship class, ten fellows in the fields of Jewish education and Jewish professional leadership would be selected to be "Davidson Scholars." - Wexner Graduate Fellows took part in four years of programming after which alumni would remain connected throughout their careers as members of Wexner's "extensive alumni network." - The program was founded in 1988 and ended in 2025. - Wexner Graduate Fellows/Davidson Scholars include:[^80] - Tamra Dollin - Class 1 - Dollin works as a consultant at the [[Harold Grinspoon Foundation]]. - David Rosenberg - Class 1 - Rosenberg is "a member and past co-chair of the [[Jewish Women International]] Clergy Task Force on Domestic Abuse." - Jill Deutch - Class 2 - Wife of [[Ted Deutch]]. - Shmuel Jablon - Class 2 - Jablon is an American Jew who "fulfilled a life long dream when he made aliyah with his wife and five children in the summer of 5774 (2014)." *Wexner's biography prioritizes the Hebrew year.* - Jablon and his family settled in Efrat, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. - Jablon is a member of the [[Rabbinical Council of America (RCA)]]. - Edward Rettig - Class 2 - Rettig was the director of the Israel Office at the [[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]].[^81] - Rettig is a "U.S. native who immigrated to Israel in 1972 and served in the [[1973 Yom Kippur War|Yom Kippur]] and first [[1982 Lebanon War|Lebanon war]]."[^81] - Alan Spector - Class 2 - Spector is a homosexual Jew. He was born in Philadelphia but later moved with his husband to Hawaii where he founded Equality Hawaii in 2007, "with the purpose of achieving marriage equality for same-sex couples in Hawaii." - Spector, a non-native Hawaiian, became one of the state's leading pro-LGBTQ activists. Spector's Equity Hawaii is described as the "lead organization in successful campaigns that saw that passage into law of bills for civil unions, transgender rights, and finally full marriage equality for same-sex couples." - Adam Weisberg - Class 2 - Weisberg has worked for [[Hillel International]], the [[Jewish Agency]], and the [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)]]. - He is currently the executive director of Urban Adamah, a left-wing Jewish farm and education center in Berkeley, California. - Daniel Levin - Class 4 - Vice President of Finance at the [[Central Conference of American Rabbis]]. - Jennie Rosenn - Class 4 - Rosenn was formerly Vice President for community engagement at the [[Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)]] where she "led the mobilization of the American Jewish community to respond to the global refugee crisis." - Rosenn has also worked at the [[Nathan Cummings Foundation]], [[Hillel International]], and [[Avodah]]. - Dafna Siegman - Class 4 - Former educational consultant for the [[Harold Grinspoon Foundation]]. - Asher Lopatin - Class 5 - Lopatin is a prominent rabbi, communal leader, and member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)]]. - David Rosenn - Class 5 - Rosenn is the president and CEO of the [[Hebrew Free Loan Society]]. - Rosenn was formerly vice president of the [[New Israel Fund]]. - Rosenn was the founder and former executive director of [[Avodah]]. - Rosenn received his rabbinical ordination from the [[Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS)]]. - David Kessel - Class 6 - Kessel "has served in executive roles at [[Hillel International|Hillel]], [[B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO)|BBYO]] and [[Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)|JFNA]]." - Jacob Blumenthal - Class 7 - CEO of the [[Rabbinical Assembly]] since 2019. - Jonathan Krasner - Class 7 - Krasner is the co-founder of [[Keshet]], a pro=LGBTQ Jewish organization. - Krasner himself is a gay Jew. - Julie Lambert - Class 7 - Lambert is the Director of Strategic Operations and Leadership at the [[Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)]]. - Warren Bass - Class 8 - Bass is director of communications and senior fellow at the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)]]. - He is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)]]. - Aaron Panken - Class 8 - Panken was on [[Birthright Israel]]'s education committee and the international council of the [[New Israel Fund]]. - Angela Warnick Buchdahl - Class 8 - Buchdahl is a board member at [[Avodah]] and [[UJA-Federation of New York]]. - Serena Eisenberg - Class 9 - Rabbi Eisenberg previously held leadership positions at the [[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]] and [[Hillel International]]. - Rafi Rone - Class 10 - Rone is a program director at the [[Harry Weinberg|Harry]] and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation - Adina Epelman - Class 11 - Epelman is the vice president for engagement and impact at [[Hillel International]]. - Joe Kanofsky - Class 11 - Kanofsky studied and worked under [[Elie Wiesel]] at Boston University. - Kanofsky is an international representative of the [[Ronald Lauder|Ronald S. Lauder]] Foundation. - Ethan Tucker - Class 11 - Tucker received his rabbinical ordination from Israel's [[[Chief Rabbinate]]. - Tucker received a doctorate in Talmud and Rabbinics from the [[Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS)]]. - Tucker is a board member of the [[Harold Grinspoon Foundation]]. - Joshua Chadajo - Class 12 - Chadajo director of campus programs at the [[Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA)]] - Barat Ellman - Class 12 - Ellman's personal website states "I am committed to criminal justice reform, police accountability, forging connections and relationships between incarcerated and non-incarcerated populations, and anti-racism; to the rights of immigrants and refugees; and to combating Isalmophobia."