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Aili McConnon
Topics: Science, Technology & Innovation,Arts & Culture
Aili McConnon is an award-winning journalist who writes for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Her book Road to Valor was a national bestseller and the recipient of The Canadian Jewish Book Award biography prize.
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Alan B. Katz
Topics: Science, Technology & Innovation,Middle Eastern Relations
Alan Katz is an expert on media bias in Israel and author of For The Record: Israel and the Palestinians. He is a member of the Long Island Board of JNF and a trustee of the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation.
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Alon Ben-Gurion
Topics: Israel Economy,Complementary Speakers,JNF Action Areas ,Arts & Culture,Positively Israel & College Campuses
Hospitality consultant Alon Ben Gurion has managed hotels worldwide, including the prestigious Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. He is using his extensive network and hospitality know-how to actively promote development in the Negev.
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Andrew Lustig
Topics: Arts & Culture,Positively Israel & College Campuses
Andrew Lustig is the artist-in-residence at the Brandeis Collegiate Institute, and performs as a spoken word artist around the world. His nonprofit, One Wish Project, creates powerful videos that have received millions of views.
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Art Shamsky
Topics: Science, Technology & Innovation,Arts & Culture
Art Shamsky is a former Major League Baseball player who was a member of the "Miracle Mets," which won their first World Championship in 1969. He is a sports commentator and managed the Israeli professional baseball team Modi’in Miracle in 2007.
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Avnet Kleiner
Topics: Complementary Speakers,JNF Action Areas
Avnet Kleiner is the U.S. Director of Development for JNF partner ALEH Negev, a rehabilitative village that provides medical care to people with severe disabilities. Mr. Kleiner founded two non-profits and worked as a think tank researcher.
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Benjamin Anthony
Topics: Positively Israel & College Campuses,US-Israel Relations ,Sustainability
Sergeant Benjamin Anthony is a former IDF Combat Soldier and the founder of Our Soldiers Speak, a nonprofit organization aimed at educating the world about what really happens on the front lines of battle. He currently works with US Congress members.
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Bret Stephens
Topics: Middle Eastern Relations,US-Israel Relations
Bret Stephens is an op-ed columnist and associate editor with The New York Times.
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Chloe Valdary
Topics: Middle Eastern Relations,Positively Israel & College Campuses
After spending a year as a Bartley fellow at the Wall St Journal, Chloé is now taking her innovative theory of change, the ‘Theory of Enchantment’ from the non-profit sector to the corporate world.
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Daniel Frankenstein
Topics: Israel Economy,Science, Technology & Innovation
Daniel Frankenstein is the managing partner of JANVEST, a U.S.-based venture firm directed at premium early stage innovation within Israel’s emerging technology market. Previously, Mr. Frankenstein led global technology giant CEB into the Israeli market.