Welcome to Israel Summit 2024
February 25–26, 2024
Atlanta, GA
The Hillel International Israel Summit, built out of the original Harvard Israel Summit, is an in person gathering of Israel focused student leaders within the Hillel movement.
These unique “fly in” style conferences will convene hundreds of Israel leaders from across the United States and will be an opportunity for these top student leaders to come together and learn from top Israel community leaders and subject matter experts, network and incubate ideas in a highly collaborative cross campus environment, and provide Hillel staff with constructive feedback on the ever-changing campus climate for Jewish students.
Our Mission
Our Summits will place significant emphasis on broadening students’ horizons on Israel, in addition to providing top level training for student leaders interested in being leaders on campus in the Israel sphere. In addition to facilitating close exposure to world class speakers, Israel Summit will include high level workshops, training programs, and masterclasses designed to help guide Hillel’s top Israel student leaders interested in being active in education and advocacy on campus.
For questions or to learn more information, please contact the Israel Summit Team.
Israel Summit Speakers
Hon. Natan Sharansky
Former Chairman of the Executive, Jewish Agency for Israel
Hon. Tzipi Livni
Former Vice Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Justice Minister, State of Israel
Eylon Levy
Israeli Government Spokesperson
Netta Barzilai
Eurovision Winning Israeli Songwriter & Musician
Matthew Bronfman
Chair, Hillel International Board of Governors
Jay Kaiman
President, The Marcus Foundation
President Isaac Herzog (via video message)
11th President of Israel
Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon
Consul General of Israel to the Southeast United States
President George T. French Jr., Ph.D
5th President of Clark Atlanta Univeristy
Lee Dranikoff
Chair, Hillel International Board of Directors
Hon. Gadeer Kamal Mreeh
Former Member of Knesset & Senior Envoy for the Jewish Agency for Israel
Rev. Sean Smith
Senior Advisor to the Mayor for Faith Affairs, City of Atlanta
Ambassador Dennis Ross
William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Adam Lehman
President and CEO, Hillel International
Meir Holtz
CEO, Mosaic United
Ghaith al-Omari
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Mark Rotenberg
Vice President of Legal Affairs & Chief Counsel, Hillel International
Alyza Lewin
President of Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
David Makovsky
Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Amanda Berman
Founder and Executive Director, Zioness Movement
Jacki Karsh
Emmy Nominated Multimedia Journalist
Dr John Eaves
Founder and National Director, Black and Jewish Leaders
Melissa Weiss
Executive Editor, Jewish Insider
Sarah Hurwitz
Author, Former Political Speechwriter
Tashager Araro
CEO, Ethiopian Heritage Center in TLV
David Halperin
CEO, Israel Policy Forum
Hon. Yohanan Plesner
President, Israel Democracy Institute
Haviv Rettig Gur
Senior Analyst, Times of Israel
April Powers
VP of DE&I, Project Shema
Kiyomi Kowalski
VP of Partnerships, Project Shema
Wendy Keter
Director Emeritus, Reichman University
Matthew Berger
President and CEO, Mashber Strategies
Rabbi Ben Berger
Vice President for Jewish Education and Experience, Hillel International
Winton Steward
Head of Public Policy & Government Affairs, Google Midwest
Avi Melamed
Middle East Geopolitical Expert
Founder, Inside The Middle East Intelligence Perspectives Institute [ITME]
Shimon Shamila
COO of Aliyah Department, Jewish Agency for Israel
Rabbi Larry Sernovitz
CEO, Hillels of Georgia
Yair Rosenberg
Staff Writer and Author of Deep Shtetl Newsletter, The Atlantic
Eden Cohen
Founder and CEO, A Wider Frame
Professor Rivka Tuval-Mashiach
Department of Psycology, Bar-Ilan University
Jonathan Falk
Vice President of Israel Action & Addressing Antisemitism Program, Hillel International