[^82] *The typo in Islamophobia is a direct quote.* - Ellman states that she is also involved with [[Jews for Racial and Economic Justice]]. - Ari Gauss - Class 13 - Gauss is the executive director of NC [[Hillel International|Hillel]]. - Gauss spent nine years as a director of development at the American Committee for the [[Weizmann Institute]]. - Aviva Sufian - Class 14 - In 2014, Sufian was appointed by President Barack Obama as the first Special Envoy for United States Holocaust Survivor Services.[^83] - From 1995-96, Sufian was a volunteer at the [[USC Shoah Foundation]], an organization dedicated to holocaust and antisemitism issues.[^83] - Nadine Greenfield-Binstock- Class 15 - Greenfield-Binstock was the senior vice president of leadership at the [[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]]. - She was  a core member of the founding of the Auschwitz Jewish Center. - The Auschwitz Jewish Center is an institutionally funded Jewish organization. Among many its programs, the Center runs the American Service Academies Program, which educates "future military officers from the U.S. Military, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard academies" on the holocaust during a "16-day emotional educational program in Poland."[^84] - The American Service Academies Program is funded by a group of international institutions including the [[Claims Conference]] and the German Federal Ministry of Finance. - Shana Kantor - Class 15 - Kantor is the senior program officer for Jewish life at [[Bill Davidson]]'s foundation. - Kantor is a recipient of the [[Richard Joel|Richard M. Joel]] Exemplar Excellence award from [[Hillel International]]. - Elana Perry - Class 15 - Perry worked as an [[Maurice Eisendrath|Eisendrath]] legislative assistant at the [[Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)]]'s [[Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)]] in Washington D.C. - David Bryfman - Class 17 - Bryfman has worked at [[Hillel International]] and as the director of [[Birthright Israel]] in Australia. - Jenny Goldstein - Class 17 - Goldstein worked at the [[American Jewish World Service]] in "numerous roles." - Elizabeth Richman - Class 17 - Richman leads the [[American Jewish World Service]]'s Jewish engagement team. - Richman spent 13 years in executive leadership at [[Jews United For Justice]]. - Eliot Goldstein - Class 18 - Goldstein is the executive director for global resource development at the [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)]]. - Charles Schwartz - Class 18 - Schwartz is the senior director of education at [[Hillel International]]. - According to his Wexner bio, Schwartz "served with distinction as an infantry squad commander in the Israel Defense Forces." - David Segal - Class 18 - Segal was the Texas lead organizer for the [[Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)]] from 2017-2021. - Hindy Poupko - Class 19 - Poupko is the managing director of the commission on the Jewish people at [[UJA-Federation of New York]]. - Poupko worked on the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign.[^85] - Poupko is a fellow at the [[Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation]].[^85] - D'ror Chankin-Gould - Class 21 - Chankin-Gould worked at [[Hillel International]] where he served as editor in chief of "The [[Hillel International|Hillel]] LGBTQ Resource Guide." - Chankin-Gould is a homosexual Jew. - Samantha Pohl - Class 21 - Pohl has held positions at the [[National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)]], [[Hillel International]], [[UJA-Federation of New York]], and the [[Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)]]. - Steven Green - Class 22 - Green was a senior director and senior program officer at the [[Jim Joseph Foundation]]. - Liz Hirsch - Class 23 - Hirsch was a legislative assistant at the [[Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)]]. - Justin Smolen - Class 23 - Smolen was the national director of youth programs at [[Keshet]], a Jewish LGBTQ advocacy organization. - Ruth Warshenbrot - Class 23 - Warshenbrot was a program leader at [[Bend the Arc]]. - Warshenbrot is director of the Wexner Field Fellowship (covered above). - Julie Aronowitz - Class 24 - Aronowitz is an alumna of the[[Jewish Organizing Institute and Network]] organizing fellowship. - Tuvia Brander - Class 25 - Brander is a rabbi and active in rabbinic and Jewish academic life. - Brander "is actively engaged with [[AIPAC ]]as part of the Leffel Fellows program." - Hadas Fruchter - Class 25 - Fruchter was "trained in community organizing through the [[Jewish Organizing Institute and Network]] Seminary Leadership Project." - Jonah Heilman - Class 25 - Heilman was special advisor to [[Birthright Israel]]. - Heilman has worked as a legislative assistant in Congress and a senior parliamentary aide in the Israeli Knesset. - Heilman is the CEO of TAMID Group, an organization that "pioneers the next generation of American commitment to Israel by connecting business minded students with opportunities in the Israeli economy." - Emily Hyatt - Class 25 - Hyatt is an [[ADL]] board member. - David Michaels - Class 25 - Michaels is director of United Nations and intercommunal affairs at [[B'nai B'rith]]. - Michaels trained at the Office of [[Bill Clinton|William Jefferson Clinton]], Israel's Embassy in Washington, Ha'aretz, the [[International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ)]], and the [[Conference of Presidents]]. - Matthew Williams - Class 25 - Williams is the vice president at the [[ADL]]'s Center for Antisemitism Research. - Williams was director of the Center for Communal Research at the [[Orthodox Union]]. - Sheila Katz - Class 26 - Katz was CEO of the [[National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)]] from 2020-2026. - After leaving the NCJW, Katz took a position at the [[Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)]].