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Bob O'Dell - High Tech Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Root Source

Bob O’Dell is an American High Tech Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, a pro-Israel Christian with experience in different streams of the Christian faith who is based in Austin, Texas. Since 2013, Bob has focused on working with Orthodox Jews interested in entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors. He has worked with Jews in Israel continuously since 1988, and in 2000 co-founded Wintegra (a successful high-tech Israeli startup) with an Israeli. Wintegra was sold in 2010 to PMC-Sierra. He is the co-founder of Root Source, which enables and encourages dialogue and relationships between Christians and Jews and empowers Christians around the world to learn powerful Jewish concepts. He writes for Breaking Israel News and has been featured in The Times of Israel. He has recently co-authored the new book ’40 Days of Repentance: A Companion Guide to The List’. To purchase a copy of the book ’40 Days of Repentance: A Companion Guide to The List’ visit: https://9-av.com/marketplace/ For more information about Bob O’Dell visit: https://root-source.com/who-we-are/

Noam Bedein - Photojournalist/International Speaker & Executive Director of The Dead Sea Revival Project

Noam Bedein is a native Israeli photojournalist and lecturer. has over a decade of experience in presenting challenges facing the State of Israel. He is currently focused on the magnificent, magical and endangered Dead Sea – the changes it is undergoing and the healing that is necessary. Based on thousands of photographs taken over the course of over 36 months, Noam now offers photo exhibitions and multimedia presentations. The photos are taken on exclusive boat expeditions that anyone can participate in. Professionals and tourists from around the globe have joined him on these excursions. Noam received recognition from NASA, National Geographic, CNN/VR and the Israeli Knesset lobby for ‘Saving the Dead Sea’. For more information about exploring the wonders of the Dead Sea with Noam Bedein visit: http://deadseastory.com/ For more information about The Dead Sea Revival Project visit: http://www.deadsearevival.org/

Gidon Ariel - Founder & CEO of Root Source

Gidon Ariel is a visionary and pioneer in Jewish-Christian relations, Gidon made Aliyah to Israel when he was 14 and spent close to a decade in advanced Jewish studies institutes (Yeshivas) and the IDF. Gidon serves in the IDF reserves as a Captain in the Military Spokesperson’s Office after spending over 20 years in the Armored (Tank) Corps. Raised an Orthodox Jew, he has kept Jewish traditions his entire life, and is a seasoned Hebrew and Judaism Instructor. He is a veteran Likud (Israeli Political Party) Central Committee member and is the owner of several Web-based marketing businesses. He has been working with Christian organizations in Israel, the USA and internationally since 2005. For more information about Gidon Ariel visit: https://root-source.com/who-we-are/ For more information about Root Source visit: https://root-source.com

Shaun Sachs - European Desk Research Co-ordinator For NGO Monitor

Shaun Sachs made Aliyah (Jewish Immigration) from South Africa to Israel in 1998. Prior to joining NGO Monitor Shaun was market manager for McAfee, one of the worlds premier computer security companies, and project major for NETSOURCE, an Israeli firm that provides specialized technology services. In his role as European Desk Research Co-ordinator at NGO Monitor Shaun has provided testimony before parliamentary committees in Holland, Finland and Denmark. Shaun’s articles and op-eds have appeared in many publications including the Jerusalem Post and Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) News. Shaun has also appeared on Israel’s Ynet TV News and Channel 20 TV News. He is married to Abby, they have four children and he lives in Jerusalem. For more information about NGO Monitor visit: https://www.ngo-monitor.org

Tamar Sternthal - CAMERA (Committee For Accuracy In Middle East Reporting In America)

Tamar Sternthal, director of CAMERA’s Israel Office, joined CAMERA in 1999. She regularly communicates with editors at major media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, CNN, and the Associated Press and has elicited countless corrections in print and on the air. Since opening CAMERA’s Israel office in 2004, Tamar has also monitored the English-language Israeli daily Ha’aretz, and heads up CAMERA’s “Ha’aretz, Lost in Translation” project. Tamar writes for CAMERA’s Media Report and provides frequent “Media Updates” for the organization’s website. Formerly the Associate Editor of the Jewish Advocate of Boston, Tamar reported on issues of concern for the Boston Jewish community. As an undergraduate at McGill University in Montreal, Tamar first encountered problems of media bias with respect to Israel while she reported for the McGill Daily. Since then, her columns have appeared in media outlets in America and Israel, including the the Times of Israel and the Jerusalem Post. For more information about CAMERA visit: http://www.camera.org/

