Alana Newhouse

Alana Newhouse

Alana Newhouse is the editor-in-chief of Tablet Magazine, which she founded in 2009. In less than a decade, she turned Tablet into one of the most influential Jewish outlets around the world—“a must-read for all young politically and culturally engaged Jews”—according to New York Magazine. Before Tablet, Alana was the culture editor at the Forward—where she also started a line of books, and curated an exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York about the history of Yiddish newspapers and American Jewish life. She’s also a regular contributor to other outlets, including the New York Times. She began her career working for the legendary New York City political guru David Garth, and is a graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University’s School of Journalism.

Alexandra Orbuch

Alexandra Orbuch

Alexandra Orbuch is a Junior at Princeton University, where she serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Princeton Tory, the University’s journal for conservative thought. In addition to the Tory, Alexandra writes for a host of other campus publications, including the Princeton Legal Journal and Nassau Weekly, and she has been published in national outlets like the Washington Free Beacon, The Algemeiner, and Fox News.

Amb. David Friedman

Amb. David Friedman

Ambassador David Friedman was nominated by President Trump on January 20, 2017 and served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel until the end of the Trump Administration. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, Mr. Friedman was a nationally top-ranked attorney and a founding partner of a leading law firm in New York City where he played a key role in negotiating multilateral disputes in some of the nation’s most complex business and financial restructurings.

Throughout his posting, Ambassador Friedman actively engaged in the development and execution of President Trump’s Israel-related policies, including those with respect to the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the move of the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Height, and the Abraham Accords.

Well known for his excellent public speaking, negotiating and interpersonal skills, Mr. Friedman has been active for decades in U.S. policy relating to Israel and the Middle East as well as numerous related philanthropies. Mr. Friedman earned a B.A. from Columbia University in New York City in 1978 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in New York City in 1981. He has been happily married to Tammy since 1981, and is a proud father of five and grandfather of many more.

Amiad Cohen

Amiad Cohen

Amiad Cohen is the director general of the Tikvah Fund in Israel, publisher of the Hebrew-language Hashiloach journal, and a partner in several business initiatives in the security and technology fields. He served as deputy commander of the elite “Egoz” unit in the Israel Defense Forces and for several years was head of security coordination in his native settlement of Eli. He previously directed the industrial and fiscal innovation divisions of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.

Amichai Chikli

Amichai Chikli

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Betsy Devos

Betsy Devos

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Zach Kessel

Zach Kessel

Zach Kessel is a William F. Buckley Fellow in Political Journalism at National Review and a recent graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He has been involved with the Tikvah Fund since completing the Beren Summer Fellowship in 2022 and is a 2023-24 Krauthammer Fellow. He is also a Public Policy Fellow with the Fund for American Studies and a Richard John Neuhaus Fellow with the Public Interest Fellowship and the Ethics and Public Policy Center. In addition to National Review, his writings have been featured in publications including the Dispatch, the Washington Free Beacon, and the Washington Post.