[^87] - Melanie Levav - Class 26 - Levav has held positions at the [[Harold Grinspoon Foundation]], [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)]], [[JCC Association of North America]], and the [[UJA-Federation of New York]]. - Miriam Grossman - Class 27 - Grossman was a program director at [[Avodah]] and a Jewish organizer at the [[Jewish Council on Urban Affairs]]. - Sam Greenberg - Class 28 - Greenberg is deputy VP of marketing and communications at the [[New Israel Fund]]. - Zev Hurwitz - Class 29 - Hurwitz is a former director of campus affairs at the [[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]]. - Adir Pinchot - Class 29 - Pinchot is noted for participating in the [[Tikvah Fund]]'s summer seminar. - Eliane Dreyfuss - Class 30 - Dreyfuss is the manager of organizational effectiveness and leadership development coaching networks at the [[UJA-Federation of New York]]. - Dreyfuss previously worked at the [[World Zionist Organization]] and [[Hillel International]]. - David Chapman - Class 31 - Chapman worked for the grantmaking team at the [[Nathan Cummings Foundation]]. - Chapman is a gay Jew. - David Yedid - Class 31 - Yedid is a graduate of the [[Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS)]]. - At Middlebury College, Yedid "was a pioneer in the Jewish, LGBT, and dance communities." - Yedid is a gay Jew. - Dimitry Ekshtut - Class 33 - According to his Wexner bio, "Dimitry directs Based in Harlem (a project of [[Moishe House]]) and has welcomed over 3,000 unique individuals to his home for shabbat, holiday celebrations, learning, and service opportunities." #### Wexner Heritage Program - The Wexner Heritage Program is a two-year fully paid for leadership training experience for former Wexner alumni and "top professional and lay leaders representing the broadest cross-section of the Jewish community." - The program's curriculum includes: - Jewish fundamental texts and traditions. - The history of the Jewish people "from Biblical times to the 21st century." - Leadership training with an approach "derived from Jewish and secular sources." - Contemporary Jewish and Israeli issues. - There are over 2300 Wexner Heritage alumni. - Wexner Heritage alumni include:[^8] *All information derived from Wexner Foundation biographies unless accompanied by a separate footnote.* - Jack Almo - Wexner Heritage 2012 alum. - Almo is a senior vice president at Morgan Stanley who began his career with [[Goldman Sachs]]’ Finance Group. He is a member of the [[Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)|Jewish Federation]] of Greater Seattle. - Martine Fleishman - Wexner Heritage 2014 alum. - Fleishman is the president of the Jewish Education project, past regional chair of the [[UJA-Federation of New York]], past chair of the advisory committee for the [[Jewish Agency]]'s Project TEN, past [[Hillel International|Hillel]] Westchester chapter president, and an "active member" of the board of governors of the [[American Jewish Committee (AJC)]]. - Gina Green - Wexner Heritage 2010 alum. - Green "leads the practice on diversity + equity + inclusion" at uprise, a left wing social justice consultancy.[^9] - Green was chief strategy officer at [[Bend the Arc]]. - Green is a "frequent speaker and writer on democracy, race, racism in the Jewish community, Jewish community diversity, and leadership." - Linda Hurwitz - Wexner Heritage alum. - Hurwitz is a past national campaign chair of the [[Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)]]. - Laura Lauder - Wexner Heritage 2003 alum. - Lauder is a fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)]] and married to Gary Lauder, the nephew of [[Ronald Lauder]]. - Susan Steiner Saal - Wexner Heritage 2014 alum. - Saal is a [[JCC Association of North America]] board member. - Yoni Torgow - Wexner Heritage 2017 alum. - Torgow has a Bachelor of Talmudic Law from the Sh’or Yoshuv Institute, a Haredi yeshiva in New York. - Yoni is the son of [[Gary Torgow]], the chair of the board of the [[Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)]]. - Sam Yebri - Wexner Heritage 2015 alum. - Yebri has served as a board member at both the UCLA and USC [[Hillel International|Hillels]], the [[ADL]], [[Bend the Arc]], and the Los Angeles cabinet of [[AIPAC]]. - Leora Zabusky - Wexner Heritage 2016 alum. - Zabusky is a U Penn [[Hillel International|Hillel]] and [[B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO)]] board member. - Stuart Kurlander - Wexner Heritage alum. - Kurlander is a board member at the [[Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI)]], [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)]], and the [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)]].