Our Experts
From speaking and teaching to media appearances, writing, and consulting, we bring bold, informed, and original perspectives on Jewish identity to communities around the world. Let’s start the conversation.
Dr. Ron Katz
President & Co-Founder
President & Co-Founder
Ron Katz is an authority on rhetoric, propaganda, and persuasion. His research and writing have appeared in books, academic journals, and periodical publications. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Hen Mazzig
Senior Fellow & Co-Founder
Senior Fellow & Co-Founder
The New York Times described him as one of the most nuanced online commentators on Israel and Jewish people.
He is a globally recognized speaker, educator, author, and digital influencer. With an audience of over 650,000 followers across his social media platforms and content reaching more than 100 million users, Hen has become a trusted voice on Jewish issues, appearing as an expert in media across four continents, including outlets like the New York Times.
Dr. Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki
Visiting Fellow
Visiting Fellow
Dr. Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki is a historian and co-founder of the Tel Aviv Review of Books. She has a PhD in modern European history from NYU. As a researcher and translator she has collaborated with numerous authors and organizations on the topics of Jewish history, inter-religious encounters and the universal in Judaism. She is also the co founder and editor of Tel Aviv Review of Books, an online review that presents the entire spectrum of views from and about Israeli culture, religion, and politics to an international audience.
Dr. Matthias J. Becker
Visiting Fellow
Visiting Fellow
Dr. Matthias J. Becker is the founder and principal investigator of the Decoding Antisemitism research project. He is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge and a linguist specializing in pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, (critical) discourse analysis, and social media studies. His research focuses on prejudice and hate-related communication.
Yseult Polfliet Mukantabana
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Yseult Polfliet Mukantabana is Rwandan, Jewish, and a queer woman. She is an author, creative director, and social and art advocate. Mukantabana is the Co-Founder of Kinswomen, sits on the Board Committee of POWarts, an organization meant to uplift professional womxn in the art industry, TED Speaker, and designer/co-founder of YOAH, a gender-free children’s brand created with her brother Noah Polfliet. Her unique approach to matter of race issues are global.
David Christopher Kaufman
Adjunct Fellow
Adjunct Fellow
David Christopher Kaufman is a New York-based journalist. His work focuses on the intersections between politics, culture, media, and identity across the globe. Currently at the New York Post, he previously served as an editor at the New York Times and Global Digital Director at Architectural Digest, Kaufman regularly contributes to publications ranging from The Financial Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal, to Monocle, AirMail, The Telegraph, Tablet, and The Forward. Kaufman studied at Brandeis University and received a graduate degree in Journalism from New York University. He is co-author of the book “Pride: 50 Years of Parades and Protests.”