Michael Cohen - Founder of the Jerusalem Nano Bible Foundation and co-Founder of Heroes Unity Israel

Michael Cohen is the founder of the Jerusalem Nano Bible Foundation and co-Founder of Heroes Unity Israel. Michael is a veteran officer from Israel’s Elite Counter-Terrorism Forces and is a military and security strategist. He has served in Israeli Government Ministries such as the Ministry of Tourism, Foreign Affairs, Defence, Internal Security, the Office of the Prime Minister and the Office of the President. He has also worked at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum and has taught as a lecturer on Israeli Government and Democracy at Bar-Ilan University. He is a writer for the Times of Israel and has spoken on Israel National News, Israel News Talk Radio & The Land of Israel Network. For more information about the Jerusalem Nano Bible visit: https://www.jerusalemnanobible.com

Sharon Sanders - Co-Founder of Christian Friends of Israel & Heartbeat For Israel

When Sharon Sanders married in 1973, she had no idea she would someday abandon her comfortable life in Illinois to begin a worldwide ministry in Israel intent on blessing Jews. Christian Friends of Israel (CFI) now has offices on six continents, having not only beneficially impacted the lives of thousands of terror victims and Holocaust survivors in Israel, but also having changed the way that Christians everywhere think of the Jewish people and their homeland. Among their list of goals, Sharon & Ray encourage Christians to understand the Jewish roots of their faith, deplore Antisemitism and CFI promotes intercession on Israel’s behalf, provides support for Israelis in need and assists Jews in making Aliyah. Ray & Sharon eventually visited 55 nations all over the world. Sharon remains involved part-time with CFI by writing and teaching. She is currently writing the story of Sharon and Ray’s lives, its working title, “Standing between Two Worlds.” For more information about Sharon Sanders visit: http://www.heartbeatforisrael.com

Rabbi Ori Einhorn - Founder of The Conservative Political Movement of Israel

Rabbi Orin Einhorn is the community Rabbi of Kfar Shmaryahu near Tel Aviv and Director of Heichal Habanim Synagogue. Rabbi Einhorn is the founder of The Conservative Political Movement of Israel. He has previously been a Rabbi in Hong Kong as well as Cape Town, South Africa. and has also been responsible for the Kashrut supervision of restaurants and catering facilities. He is renowned for his in-depth teaching and has an extensive collection of educational videos on YouTube. On Jerusalem day 2018 he was one of the speakers at the Israeli Parliament/Knesset bible study and has been featured in The Jewish Journal, the Jewish Press, The Times of Israel and Israel’s Haaretz News. For more information about The Conservative Political Movement of Israel visit: https://www.cpmi.org.il

David Rose - International Director of Zaka - Israel's Emergency Response Team

David Rose is the International Director of Zaka and is originally from the United Kingdom. He has been International Director for more than ten years, serves as the Executive Director of the British Friends of Zaka and also as the international liaison with the British police. He has been featured in the Times of Israel, Israel National News, the Jewish Chronicle and Breaking Israel News. David currently lives in Beit Shemesh with his wife and 6 children. ZAKA is a series of voluntary community emergency response teams in Israel, each operating in a police district (two in the Central District due to geographic considerations). These organizations are officially recognized by the government. The full name is “ZAKA – Identification, Extraction and Rescue – True Kindness”. Members of ZAKA, most of whom are Orthodox Jews, assist ambulance crews, aid in the identification of the victims of terrorism, road accidents and other disasters and where necessary gather body parts and spilled blood for proper burial. For more information or to support the work of ZAKA visit: https://www.zaka.us

Eli Ben Yosef - Torah Scribe (Sofer)

