סגל מקצועי - הסדנה לדיפלומטיה ציבורית

 

Prof. Eytan Gilboa is professor for Political science and communication, Director of the school of Communication and of the Center for International Communication.
He is a senior researcher at BESA center for strategic studies and also a visiting professor of Public Diplomacy at the University of southern California (USC).

Prof. Gilboa is a world renowned expert on international communication, public diplomacy and US policy in the middle east.

 

 

Dr. Jonathan Rynhold (PhD. London School of Economics & Political Science, 1998) is the director of the Argov Center for the study of Israel and the Jewish People in the Political Studies dept. at Bar-Ilan University, where he also serves as deputy head of the department and as a senior researcher at the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies. In 2012-13 he was the Schusterman Visiting Professor of Israeli Politics at the George Washington University in Washington DC.

Dr Rynhold played a leading role in combating the UK campaign to boycott Israeli universities 2005-2010. He also served as a consultant to the Israeli Foreign Ministry and Diaspora Jewish organizations, assisting them to develop a global strategy against the campaign to delegitimize the State of Israel.

 

Dr. Mordechai Kedar is an Israeli scholar of Arabic literature and a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. holds a Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University And considered an academic expert on the Israeli Arab population. Dr. Kedar Served for 25 years in IDF military Intelligence. Where he Specialized in Syria, Arab political discourse, Arab mass media, Islamic groups and Israeli Arabs.

 

 

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner the Head field of International Communications at the IDF Spokesperson office. spent the last 20 years being involved in military and civilian affairs, dealing in media, public and foreign relations.

He has been the senior field liaison officer for coordinating and facilitating international humanitarian aid operations and economic development programs in the Palestinian territories. He also held positions both in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and has also been posted as the Spokesman for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories.

Between April 2009 - October 2012 served as the IDF Spokesman for the Central Command.

 

 
 

Mr. Itzik Yarkoni is the founder and director of BOMAH, a branding and social media consulting company. In 2004 he helped establish Yachini, the first student village in the Western Negev next to Sderot. In order to raise awareness about the intolerable situation in Sderot Itzik joined the Sderot Media Center as Director of Marketing and New Media. After more than three years with the Sderot Media Center, Mr. Yarkoni came to UC Irvine as an emissary of the Jewish Agency. He launched an initiative to create the first social media team at UCI. As with the SMC’s Israeli students, Mr. Yarkoni worked to empower American students to effectively use social media to tell their personal stories to the world at large. Mr. Yarkoni holds an MA in International Conflict Resolution from Bar Ilan University, and he is a fellow at the Center for International Communication

 
 

Mr. Yuval Canfi comes from two matching professional worlds - the world of online marketing and the world of advocacy and public diplomacy. At 25, Yuval founded an SEO marketing department at K-Logic, a Tel Aviv based start-up, and since then was involvd in various projects to do with public diplomacy and new media. Yuval is the former National Director of the Program for Combating Online anti-Semitism of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The National Union of Israeli Students. Today Yuval gives out lectures and consulting for public diplomacy advocates and the non-profit sector. Yuval Holds a BA in Business Management and Marketing from IDC Herzeliya.

 
 

Mr. Adi Schwartz is an Independent journalist and researcher, with over 10 years experience in leading Israeli and international media outlets. He specializes in in-depth analysis, interviews and on-the-ground reportage, covering Israeli domestic affairs, the Israeli-Arab conflict, as well as social, cultural and historical issues. He obtained his masters degree in the school of communications in bar ilan university.

 
 

Ms. Michelle Stein Teer, is expert for Communications in front of an audience and camera, Lecturer for developing communication skills in English and Hebrew, and trains people from all disciplines to improve their communication in any situation. Lecturer at the Journalism and Communications Unit and International Communication Center at Bar-Ilan University, Selected an outstanding professor in 2006.Teaches business communication for MBA Entrepreneurship Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and training senior and junior faculty from all disciplines on teaching skills.

As part of the professional side Ms. Stein Teer was a Director, owner of public relations office, translator and copywriter. In addition she wrote the biography of Ralph Klein - Coach (2000), and  the book "acting for film school" (2003).

 
 

Mr. David Weinberg has held a series of high-level public sector positions:  Senior advisor to Deputy Prime Minister, Spokesman of the Herzliya Conference on National Security, And Spokesman of Bar-Ilan University. Today he is the public affairs director for the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Mr. Weinberg also directs the Israel office of the Canadian Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs and consults on public affairs for the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.