[^10] - Kurlander was the first national chair of [[Keshet]], a pro-LGBT Jewish organization. - Kurlander is a gay Jew. - Both Stacy Stuart and Archie Gottesman, the founders of [[JewBelong]], are Wexner Heritage alum.[^11][^12] - Jennifer Spitzer, the [[New Israel Fund]]'s VP of Finance, Operations & Legal Affairs, is a Wexner Heritage alum.[^13] #### Wexner Israel Fellowship - The Wexner Israel Fellowship is a program that, each year, chooses ten "outstanding public sector directors and leaders from Israel" to attend Harvard Kennedy School to work toward their masters degree.[^14] *The foundation's relationship with Harvard Kennedy School, including the Israel Fellowship, was permanently ended in the aftermath of October 7th (covered above).* - According to the program's [overview](https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/programs/wexner-israel-fellowship/#alumni:~:text=Fellows%20%E2%80%93%20committed%20to-,returning%20to%20Israel,-and%20remaining%20in), "Wexner Israel Fellows [are] committed to returning to Israel and remaining in the public sector for at least three years after completing the program." - The program claims 650 members in its alumni network, "most of them serving in senior key positions in Israel’s public service: Director Generals of government ministries, senior officers in the IDF, judges, hospital directors, municipality and third sector NGO's director generals, etc." - Past Wexner Israel fellows (WIF) include:[^16] - Uzi Fogelman - WIF class 1 - Fogelman is a former Israeli Supreme Court Justice who served from 2007-2024.[^17] - Moshe Lador - WIF class 1 - Lador is a former Israeli state-attorney - Avinoam Armoni - WIF class 1 - Armoni is an Israeli academic, former executive director of the [[New Israel Fund]], and "special advisor" to the mayor of Jerusalem.[^18] - Shay Avital - WIF class 1 - Avital is a Major General in the Israeli Defense Forces.[^19] - Avital commanded the IDF's elite special forces unit [[Sayeret Matkal]] during the [[1982 Lebanon War]]. - Moshe Melnik - WIF class 2 - Melnik is a highly decorated Israeli Air Force pilot with 9 confirmed shot down enemy aircraft. - Melnik served in the War of Attrition following the [[1967 Six Day War]], the [[1973 Yom Kippur War]], and the [[1982 Lebanon War]].[^20][^21] - Ohad Marani - WIF class 3 - Marani is described as a "prominent figure in the Israeli economy."[^22] - Marani is a board member of [[Bank Leumi]]. - [[Ami Ayalon]] - WIF class 3 - Ayalon was formerly head of the [[Shin Bet]].[^23] - [[Amos Yadlin]] - WIF class 5 - Former IDF general, head of [[Aman]], and IDF military attaché to Washington D.C.[^24] - Yedidya Ya'ari - WIF class 5 - Former commander of the Israeli Navy from 2000-2004.[^25] - Commando in [[Shayetet 13]]. - Eran Lerman - WIF class 7 - Lerman is a lecturer at Jerusalem's Shalem College. Shalem College was formed out of [[Yoram Hazony]]'s [[Shalem Center]].[^26] - Aviv Kohavi - WIF class 8 - Kohavi is a former IDF general and director of [[Aman]] from 2010-2014.[^27] - Eli Shermeister - WIF class 9 - Shermeister is a IDF Brigadier General (Res.). - Shermeister was the chief education officer of the IDF from 2007-2013.[^28] - Haim Dror - WIF class 10 - Dror is a former Israel intelligence officer who has "held a variety of senior positions within the intelligence community."[^29] - Dror is the founder and CEO of HUMINT Solutions, a global open source intelligence company founded in 2003. As of 2025, HUMINT Solutions has integrated AI software into its intelligence work.[^30] - Yigal Zarfati - WIF class 11 - Zarfati is the former director of the Israeli Ministry of Education’s development administration.[^31] - Ram Shmueli - WIF class 11 - Shmueli is a former Israeli Brigadier General and head of intelligence for the Israeli Air Force.[^32] - Eynat Shlein - WIF class 11 - Shlein is the head of MASHAV, Israel's International Development Agency.[^33] - MASHAV is housed in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. - Assaf Orion - WIF class 11 - Orion is a former IDF Brigadier General and now a fellow at the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)]].[^34] - Roni Yannay - WIF class 12 - According to an article in *The Times of Israel* titled "Introducing Israel's 21st Century Pioneers," Yannay is "a former head of the special operations division of military intelligence, executive of a global Israeli telecommunications firm, and a leading consultant on strategy, leadership and organizational growth."[^35] - Daniel Taub - WIF class 12 - Taub is a British born Jew who moved to Israel at the age of ~27, fought in the Israeli military, and became the Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[^36] - Noam Tibon - WIF class 13 - Tibon served in the IDF for 35 years, reaching the rank of Major General (Res.).[^37] - Gidi Grinstein - WIF class 13 - Grinstein "played an important role in designing the [[Birthright Israel]] Program between 1995 and 1999," and "served as the Secretary of the Israeli delegation to the Peace Negotiations with the PLO under Prime Minister [[Ehud Barak]]."[^38] - Alon Ben-David - WIF class 13 - Ben-David is a well known Israeli journalist and television presenter "specializing in defense and military issues."[^39] - Gadi Baltiansky - WIF class 13 - Baltiansky served as press secretary to Prime Minister [[Ehud Barak]] from 1999-2001.