Boston
Carol Denbo
Carol Denbo is an educator and social activist. She worked in corporate sales in the legal publishing business. She founded her own business — teaching English as a second language to foreign employees. Carol also tutored in English to school children in Haifa, Israel. Ms. Denbo is a graduate of the MacDonald’s Teacher College of McGill University.Charles Jacobs
Dr. Charles Jacobs is a Jewish human rights activist and a journalist. He co-founded the Boston branch of CAMERA (the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America), the American Anti-Slavery Group, The David Project, and Americans for Peace and Tolerance. Charles helped redeem African slaves from bondage in Sudan for which he received the Boston Freedom Award from Coretta Scott King in 2000. He has been named among America’s top-50 Jewish leaders by The Forward. Charles has published in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Jerusalem Post, and the Encyclopedia Britannica. He has appeared on NBC, CBS, NPR, CNN, and PBS. Charles received a B.A. from Rutgers University and a doctoral degree from Harvard University. He is currently president of Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) and a board member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME).George Flesh
George Flesh, M.D. served as president of Westwood Village Synagogue in Los Angeles and former vice chair of Doctors Division of United Jewish Appeal in Los Angeles. He was chief of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates for 21 years. He is emeritus clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School and previously taught at the UCLA School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Harvard University and UCLA School of Medicine.Jeffrey Kraines
Jeffrey Kraines, M.D. has been a senior healthcare executive in the managed care, pharma/biotech, consulting, and product innovation industries in addition to his clinical experience practicing internal medicine and rheumatology. He holds degrees from Wesleyan University and the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Kraines is President of the William P. Goldman & Brothers Foundation, which is devoted to defending Israel, protecting Jews, preserving Jewish history and culture, and providing medical, educational, and social service needs. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Jewish Committee in Boston as well as its national board.Martin Sklar
Martin Sklar is an activist and supporter of Israel and several Jewish organizations including AFDMA, CAMERA, CUFI, IDF, IFCJ among others. Martin was the President of B’nai B’rith Technology Unit. He is an inventor and successful entrepreneur in the medical device industry. He founded AblaCor™ Medical Corporation to develop an innovative ablation catheter that Is designed to advance treatment for millions of patients with Atrial Fibrillation. He also works at Electrophysiology Frontiers, SpA to continue advancing catheter development. Martin received a Master of Engineering Degree from Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Chicago
Andy Katlin
A passionate and active Zionist, Andy Katlin and his family have been lifelong supporters of the State of Israel and Jewish causes. Andy was an executive in the outdoor sporting goods business. He is now volunteering as a docent at the Illinois Holocaust Museum. Andy attended the University of Miami and also earned a J.D. from the University of Illinois.
Shale Lapping
Shale Lapping has been active in Jewish organizations including both AIPAC and the Republican Jewish Coalition. He attended the University of Illinois as an undergraduate, then obtained an M.B.A. at McGill University in Montréal, and later a law degree from the University of Chicago. He has been a practicing lawyer and investment consultant. He is the founder of his firm, which services not-for-profit organizations throughout the Midwest.
Florida
Avi Goldwasser
Avi Goldwasser is the co-founder of The David Project, an organization dedicated to supporting Jewish students on campus. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Jewish Committee in Boston, the Boston JCRC (Jewish Community Relations Council), and the Boston Bureau of Jewish Education. Avi has produced several films, including the award-winning documentary The Forgotten Refugees, Columbia Unbecoming, and Hate Spaces: The Politics of Intolerance on Campus. Avi is a former financial executive in high tech; he received a B.S. in Engineering from City College of New York and an M.B.A. from New York University.Bertram Cohen
Bertram Cohen is a passionate and active Zionist. He developed Jewish/Zionist programs in the Poughkeepsie Jewish Community. Bertram has written extensively about the environment, and advanced energy technologies. He is a former engineer at IBM and the U.S Army. Bertram received a degree in physics from Brooklyn College and a degree in Electrical Engineering from Pratt Institute.Richard L. Cravatts
Richard L. Cravatts, PhD is a professor and author of four books, including Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. He is President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), an organization with 30,000 members worldwide. Richard has published over 500 articles, on campus anti-Semitism, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and higher education in the newspapers around the world, and also gives speeches nationally on these topics. He is a board member of SPME, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and also is an advisory board member of The Abraham Global Peace Initiative and of the Gross Family Center For the Study of Antisemitism and the Holocaust. Richard received his PhD from the University of Louisiana.Sam Bierstock
Sam Bierstock is a strong supporter of Israel and a recipient of the George Washington Honor Medal Freedoms Foundation for his work on behalf of US veterans. He is an ophthalmic surgeon and an electrical engineer and he served as Chief Medical Officer of several international healthcare technology corporate entities. He is also the author of an internationally acclaimed musical tribute the aging American veterans. Sam received his degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of MedicineStephen Gerzof
Stephen Gerzof, M.D. is a social activist, Interventional Radiologist, Professor of Radiology at Tufts Medical School, and Consultant in Medicine at the West Roxbury VA. He developed non-operative treatments for abdominal abscesses and pancreatitis. His seminal work, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, had a significant impact on the practice of medicine and surgery worldwide and was incorporated into an entirely new sub-specialty, “Interventional Radiology.” Dr. Gerzof is a graduate of Hobart College and Tufts Medical School.Illinois
Shale Lapping
Shale Lapping has been active in Jewish organizations including both AIPAC and the Republican Jewish Coalition. He attended the University of Illinois as an undergraduate, then obtained an M.B.A. at McGill University in Montréal, and later a law degree from the University of Chicago. He has been a practicing lawyer and investment consultant. He is the founder of his firm, which services not-for-profit organizations throughout the Midwest.