Richard Bernstein has been actively engaged in the practice of law for 40 years including 15 years with the international law firm of Greenberg Traurig P.A. before becoming semi-retired in 2019. He focused his practice on corporate finance, including debt and equity transactions; strategic and venture capital financings; mergers and acquisitions; distribution, licensing and technology transfer transactions; domestic and international joint ventures; non-profit organizations and general corporate matters. Richard has managed mergers and acquisition transactions and technology licensing matters in the United States, Israel, Poland, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

Tzur Keren has been a senior management consultant for more than 25 years. He has advised the CEOs and top management teams at an array of major corporations and large organizations on business strategy design, planning and implementation of organizational change, complex systems analysis, formulation of core policies, and big data analysis for business intelligence (BI) purposes. He is a strategic adviser to the Jewish Agency’s Executive Chairman and CEO of Otipo, an Israeli company that developed and provides web-based workforce and employee scheduling for shift-work businesses. Keren teaches leadership and CEO development courses at the College of Management and Academic Studies (COMAS). From 1994 to 2009 he was head of the IDF’s Military Psychology Center (MPC) and chief consultant to the IDF’s Ground forces division. Keren is currently completing a doctorate in sociology at Hebrew University.

Eliran Carsenti is JPPI’s digital assets manager and editor of the Institute’s website. Over the last decade, he has worked as a reporter, editor, and manager at several prominent media organizations. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics and communications from Ariel University, a master’s degree in law from Bar Ilan University, and he is a graduate of a campaign management program at the New-Media college.

Dana has a B.A. in Communication and Economics from Tel Aviv University, a B.A. in Psychology from the Open University, and an M.A. in Social and Political Psychology from the University of Jerusalem. Graduated from the army from unit 8200 after learning five units of Arabic. Dana is a reporter, content creator, media and communication personality, previously hosted a morning…

Laura Kam is the Director of Communications for JPPI and President of Kam Global Strategies, a Jerusalem-based international strategic communications company. Previously she was Executive Director for Global Affairs at The Israel Project working on projects in the U.S., China, India, Russia, and Europe. Laura held various positions at the Anti-Defamation League in New York, Washington, D.C. and in Jerusalem,…

Gabriel Abensour grew up in France and made Aliyah in 2011. Gabriel is a PhD student in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as a President’s Fellow at the Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. His research lies at the intersection of Mizrahi studies, Jewish Law, and History.…