[^40] - From 1995-1998, Baltiansky served as press counselor at the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C.[^40] - Isaac Mushkin - WIF class 14 - Mushkin is an Israeli defense-tech entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of SenStation Technologies, an Israeli tech company that develops cellular passive radar, a low signature form of military radar that uses commercial cell towers to track moving targets.[^41] - Akiva Tor - WIF class 14 - Tor is an Israeli diplomat who served as the Consul General in the Pacific Northwest. In his capacity as Consul General he colluded [[StandWithUs (SWU)]] to bring legal action against American companies that engaged in boycotts of Israel.[^42] - Yair Golan - WIF class 14 - Golan is a well known Israeli political figure and former Major General (Res.) in the IDF.[^43] - Nadav Tamir - WIF class 15 - Former Israeli diplomat and current [[J Street]] Israel executive director. - Tamir was a member of the Israeli Foreign Ministry's policy planning unit before becoming senior advisor to Israeli president [[Shimon Peres]].[^44] - Nimrod Sheffer - WIF class 16 - Sheffer is a retired IDF Major General and former CEO of [[Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)]].[^45] - Shalom Lipner - WIF class 16 - Lipner is an Israeli political operative who "served seven consecutive Israeli premiers over a quarter-century at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, where his areas of core expertise included foreign policy, public diplomacy and communications, and Jewish communal affairs."[^46] - Among his many government positions, Lipner was advisor to the Israeli [[Ministry of Strategic Affairs]]. - Lipner was a nonresident senior fellow at the [[Brookings Institution]]. - Gillad Eisin - WIF class 16 - Eisin was an IDF intelligence officer.[^47] - Asaf Kochan - WIF class 17 - Kochan was the commander of Israel's elite cyber intelligence [[Unit 8200]] from 2017-2021.[^48] - Kochan now runs Sentra, an Israel-based cybersecurity and AI data company. - Ruth Wasserman Lande - WIF class 18 - Lande was a Knesset member from 2021-2022.[^49] - Yitshak Kreiss - WIF class 18 - Kreiss was IDF Surgeon General from 2011-2014.[^50] - He was a member of the IDF's [[Unit 101]]. - His wife is senior manager at [[Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)]]. - Orit Farkash-Hacohen - WIF class 18 - Farkash-Hacohen is a member of the Israeli Knesset.[^51] - Roy Keidar - WIF class 19 - Keidar "previously served as Legal Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council in the Prime Minister’s Office, and as an officer in the International Law Department of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)."[^52] - Oded Gour-Lavie - WIF class 19 - Gour-Lavie is a retired Rear Admiral in the Israeli Navy.[^53] - In addition to his degree master's in public administration which he attained at Harvard through the Wexner Foundation, Gour-Lavie has an electrical engineering degree from the [[Technion]] in Israel. - Yanai Yedvab - WIF class 21 - Yedvab was previously head of the head physics division in Israel’s Nuclear Research Center National Lab and deputy chief scientist of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission.[^54] - Eyal Hulata - WIF class 21 - Hulata was head of the Israeli National Security Council from 2021-2023. He was appointed by [[Naftali Bennett]]. - Hulata worked at [[Mossad]] for 17 years.[^55] - Ori Gordin - WIF class 22 - Gordin is an Major General in the IDF.[^56] - Gordin was formerly deputy commander of the Israeli elite special forces unit [[Sayeret Matkal]]. - Nir Peleg - WIF class 23 - Peleg is the Global Field CISO at JFrog, an Israeli cybersecurity company.[^57] - Peleg was "R&D Executive Director at Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, founding CERT-IL, and as a Lt. Colonel in one of the IDF’s elite technology units." - Dalit Caspi-Schachner - WIF class 23 - Caspi-Schachner is head of cybersecurity at [[Bank Hapoalim]], one of Israel's largest banks.[^58] - Caspi-Schachner was a Lieutenant Colonel in the IDF. - Avner Vilan - WIF class 24. - Vilan is a tech entrepreneur and IDF veteran who "worked for 19 years for the Government of Israel."[^59] - Vilan is a graduate of the Talpiot program, an IDF program to filter and cultivate the brightest individuals for a future in the sciences or leadership roles. - Yifat Ovadia - WIF class 24 - Ovadia is head of the department for combatting antisemitism at the [[World Zionist Organization]].[^60] - She is the former chair of the [[Jewish National Fund]]. - Tziona Koenig-Yair - WIF class 24 - Koenig Yair is the Director-General of the [[Ministry of Diaspora Affairs]].[^61] - Roy Folkman - WIF class 24 - Folkman is an Israeli politician. He served in the Knesset from 2015-2019.[^63] - He was an advisor to former Jerusalem mayor [[Nir Barkat]]. - Yotam Dagan - WIF class 24 - Dagan is a former [[Sayeret Matkal|Israeli Navy SEAL]] commander.[^64] - Ruthie Saragosti - WIF class 26 - Saragosti is the planning director at the [[UJA-Federation of New York]].[^65] - Gil Avriel - WIF class 26 - Avriel was legal advisor to the Israeli National Security Council in the Prime Minister's Office.[^66] - Alon Avneri - WIF class 28 - Avneri was COO of [[Paragon Solutions]], an Israeli spyware company from 2024-2026.[^67] - Nir Yannay - WIF class 29 - Yannay is the director of planning and strategy at the [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)]].