Aviva Klompas | |
|---|---|
 Aviva Klompas | |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Nationality | Canadian/American |
| Alma mater | New York University |
Aviva Klompas is an educator, author, speech writer, and a zionist . She is the CEO of Boundless, a pro-Israel education group. [1]
Aviva Klompas | |
|---|---|
| Aviva Klompas | |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Nationality | Canadian/American |
| Alma mater | New York University |
Aviva Klompas is an educator, author, speech writer, and a zionist . She is the CEO of Boundless, a pro-Israel education group. [1]
Originally from Canada, [2] Klompas earned an Honors Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto, [3] as well as a Masters of Public and Non-Profit Management and Policy from New York University. [4] She has attributed her pro-Israel advocacy to the experience of leading Birthright trips. [5]
Klompas worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Ontario government supporting efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in Canada. [6] Klompas was the associate vice president of Israel and Global Jewish Citizenship at Combined Jewish Philanthropies. [2] [3] [4] From 2013 to 2015, she was the speechwriter for Ron Prosor, [5] Israel's ambassador to the United Nations. [7]
She is the co-founder and CEO of Boundless, [8] [9] a think tank that states its goal as to "revitalize Israel education and take bold collective action to combat Jew-hatred." [10] [11]
Klompas is the author of 2 books: Speaking for Israel, [5] a memoir about her time as director of speechwriting for Israel at the United Nations, and Stand-Up Nation: Israeli Resilience in the Wake of Disaster. [7]
Klompas has written opinion pieces about Israel for several publications. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Hadassah Magazine named Klompas as one of their “18 American Zionist Women You Should Know", [7] while Algemeiner Journal named her one of the "Top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life." [19] Klompas received a Voices of Iron from Dan Illouz for her Israel advocacy during the Swords of Iron war. [20]