03/17/2025
Thank you to H.E. , President of the State of Israel and former Chairman of the Jewish Agency, and the team at for giving me the opportunity to serve a two-year term as a member of your first Council.
I am in awe of so many of the super-accomplished, brilliant, passionate, and wonderful people who I now get to call friends and colleagues – and I still find it hard to believe that I get to work with people of their caliber to brainstorm, strategize, and plan for a better tomorrow.
I will share more of my personal photos and observations in the future.
For now, here is the background:
Conceived and led by H.E. Isaac Herzog, the Voice of the People initiative is a non-political, global, collaborative effort to build a stronger, safer, and more cohesive Jewish community, increasingly flourishing and contributing to society as a whole while preserving its intrinsic diversity and inclusiveness.
The members of the150-person VOP Council, which recently met in Haifa – a city famous for modeling the peaceful coexistence of Arabs and Jews – were selected by a transparent and unbiased process leveraging a computer-based algorithm that evaluated over 100 characteristics of potential members. Hailing from numerous countries and cultures across six continents, those chosen to serve represent the broad, diverse spectrum of Jewish opinions, identities, traditions, and beliefs.
Over the next two years, the members of the initial cohort are expected to work together to collectively identify, discuss, and create actionable solutions to tangibly address the most serious challenges facing Jewish communities worldwide; VOP is expected to transform the knowledge, experiences, thoughts, and desires of 150 diverse individuals into the single, unified voice – the voice of an ancient people seeking to secure and enhance both its future prosperity and its ability to continue contributing to society at large.
Special thanks to VOP CEO and everyone on her wonderful team, to VOP’s sponsors and partners, and, of course, to all of the Council Members and Fellowes – being counted among you is truly a great honor and source of inspiration.