[^68] - Yannay spent "28 years in the [Israeli] defense establishment." - Goni Laufer Duchin - WIF class 29 - Duchin "serves as Head of Security Department in the Prime Minister’s Office, in charge of all security aspects of the organization." - Eli Hotovely - WIF class 30 - Hotovely is the director of international programs at [[Elbit Systems]], a major Israeli defense and defense-tech contractor.[^71] - Kfir Battat - WIF class 32 - Battat is the deputy director of the budget department at the Israeli Ministry of Finance.[^72] - Yasmeen Abu Fraiha - WIF class 32 - Fraiha is the secretary of the board at the [[New Israel Fund]].[^73] - Matan Yaffe - WIF class 33 - Yaffe is an Israeli activist who sued Harvard for antisemitism while he was attending as a Wexner Fellow. - The lawsuit resulted in Harvard adopting the [[International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)]]'s working definition of antisemitism.[^74] - After [[October 7th]], Yaffe returned to Israel and fought as an infantry commando in the [[Gaza War]]. #### Wexner Senior Leaders Program - The Wexner Senior Leaders Program was a four-week high level "executive leadership experience" for senior Israeli public figures.[^86] - The program was ran in partnership with the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. - Similar to the Wexner Israel Fellowship, the Senior Leaders Program was permanently ended in 2023 following the foundation's split with Harvard. - The program began with a three-day introductory seminar in Israel. - The program ran from 2015-2023. - Alumni of the program include:[^88] *Program year in parentheses.* - Rachel Tevet-Vizel (2015) - Highest ranking female general in Israel circa mid 2010s.[^89] - General Tevet-Vizel was the IDF's "chief gender advisor."[^90] - Yoel Strick (2015) - IDF Major General.[^91] - Ofer Grosskopf (2015) - Member of the Israeli Supreme Court since 2018.[^92] - Itamar Graf (2015) -Deputy director general at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2022-2026.[^93] - Yehuda Fox (2015) - Israeli Major General, commander of the Gaza Division, and former IDF military attaché in the United States.[^94] - Yaron Felus (2015) - Felus is the National Statistician of Israel and head of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.[^95] - Sharon Afek (2015) - Israeli IDF Major General, and Chief Military Advocate General from 2015-2021.[^96] - Yossi/Yosef Baidatz (2015) - Lieutenant colonel in the Israel Defense Forces. - Baidatz was a visiting fellow at the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)]] from 2000-2001.[^97] - Amir Baram (2015) - IDF Major General and current Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense.[^98] - Baram was among the primary Israeli military leaders during Operation Rising Lion, the Israeli side of the [[2025 12 Day Iran-Israel War]]. *The other side being the United States' Operation Midnight Hammer.* - Ariella Ben Abraham (2016) - Retired IDF Brigadier General. - From 2020-2023, Ben Abraham served as global communications executive at the Israeli cyber intelligence and spyware firm [[NSO Group]].[^99] - Shira Greenberg Gelbwaser (2016) - From 2019-2023, Gelbwaser was Chief Economist and Director of State Revenues at the Israeli Ministry of Finance.[^100] - Modi Ephraim (2016) - Former Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands and Peru.[^101] - Hila Oren (2016) - CEO of the Tel Aviv Foundation since 2016 (the year of her Wexner program involvement).[^102] - Sigalit Maor-Hirsh (2016) - Brigadier General in the IDF. She "has served in the security sector for over two decades cumulating her career in the public security sector as the Prime Minister’s Office’s head of the cyber division."[^103] - Maor-Hirsh "is a founding partner of a startup in the field of cyber and intelligence." - Rami Malachi (2016) - Former VP of strategic R&D at [[Elbit Systems]].[^104] - Malachi is an IDF Brigadier General. - Ilan Steiner (2016) - CFO and Director of Cross Arena Research program at the Israeli [[Institute for National Security Studies]].[^105] - Tamir Yadaie (2016) - IDF Major General and current Deputy Chief of General Staff.[^106] - Avi Gil (2017) - IDF Major General and military secretary to the Prime Minister in 2021.[^108] - Ziv Avtalion (2017) - IDF Brigadier General who " led the [IDF] Digital Transformation Directorate and Technology Division, spearheading multi-billion-dollar projects that enhanced operational efficiency and military superiority."[^109] - Gideon Schmerling (2017) - Deputy CEO of marketing and external relations at the [[International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ)]].[^110] *The IFCJ is somewhat known for its marketing.* - Itai veruv (2018) - IDF Major General.[^111] - Rodica Radian-Gordon (2018) - Israeli Ambassador to Spain since 2019.[^112] - Amit Oberkovich (2018) - Head of human resources and board member at [[Bank Hapoalim]].[^113] - Neomi Neumann (2018) - Fellow at the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)]].[^114] - Liat Glazer (2018) - Legal advisor to the Israeli [[Ministry of Strategic Affairs]].[^115] - Jacob Galifat (2019) - Retired IDF Colonel and general manager of the air and missile defense systems division at [[Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)]].[^116] - Yael Ravia-Zadok (2019) - Head of the economic diplomacy division at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[^117] - Nimrod Aloni (2020) - IDF Major General.