• Diane Balser, Interim Executive Director
• Aliza Becker, Deputy Director
• Rob Levy, Washington Representative
• Adam Esrig , Manager, Chapter Development
• Anna Freedman, Administrative and Development Coordinator
• Jeff Kulp, Technology and Administrative Coordinator

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DIANE BALSER, Interim Executive Director, and is currently co-chair of Brit Tzedek's Advocacy and Public Policy Committee. She is currently a professor of Women's Studies at Boston University. From 1983-1994, Balser founded, built and directed the Women's Legislative Network of Massachusetts and served as the lobbyist in the State House for the networkıs sister organization, the Womenıs Lobby.

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ALIZA BECKER, Deputy Director, has 25 years advocacy, educational and non-profit management experience. In the 1980s-90s, she worked in the field of advocacy and education for immigrants and refugees. She managed large-scale education programs at Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, in Chicago. She published extensively on these topics, including the bestselling book Citizenship Now: A Guide for Naturalization (Contemporary Books, 1995), which sold over 60,000 copies. In July 2002, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights honored Aliza with an award for her long-time commitment to immigrant and refugee rights. Aliza comes from a long family line of activists in the Labor Zionist movement hailing back to the early 1900s, and many of them live in Israel. From 1988 to 1992, she participated in a Jewish-Palestinian dialogue group in Chicago. Concern for the welfare of her large Israeli family led her to found the Chicago-based Jewish Peace Forum in the fall of 2000. She also is a founding member of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom. She has a Masters Degree in Linguistics from the University of Illinois.
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ROB LEVY, Washington Representative. As the head of Brit Tzedek's Washington office, Rob Levy advocates to the US Congress and Administration in support of pro-Israel, pro-peace foreign policy.  He also coordinates the advocacy efforts of Brit Tzedek's grassroots network of over 37,000 American Jews and 39 chapters who support Israel's well-being through a negotiated two-state resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Rob has worked for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, the public policy arm of the Reform Jewish movement, and for Senator Jon Corzine (NJ) in his DC office. Following Sen. Corzine’s election to governor, Rob became Brit Tzedek’s first Washington representative.
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Adam Esrig, Chapter Liaison for Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, communicates and supports Brit Tzedek's 38 chapters throughout the nation with their events and initiatives. Adam is a masters candidate in the graduate program in International Affairs at the New School University. He is also a graduate with a bachelors degree in International Relations from the State University of New York at New Paltz. [top]

 

 

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ANNA FREEDMAN is the Administrative and Development Coordinator for Brit Tzedek v'Shalom. She is a recent graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota where she majored in Spanish and minored in Middle East Studies. Anna served as President of the St. Olaf Choir. She founded the first Jewish student's group on campus.[top]

 

 

 

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JEFF KULP is the Technology and Administration Specialist for Brit Tzedek v'Shalom. He attended American Univeristy in Washington, DC majoring in Political Science. Jeff previously worked in both the campaign and administration of Governor Jim Doyle. [top]

 

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