Founding Director
David Cohen
David has spent over fifteen years working as an educator and Israel programs director in the Greater Boston area. David served as Associate Regional Director for the Anti-Defamation League’s New England Region where he directed their Israel education programs and provided Middle East policy analysis. For three years, David directed an Israel based social justice program that brought Jewish and Arab communities together to build bridges of understanding through cultural exchange and community service.
David holds a BA in History from Brandeis University and an MA from Boston University where he focused on International Political History. David also studied European Politics and International Law at King’s College in London; and Jewish Education at Hebrew College in Newton, MA. David currently sits on the Combined Jewish Philanthropies Boston-Haifa Living Bridges Committee and is the co-founder of the presentation “Looking Forward for a Two State Solution.”
David Cohen
David has spent over fifteen years working as an educator and Israel programs director in the Greater Boston area. David served as Associate Regional Director for the Anti-Defamation League’s New England Region where he directed their Israel education programs and provided Middle East policy analysis. For three years, David directed an Israel based social justice program that brought Jewish and Arab communities together to build bridges of understanding through cultural exchange and community service.
David holds a BA in History from Brandeis University and an MA from Boston University where he focused on International Political History. David also studied European Politics and International Law at King’s College in London; and Jewish Education at Hebrew College in Newton, MA. David currently sits on the Combined Jewish Philanthropies Boston-Haifa Living Bridges Committee and is the co-founder of the presentation “Looking Forward for a Two State Solution.”
Advising Consultants (in formation):
Ehud Eiran
Ehud (Udi) Eiran is a Research Fellow at the Harvard Belfer Center’s International Security Program. He holds a B.A (Magna Cum Laude) and an LL.B from Tel Aviv University, and an M. Phil (High Pass) from Cambridge University. Eiran is a Ph.D candidate in Politics at Brandeis University. Eiran has also been affiliated with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School since 2003.
Prior to his studies, Eiran served as an officer in the Israeli Army and is currently a Reserve Major. He was a legal clerk for two Israeli Attorney Generals and Assistant to Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Foreign Policy Advisor. Eiran was a 1997 recipient of the British Chevening Award and the 2002 winner of the Morris Abrams Award. He was also awarded a certificate of distinction in teaching from the Bok Center at Harvard University and an Outstanding Teaching Fellow award from Brandeis University.
As a volunteer, Eiran has worked with Israeli and U.S. youth groups and with the Israeli Center for Psychological Support for Holocaust Survivors. Eiran’s op-eds have been published in numerous papers in the United States, Israel, and India, and he has been a guest on a number of television and radio programs such as The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and On Point with Tom Ashbrook.
Prior to his studies, Eiran served as an officer in the Israeli Army and is currently a Reserve Major. He was a legal clerk for two Israeli Attorney Generals and Assistant to Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Foreign Policy Advisor. Eiran was a 1997 recipient of the British Chevening Award and the 2002 winner of the Morris Abrams Award. He was also awarded a certificate of distinction in teaching from the Bok Center at Harvard University and an Outstanding Teaching Fellow award from Brandeis University.
As a volunteer, Eiran has worked with Israeli and U.S. youth groups and with the Israeli Center for Psychological Support for Holocaust Survivors. Eiran’s op-eds have been published in numerous papers in the United States, Israel, and India, and he has been a guest on a number of television and radio programs such as The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and On Point with Tom Ashbrook.
Johny Elia Abu Aita
Johny is Executive Director of the "Bridges to the Future Foundation" - A Palestinian young adult leadership program and organizaing initiative. Johny graduated from October Six University with a degree in Political Science and Economics. He has worked at the Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem (ARIJ) and since 2005 has been a researched at the Urbanization Monitoring Unit.
Rabbi Golan Ben Chorin
Director of Congregational learning at Temple Emeth of Chestnut Hill in Brookline, MA.
Larry Lowenthal
Former Director of the Boston American Jewish Committee and Senior Advisor the National American Jewish Committee.
Ariel Beery & Ahron Horwitz
Co-Directors, Presentense Group
Advisory Committee (in formation - contact us if you would like to join):
Howard Wolk (Community Outreach) Meyer Goldstein (Development) Gary Cohen (Marketing) Jamie David Kelly Smith |
Jarrett Goetz Johny Abo Maya Wolk Nathaniel Walton |