[^118] - Nissan Davidi (2020) - Head of the IDF logistics division.[^119] - Itay Offir (2020) - IDF Military Advocate General since 2025.[^120] - Offir was appointed by Defense Minister [[Israel Katz]]. - Offir, who has previously helped Israeli Finance Minister [[Bezalel Smotrich]] gain more control over matters in the West Bank, was described by the latter as an "excellent appointment by the defense minister."[^121] - Orna Sagiv (2020) - Israeli diplomat and Ambassador to Thailand.[^122] - Rami Abudraham (2022) - IDF Major General and head of the IDF Technology and Logistics Directorate.[^123] - Maya Avishai (2022) - Israeli deputy consul general to the Pacific Northwest.[^124] - Hadas Minka-Brand (2022) - IDF Brigadier General, executive director of [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)|JDC]] Israel, and former advisor to Israel's military intelligence service, [[Aman]].[^125] - Hilla Erlich-Amar (2022) - Legal advisor to the Israeli Defense Ministry.[^126] - Aviad Dagan (2023) - IDF Major General and head of the IDF's Computer Service Directorate since 2024.[^127] - Yaron Finkelman (2023) - Former IDF Major General.[^128] - Aviram Hasson (2023) - IDF Colonel and Director of the Israeli Ministry of Defense Mission to the United States and Canada. - Hasson was warmly featured on a June 2025 [[Friends of the IDF (FIDF)]] "FIDF Access" podcast episode.[^129] - Hasson was described: "no one is a bigger friend of the FIDF, no one is a bigger friend of the of the IDF, but no one is a bigger friend of the FIDF than Colonel Hasson."[^129] - Hasson was introduced to the episode as the "head of the Mashon. The Mashon is the division that procures all of the weapons. Whether it is for the Air Force, the aircraft, whether it if for the Nacy, the Army, the artillery corps, the tanks corps, the technology, you name it. Literally from uniforms all the way through F-35s."[^129] - Orli Makrman (2023) - IDF Major General.[^130] - Saar Tzur (2023) - IDF Major General.[^131] *Documented above are at least 13 IDF Major Generals, accounting for a considerable amount of the IDF's total during the period of 2015-2024. The IDF maintains around 22-27 Major Generals at any given time, with an estimated ~50 holding the title during the period of 2015-2024.* #### Wexner Summits - Wexner Summits are an annual/biennial in person event designed for "select North American and Israeli Wexner Alumni" to network and "leverage one another" for the purpose of enhancing Jewish leadership.[^107] - There have been eight Wexner Summits, the first being held in 2016. - Each summit has an explicitly addressed topic. These range from social justice (2016), to leadership skills (2020), to climate change (2022), to addressing antisemitism (2024). #### Connections to Jeffrey Epstein - On February 24, 2020, the Wexner Foundation published an 18 page report titled "Independent Review of [[Jeffrey Epstein]]'s Involvement and Interactions with the Wexner Foundation."[^4] - The report was the foundation's attempt to get in front of the Epstein controversy and absolve itself of any wrongdoing while admitting past connections to Epstein. - The report's opening "background and purpose" sections admits "the fact that Epstein served as a Trustee of the Wexner Foundation (the “Foundation”) for fifteen years, from 1992–2007." (Kegler and Fuhrer, 1) - Epstein was infamously close with [[Les Wexner]], notably serving as Wexner's power of attorney from 1991-2007.[^69] - Wexner had only met Epstein four years prior to granting him power of attorney. - As power of attorney, Epstein was granted sweeping control over Wexner's personal, legal and financial matters. - In 1991, the same year Epstein became Wexner's power of attorney, Wexner formed the [[Mega Group]] with fellow Jewish billionaire [[Charles Bronfman]].[^70] - In May 2026, the foundation announced it would spin off its flagship leadership programs under a new entity with a $40 million contribution from [[Les Wexner]].[^15] - The separation came after increased scrutiny over Wexner's extensive relationship with [[Jeffrey Epstein]]. #### Funding and Donors - In 2024, the Wexner Foundation reported $12.8 million in revenue.[^7] - The organization operates on ~$10-15 million annually. - The [[Les Wexner|Wexner]] family and its Wexner Family Charitable Fund accounted for ~90% (around $280 million) of the Wexner Foundation's funding from 1991-2018.[^4] (Kegler and Fuhrer, 7) - [[Bill Davidson]] - mentioned as "notable and regular contributor."[^4] - [[Jim Joseph Foundation]] - mentioned as "notable and regular contributor."[^4] #### Notable Figures - [[Les Wexner]] - Founder - Abigail Wexner - Trustee, wife of Les Wexner - Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson - President[^6] #### References [^1]: The Wexner Foundation, “Our Story,” [https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/our-story/](https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/our-story/). [^2]: “Wexner Foundation,” _Wikipedia_, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexner_Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexner_Foundation). [^3]: The Wexner Foundation, “Our Values,” [https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/our-values/](https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/our-values/). [^4]: Charles Kegler and Loriann Fuhrer, "INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S INVOLVEMENT AND INTERACTIONS WITH THE WEXNER FOUNDATION," *The Wexner Foundation*, February 24, 2020, [https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Wexner-Foundation-Report-Following-Independent-Review4.pdf](https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Wexner-Foundation-Report-Following-Independent-Review4.pdf). 