Steering Committee of the Board of Fellows
Prof. Arthur Eidelman, Chairman
David B. Keidan
Adam Milstein
Prof. Shmuel Sandler
Irit Tratt
Alexander Tsigutkin
Howard Weisband
Prof. Arthur Eidelman – Chairman of the Steering Committee
Prof. Arthur Eidelman is Chair (Emeritus) of the Department of Pediatrics at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. He is Professor of Pediatrics at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine and International Editor of the Journal of Perinatology (the official publication of the Section of Perinatal Medicine of the American Academy of Pediatrics).
David B. Keidan – Steering Committee Member
David B. Keidan is former President and CEO of Buckingham Capital Management. He is former Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, President of Friends of the Harvard Judaica Collection, Honorary Director of Harvard Hillel, and Trustee of Montefiore Health Systems.
Adam Milstein – Steering Committee Member
Adam Milstein is a Managing Partner at Hager Pacific Properties. A native of Israel, he served in the IDF during the Yom Kippur War and graduated from the Technion in 1978. He is a venture philanthropreneur, supporting pro-Israel and pro-American causes that fight hate, antisemitism, and bigotry on college campuses and beyond. He and his wife Gila co-founded the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation, empowering a wide range of organizations, as well as launching new ones, to strengthen the Jewish people and the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Prof. Shmuel Sandler – Steering Committee Member
Prof. Shmuel Sandler is president of Emunah-Efrat College in Jerusalem and a senior research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He is a prominent analyst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as religion, party and electoral politics in Israel, and U.S.-Israel relations.
Irit Tratt – Steering Committee Member
Irit Tratt obtained her Masters in International Affairs with a focus on the Middle East from The George Washington University. Upon graduating, she worked as a Legislative Assistant handling foreign affairs and defense issues for several members of Congress. Irit maintains her advocacy on behalf of Jewish and pro-Israel causes through her involvement with organizations such as The Tikvah Fund and the Republican Jewish Coalition. She is currently a freelance journalist. Her work has been published in The Jerusalem Post, The American Spectator, The Algemeiner, JNS, and Israel Hayom.
Alexander Tsigutkin – Steering Committee Member
Alex Tsigutkin was the founder of AxiomSL, global financial software company, and served as its CEO from 1991 to 2021. Alex designed the original software platform and managed the company to become a global leader in risk management and regulatory compliance for the financial industry. Prior to founding AxiomSL, Alex was an independent consultant to top-tier international banks and financial institutions, advising senior management in banking operations and database engineering. Alex’s passion is helping Jews in Israel and around the world.
Howard M. Weisband – Steering Committee Member
Howard M. Weisband, a Fellow of the Jerusalem Center, served as Senior Adviser on Israel Affairs to the President of Yeshiva University (2004-2007); Director General of UIA Federations Canada (2001-2004); Vice President for International Development at Bar-Ilan University (1997-2001); Secretary General of The Jewish Agency for Israel (1985-1997); and Executive Director of the Memphis Jewish Federation (1977-1984).
Fellows
Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem
Yaakov Amidror, Ra’anana
Alan Baker, Jerusalem
Lenny Ben-David, Efrat
Yoni Ben Menachem, Jerusalem
Eytan Bentsur, Jerusalem
Russel A. Berman, CA
Michael Brown, Toronto
Steven M. Cohen, Jerusalem
Irwin Cotler, Montreal
Dan Diker, Jerusalem
Arthur I. Eidelman, M.D. Jerusalem *
Freddy Eytan, Jerusalem
Joel Fishman, Jerusalem
Allen (Avi) Glicksman, Philadelphia
Hirsh Goodman, Jerusalem
Jonathan Dahoah Halevi, Ontario
Aryeh Hecht, Jerusalem
Chaya Herskovic, Jerusalem
Pinhas Inbari, Modi’in
Raphael Israeli, Jerusalem
Chaim Kalchheim, Jerusalem
Asa Kasher, Ramat Gan
Christian Kaunert, United Kingdom
David B. Keidan, New York
Richard Kemp, Colchester, UK
Eugene Kontorovich, Jerusalem
Yossi Kuperwasser, Rosh HaAyin
Robert Licht, Philadelphia
Deborah E. Lipstadt, Atlanta
Amnon Lord, Jerusalem
Irwin Mansdorf, Ra’anana
Zvi Mazel, Jerusalem
Reuven Merhav, Jerusalem
Alan Mittleman, Allentown, PA
Jacques Neriah, Tel Aviv
Fiamma Nirenstein, Jerusalem
Daniel Reisner, Tel Aviv
Harold Rhode, Washington, DC
Richard Rossin, Givat Yeshayahu
Mordechai Rotenberg, Jerusalem
Colin Rubenstein, Melbourne
Shmuel Sandler, Jerusalem *
Jonathan Sarna, Newton, MA
Michael Segall, Netanya
Nadav Shragai, Jerusalem
Col. John Spencer, CO
Steven Spiegel, Los Angeles
Gerald M. Steinberg, Jerusalem
Joshua Teitelbaum, Ra’anana
Joseph Telushkin, New York
Irit Tratt, Scarsdale, NY
Shmuel Trigano, Paris
Ilan Troen, Beersheva
Alexander Tsigutkin, New York
Irina Tsukerman, Esq., Stratford, CT
Mervin F. Verbit, New York
Leslie Wagner, Jerusalem
Harold M. Waller, Montreal
Howard Weisband, Jerusalem *
Steven Windmueller, Los Angeles
Dr. David Wurmser, Maryland
Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani, Maryland
(*) – Member of Steering Committee
Professional Advisory Board
H.E. Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori
H.E. Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori is a former politician who served as a member of the UAE Federal National Council. Today, Ahmed focuses his attention on the award-winning Crossroads of Civilizations Museum (CCM) in Dubai.
Lord Stuart Polak
Stuart Polak, Baron Polak CBE, is a British Conservative politician, life peer in the House of Lords, and honorary president of the Conservative Friends of Israel.
Ambassador Guilio Terzi di Sant’Agata
Giulio Terzi is the President of the European Union Policies Committee of the Italian Senate.
