Meet our 2025 Speakers
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Jon Polin & Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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Sarah Hurwitz
Author
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Jason Greenblatt
Former White House Middle East Envoy,
Diplomat & Commentator -
Ambassador Daniel Shapiro
Distinguished Fellow
Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative -
Alice Miller
CEO
NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief -
Shaun Maguire
General Partner
Sequoia Capital -
Tamar Ish-Shalom
Journalist
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Nadav Eyal
Journalist
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Ori Sasson
Two-time Olympic Medalist and Motivational Speaker
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Maya Vorobyov
Executive Director
TalkIsrael Foundation -
Itamar Kremer
Director
Israel Education Watch -
Michael Lev-Ram
Contributing Editor
Fortune -
Izabella Tabarovsky
Z3 Institute Senior Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Dr. David Hazony
Director of the Institute
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Maria Jiries
CEO
Shittah Institute for Local Policy -
Rabbi Menachem Bombach
Founder and President
“Netzach” Educational Network -
Dr. David Bryfman
CEO
The Jewish Education Project -
Dr. Sivan Zakai
Sara S. Lee Professor of Jewish Education
Hebrew Union College -
Benjamin Kerstein
Z3 Institute Associate Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Sefi Kraut
Director of Mahloket Matters
Pardes Institue of Jewish Studies -
Sharona Israeli-Roth
President and Executive Director
EarlyJ -
Ted Kahn
CEO and Sr Visting Scholar
DesignWorlds for Learning & DesignWorlds for College & Careers; University of Michigan— Center for Digital Curricula -
Rachel Azaria
Founder and CEO
HaOgen for Reservist Families -
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann
Head of School
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School -
Barak Sella
Consultant
Tzomet Games -
Gili Dover
Youth Programs & Ma'agalim Community Support
ICC, Oshman Family JCC -
Ilay Noimark
Co-Founder & Director
SUBRES -
Lara Walklet
Teen Engagement Manager
Oshman Family JCC -
Joy Sisisky
President & Chief Executive Officer
Jewish Federation Bay Area -
Iddo Cabiri
Co-Founder & Director
SUBRES -
Nirit Freikorn
Head of School,
Beged Kefet Hebrew Language School
ICC, Oshamn Family JCC -
Phil Siegel
Philanthropist
Siegel Family Foundation -
Rabbi Alex Harris
Senior Educator
Unpacked -
Emma Goss
Reporter
J. The Jewish News of Northern California -
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Maia Zelkha
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Maya Mirsky
Culture Editor (Arts/Tech/Ideas)
J. the Jewish News of Northern California -
Professor Chanan Tigay
Editor-in-Chief
J. The Jewish News of Northern California -
Hallel Abramowitz-Silverman
Activist
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Ambassador Marco Sermoneta
Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest
Israel Consulate, San Francisco -
Barak Hermann
President & CEO
JCC Association of North America -
Chama Mechtaly
Artist, Entrepreneur & Policy Advisor
Emma Lazarus Institute -
Dan Ahdoot
Comedian & Writer
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Dr. David Hasan
Professor of Neurosurgery; Founder and CEO
The Gaza Children Village -
Rabbi Amitai Fraiman
Founding Director
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Zack Bodner
President & CEO
Oshman Family JCC