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[^11]: JewBelong, “Stacy Stuart,” [https://www.jewbelong.com/team/stacy-stuart/](https://www.jewbelong.com/team/stacy-stuart/). [^12]: JewBelong, “Archie Gottesman,” [https://www.jewbelong.com/team/archie-gottesman/](https://www.jewbelong.com/team/archie-gottesman/). [^13]: New Israel Fund, “People,” [https://nif.org/about/people/](https://nif.org/about/people/). [^14]: The Wexner Foundation, “Wexner Israel Fellowship,” [https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/programs/wexner-israel-fellowship/](https://www.wexnerfoundation.org/programs/wexner-israel-fellowship/). [^15]: Gabby Deutch, “Wexner Foundation to Spin Off North American Leadership Programs into New Nonprofit,” _eJewishPhilanthropy_, May 21, 2026, [https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/wexner-foundation-to-spin-off-north-american-leadership-programs-into-new-nonprofit/](https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/wexner-foundation-to-spin-off-north-american-leadership-programs-into-new-nonprofit/). 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[^25]: “Yedidya Ya’ari,” _Wikipedia_, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yedidya_Ya%27ari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yedidya_Ya%27ari). [^26]: Shalem College, “Dr. Eran Lerman,” [https://shalem.ac.il/en/personnel/eran-lerman/](https://shalem.ac.il/en/personnel/eran-lerman/). [^27]: “Aviv Kohavi,” _Wikipedia_, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviv_Kohavi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviv_Kohavi). [^28]: Israel Center for Educational Innovation (ICEI), “Our Team & Board,” [https://www.icei.co.il/our-team-board/](https://www.icei.co.il/our-team-board/). [^29]: Haim Dror, “Haim Dror,” _about.me_, [https://about.me/haimdror](https://about.me/haimdror). [^30]: HUMINT Solutions, “Open HUMINT Consulting - We Start Where AI Ends,” [https://humints.com/](https://humints.com/). [^31]: Tamar Runyan, “Israeli Education Director Visits Lod Charity,” _Chabad.org_, February 12, 2012, [https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/1769452/jewish/Israeli-Education-Director-Visits-Lod-Charity.htm](https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/1769452/jewish/Israeli-Education-Director-Visits-Lod-Charity.htm). [^32]: Alex Rose, “Q & A with Ram Shmueli: Keeping Israelis Safe—and Educated,” _The Canadian Jewish News_, January 20, 2020, [https://thecjn.ca/news/q-a-with-ram-shmueli-keeping-israelis-safe-and-educated/](https://thecjn.ca/news/q-a-with-ram-shmueli-keeping-israelis-safe-and-educated/). [^33]: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Israel, “Eynat Shlein,” April 28, 2021, [https://www.gov.il/en/pages/the-head-of-mashav](https://www.gov.il/en/pages/the-head-of-mashav). [^34]: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, “Assaf Orion,” [https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/experts/assaf-orion](https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/experts/assaf-orion). [^35]: Gary Rosenblatt, “Introducing Israel’s 21st Century Pioneers,” _The Times of Israel_, April 24, 2025, [https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/introducing-israels-21st-century-pioneers/](https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/introducing-israels-21st-century-pioneers/). [^36]: “Daniel Taub,” _Wikipedia_, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Taub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Taub). [^37]: Israel Policy Forum, “Major General (Res.) Noam Tibon,” [https://israelpolicyforum.org/about/speakers/major-general-res-noam-tibon/](https://israelpolicyforum.org/about/speakers/major-general-res-noam-tibon/). [^38]: Reut USA, “Gidi Grinstein,” [https://reutusa.org/?team=gidi-grinstein-2](https://reutusa.org/?team=gidi-grinstein-2). [^39]: “Alon Ben-David,” _Wikipedia_, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alon_Ben_David](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alon_Ben_David). [^40]: “Biography: Gadi Baltiansky,” _European Parliament_, [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/wgme/dv/201/201012/20101215_2_baltiansky_en.pdf](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/wgme/dv/201/201012/20101215_2_baltiansky_en.pdf). [^41]: Israel Innovation Authority, “SenStation Technologies Ltd,” [https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/importWinner/514601111/](https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/importWinner/514601111/). [^42]: Richard Silverstein, _“Israeli Consul, StandWithUs Engage in Lawfare Against Olympia Food Coop”_, Tikun Olam (blog), September 10, 2011, [https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2011/09/10/israeli-consul-standwithus-engage-in-lawfare-against-olympia-food-coop/](https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2011/09/10/israeli-consul-standwithus-engage-in-lawfare-against-olympia-food-coop/). [^43]: “Yair Golan,” _Wikipedia_, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Golan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Golan). 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