Aviva Klompas Explained

Occupation:Educator
Nationality:Canadian/American
Alma Mater:New York University

Aviva Klompas is an educator, author and speechwriter. She is currently the CEO of Boundless, an organization that specializes in Israel education and combating antisemitism.

Early life and education

Originally from Canada,[1] Klompas earned an Honors Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto,[2] as well as a Masters of Public and Non-Profit Management and Policy from New York University.[3] Her strong connections to Israel were forged while leading Birthright trips to Israel.[4]

Career

Klompas was the associate vice president of Israel and Global Jewish Citizenship at Combined Jewish Philanthropies.[1] [3] From 2013 to 2015, she was the speechwriter for Ron Prosor,[4] Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.[5]

Klompas worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Ontario government supporting efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in Canada.[6] She is the co-founder and CEO of Boundless,[7] a think tank dedicated to fighting antisemitism and educating people about Israel.[8] [9]

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 about Israel for publications such as The Jerusalem Post,[10] Newsweek,[11] Forward,[12] CNN,[13] The Hill,[14] USA Today,[15] and MSNBC.[16]

Awards

Klompas was named as one of Hadassah's “18 American Zionist Women You Should Know"[5] and one of Algemeiner Journal's top 100 people who positively influence Jewish life.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ora Lobell . Kylie . 15 August 2024 . Aviva Klompas: Fighting for Israel and the Jewish People While Telling the Bigger Story . 29 September 2024 . . 26 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926024706/https://jewishjournal.com/cover_story/373964/aviva-klompas-fighting-for-israel-and-the-jewish-people-while-telling-the-bigger-story/ . live .
  2. Web site: Aviva Klompas . 29 September 2024 . Combined Jewish Philanthropies . 29 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240229193847/https://www.cjp.org/streams/speaker-bios/aviva-klompas . live .
  3. Web site: Speaker Profile: Aviva Klompas . 29 September 2024 . Torah In Motion . 27 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240927152137/https://torahinmotion.org/speakers/aviva-klompas . live .
  4. Web site: Bolton-Fasman . Judy . 2019-11-18 . A Former U.N. Speechwriter for Israel Shares Her Story . 29 September 2024 . Jewish Boston . 2023-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201041036/https://www.jewishboston.com/read/a-former-u-n-speechwriter-for-israel-shares-her-story/ . live .
  5. Web site: Benami . Jordana . August 2024 . Aviva Klompas Is Reimagining Israel Education . 29 September 2024 . . 30 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240930032941/https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2024/09/04/aviva-klompas-is-reimagining-israel-education/ . live .
  6. Web site: About . 29 September 2024 . Boundless Israel . 9 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240909205056/https://boundlessisrael.org/about . live .
  7. Web site: Fish . Rachel . Klompas . Aviva . 2 December 2021 . Introducing Boundless . 29 September 2024 . eJewish Philanthropy .
  8. Web site: Nordlinger . Jay . 9 December 2023 . Defending Israel, Jews, and the Truth . 29 September 2024 . National Review . 30 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240930032941/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/defending-israel-jews-and-the-truth/ . live .
  9. Web site: 26 July 2024 . Aviva Klompas is Fighting the Normalization of Antisemitism on Social Media . 29 September 2024 . . 23 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240823102225/https://www.ajc.org/news/podcast/aviva-klompas-is-fighting-the-normalization-of-antisemitism-on-social-media . live .
  10. Web site: Klompas . Aviva . 18 November 2023 . Worldwide antisemitism is the Jewish people's call to action - opinion . 29 September 2024 . . 30 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240930032941/https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-773648 . live .
  11. Web site: Klompas . Aviva . 28 May 2024 . Three More Nations Roll Out the Red Carpet to Hamas . 29 September 2024 . . 29 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240929054214/https://www.newsweek.com/three-more-nations-roll-out-red-carpet-hamas-opinion-1905380 . live .
  12. Web site: Aviva Klompas . 29 September 2024 . . 30 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240930032941/https://forward.com/authors/aviva-klompas/ . live .
  13. Web site: Klompas . Aviva . 17 November 2023 . Opinion: The problem with a Gaza ceasefire right now . 29 September 2024 . . 5 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205212555/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/17/opinions/ceasefire-will-not-work-israel-hamas-klompas/index.html . live .
  14. Web site: Ezra . Gadi . Klompas . Aviva . 12 March 2024 . Israel's real goal must be to deradicalize Gaza, not just to demilitarize it . 29 September 2024 . The Hill.
  15. Web site: Klompas . Aviva . 16 April 2024 . Biden said 'don't,' but Iran attacked anyway. How should Israel respond now? . 29 September 2024 . . 2 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502011429/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/04/16/iran-israel-missile-attack-biden/73327202007/ . live .
  16. Web site: Klompas . Aviva . 9 October 2023 . Hamas' use of hostages is a Rorschach test . 29 September 2024 . . 20 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240620122454/https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/israel-hamas-war-executing-hostages-rcna119521 . live .
  17. Web site: 2020 . Aviva Klompas . 29 September 2024 . . 28 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230528011914/https://www.algemeiner.com/list/the-top-100-people-positively-influencing-jewish-life-2020/aviva-klompas/ . live .

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