Aviva Klompas

Aviva Klompas
Aviva Klompas
Aviva Klompas
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.[1]

Early life and education

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]

Career

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][non-primary source needed] a think tank that states its goal as to "revitalize Israel education and take bold collective action to combat Jew-hatred."[9][non-primary source needed]

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.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Awards

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."[17] Klompas received a Voices of Iron from Dan Illouz for her Israel advocacy during the Swords of Iron war.[18]

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Aviva Klompas". Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Speaker Profile: Aviva Klompas". Torah In Motion. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c 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.