Tremayne Smith
Vice President, Global Office of DE&I, JP Morgan Chase
Omri Kuperstein
Coordinator, Jewish Agency for Israel Fellows Program
Jeremy Suard
Co-Founder and CEO, Exodigo
Joshua D. Cohen
Speechwriter and Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Professor Eli Sperling
Israel Institute Teach Fellow, University of Georgia
Gabby Deutch
Senior National Correspondent, Jewish Insider
Or Bar Noy
Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow, Hillel International Israel Leadership Network (ILN)
Kayla Ramnarine
Social Media Manager, Hillel International
Danielle Yablonka
Digital Consultant, Hillel International
Yirmihayhu Danzig
Influencer and Educator, Open Door Media
Benji Bernstein
Senior Tech Product Manager and AI Entrepreneur
Ruth Gal Gabriel
Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow, Hillel at University of Georgia
Keren Almaz Marsha
Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow, Yale Hillel
Odeya Paz
Head of Social & Welfare Services for Olim Students, Ministry of Aliyah and Integration
Marc Rosenberg
VP of Diaspora Partnerships, Nefesh B’Nefesh
Lidar Eini
Jewish Agency Israel Fellow, San Luis Obispo Hillel
Sun Mor
Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow, Virginia Tech Hillel
Orel Peretz
Heyman Winter Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow, Duke Hillel
Student Leadership:
Kim Nahari
National Chair–Israel Summit; Harvard University
Jillian Lederman
ILN Executive Chair; Brown University
Sabrina Soffer
Founding Chair of Content Creators; George Washington University
Danny Denenberg
Israel Summit Committee Member; Harvard University
Gabriel Diamond
ILN Vice Chair; Yale University
Talia Dror
ILN Vice Chair; Cornell University
Noa Horowitz
Israel Summit Committee Member; Harvard University
Asher Ireland
Israel Summit Committee Member; University of Utah
Sophie Kalmin
Israel Summit Committee Member; Emory University
Shani Menna
ILN Vice Chair; UC San Diego
Ariela Moel
Senior Fellow for Content Creators; University of California
Talia Segal
Israel Summit Committee Member; Georgia Institute of Technology
Ron Tsur
Israel Summit Committee Member; University of Georgia
Michelle Waksman
Small Campus Trustee; Bryn Mawr College
Jeremy Davis
Israel Summit Committee Member; The Ohio State University
Past Israel Summit Speakers
Robert K. Kraft
Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove
United States Congresswoman for California’s 30th District
Congresswoman Young Kim
United States Congresswoman for California’s 40th District
Ritchie Torres
United States Congressman for New York’s 15th District
Dr. Christina Paxson
President of Brown University
Noa Tishby
Award Winning Author, Producer, Diplomat
Adam Lehman
President and CEO of Hillel International
April Powers
Director of DE&I at Project Shema;
Co-Founder of Jewbian Princess
Bret Stephens
Senior Contributor at The New York Times
Amanda Berman
Founder and CEO of Zioness Movement
Matthew Bronfman
Chair of Hillel International Board of Governors
Kiyomi Kowalski
Director of Partnerships at Project Shema; Co-Founder
of Jewbian Princess
Ambassador Thomas R. Nides
United States Ambassador to Israel
Consul General Meron Reuben
Consul General of Israel, New England
Consul General Hillel Newman
Consul General of Israel, Los Angeles
Eden Cohen
Founder and President of A Wider Frame
Matthew Berger
Executive Director of Foundation to Combat Antisemitism
Julia Jassey
CEO of Jewish on Campus
David Bocarsly
Executive Director of Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California
Ambassador Dennis Ross
William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Ghaith Al-Omari
Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
David Makovsky
Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Rabbi Seth Winberg
Executive Director of Brandeis Hillel
Rabbi Josh Bolton
Executive Director of Brown RISD Hillel
Rabbi Daniel Levine
Senior Jewish Educator of Hillel Orange County