Tova Dorfman is an Israeli-American [1] communal leader who is currently the president of the World Zionist Organization. [2] She is the first woman to hold this position. [3]
Born in Jaffa, Israel, [4] Dorfman grew up in Oak Park, Michigan, [5] and studied at the University of California. [6]
After making Aliyah [7] in 1984, [8] Dorfman started working at Melitz - the Center for Jewish Zionist Education in Jerusalem. Following this, she directed the Israel and Overseas Dept of the Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit. [9] Currently, Dorfman is the CEO of the Steinhardt Family Foundation. [10] [11]
In 2021 Dorfman was elected Deputy Chair of the World Zionist Organization as well as chair of the Department for Israel and Holocaust Commemoration Worldwide. [12] [13] In January 2023, Dorfman was elected President of the World Zionist Organization. [14] [15] She also served as chairman of the Herzl Center, associate chairman of the Foundations Forum in Israel, and managed the Israel and Foreign Department of the Jewish Federation of Detroit. [16] [17] Dorfman was a founding member of Yesh Atid. [18] Dorfman has written for a number of publications such as Times of Israel, [19] JNS, [20] Jerusalem Post, [21] Hadassah Magazine. [22]