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Canadian-born educator and journalist
Aviva Klompas
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OccupationEducator
NationalityCanadian/American
Alma materNew York University

Aviva Klompas is an educator, author, and speechwriter. She is the CEO of Boundless, a pro-Israel education group.

Early life and education

Originally from Canada, Klompas earned an Honors Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto, as well as a Masters of Public and Non-Profit Management and Policy from New York University. She has attributed her pro-Israel advocacy to the experience of leading Birthright trips.

Career

Klompas worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Ontario government supporting efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in Canada. Klompas was the associate vice president of Israel and Global Jewish Citizenship at Combined Jewish Philanthropies. From 2013 to 2015, she was the speechwriter for Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.

She is the co-founder and CEO of Boundless, a think tank that states its goal as to "revitalize Israel education and take bold collective action to combat Jew-hatred."

Klompas is the author of 2 books: Speaking for Israel, 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.

Klompas has written opinion pieces about Israel for several publications.

Awards

Hadassah Magazine named Klompas as one of their “18 American Zionist Women You Should Know", while Algemeiner Journal named her one of the "Top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life." Klompas received a Voices of Iron from Dan Illouz for her Israel advocacy during the Swords of Iron war.

References

  1. "'It's about 7 billion people against 15 million Jews': Israel's challenges in the social media war". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  2. ^ Ora Lobell, Kylie (15 August 2024). "Aviva Klompas: Fighting for Israel and the Jewish People While Telling the Bigger Story". Jewish Journal. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Aviva Klompas". Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Speaker Profile: Aviva Klompas". Torah In Motion. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. ^ Bolton-Fasman, Judy (2019-11-18). "A Former U.N. Speechwriter for Israel Shares Her Story". Jewish Boston. Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  6. "25 ViZionaries: Aviva Klompas - No. 22". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  7. ^ Benami, Jordana (August 2024). "Aviva Klompas Is Reimagining Israel Education". Hadassah Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  8. Fish, Rachel; Klompas, Aviva (2 December 2021). "Introducing Boundless". eJewish Philanthropy. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  9. "Aviva Klompas is Fighting the Normalization of Antisemitism on Social Media". American Jewish Committee. 26 July 2024. Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  10. Klompas, Aviva (18 November 2023). "Worldwide antisemitism is the Jewish people's call to action - opinion". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  11. Klompas, Aviva (28 May 2024). "Three More Nations Roll Out the Red Carpet to Hamas". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  12. "Aviva Klompas". Forward. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  13. Klompas, Aviva (17 November 2023). "Opinion: The problem with a Gaza ceasefire right now". CNN. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  14. Ezra, Gadi; Klompas, Aviva (12 March 2024). "Israel's real goal must be to deradicalize Gaza, not just to demilitarize it". The Hill. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  15. Klompas, Aviva (16 April 2024). "Biden said 'don't,' but Iran attacked anyway. How should Israel respond now?". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  16. Klompas, Aviva (9 October 2023). "Hamas' use of hostages is a Rorschach test". MSNBC. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  17. "Aviva Klompas". Algemeiner Journal. 2020. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  18. "'Voices of Iron' award honors online Israel advocacy warriors". Columbus Jewish News. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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