Eli Ben Yosef is a Torah Scribe (Sofer) living and working in the Old City of Jerusalem. Eli lived in Persia until he was 20 when his family emigrated to America. He emigrated to Israel four years later. After studying in a Yeshiva (Jewish bible school) for several years he decided to follow in his Fathers footsteps and become a Sofer (Torah scribe). He trained and now works in the Old City of Jerusalem at Moriah books & Judaica on Misgav Ladach Street. For more information about Eli Ben Yosef visit: http://elibenyosef.com/index.htm To order your name in Hebrew visit: http://elibenyosef.com/page6.html

Avi Jorisch - Entrepreneur and Middle East Expert

Avi Jorisch is a entrepreneur and Middle East expert. He is a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and founder of IMS, a merchant processing company that services clients nationwide. A thought leader in exploring global innovation trends, the Arab world, counterterrorism, and illicit finance, Mr. Jorisch previously served in the US Departments of Treasury and Defense. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Binghamton University and a master’s degree in Islamic history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also studied Arabic and Islamic philosophy at the American University in Cairo and al-Azhar University, the preeminent institution of Sunni Islamic learning. An author of five books, Jorisch‘s articles have appeared in influential outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Forbes, and Al-Arabiya.net. For more information about Avi Jorisch visit: http://avijorisch.com/

Dr. Baruch Sterman - Co-Founder of the Ptil Tekhelet Association

Baruch Sterman is co-founder of the Ptil Tekhelet Association. Baruch received his doctorate in Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he developed a CO2 laser used for both medical and industrial purposes. He received his Masters in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University. For the past fifteen years, Baruch has been a leading executive in the High-Tech sector in Israel, specializing in the fields of telecommunications and computer security. He holds several patents in optics, voice technology, and computer security. Baruch was instrumental in developing the modern techniques for dyeing tekhelet used by the Ptil Tekhelet Association today. These techniques take into account the religous as well as the physical and chemical requirements needed for mass production. He has published numerous articles on the scientific and religous aspects of Tekhelet, and writes extensively on the topic of Science and Torah in general. Baruch lives in Efrat, Israel with his wife Judy and their seven children. For more information about Dr. Baruch Sterman visit: http://www.baruchsterman.com/

Raphael Poch -International Media Spokesperson For United Hatzalah Emergency Medical Service

Raphael Poch is originally from Canada and is the international media spokesperson for the United Hatzalah emergency medical service in Israel. He has spoken on Russia Today TV News and has written for the Jerusalem Post, the Times of Israel, Israel National News and Breaking Israel News. United Hatzalah is a volunteer based emergency medical service based in Jerusalem. Founded in 2006, it is the largest independent, non-profit and fully volunteer EMS organisation in Israel with more than 4500 emergency medical technicians, certified first responders, paramedics and doctors dispersed throughout the country. Form its command center United Hatzalah uses advanced GPS-based dispatch technology to identify the closest and most qualified volunteers to the scene of an emergency and routes those individuals through a mobile device application. Cadres of trained civilian volunteers throughout Israel creates a web of emergency first responders each outfitted with medically equipped motorcycles (“ambucycles”) capable of reaching victims in as few as 90 seconds. The organisation is funded exclusively through private charitable support. For more information about United Hatzalah or to support the work of United Hatzalah visit: https://israelrescue.org/

Nehemia Gordon - Author, Speaker, Researcher & Translator

Nehemia Gordon is holds a Masters Degree in Biblical Studies and a Bachelors Degree in Archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Nehemia has worked as a translator on the Dead Sea Scrolls and as a researcher deciphering ancient Hebrew manuscripts. He has been invited to speak in synagogues and churches around the world and has led groups of pilgrims and visitors on tours of biblical sites. He has written two popular books on the Hebrew origins of Christianity and is active in interfaith dialogue. A native of Chicago, Nehemia made his home in Jerusalem, Israel for 20 twenty years. After spending a year as a high school teacher in China, he has returned to wandering the globe teaching the Word of God. Nehemia is the creator and host of the Hebrew Voices podcast, downloaded over 5 million times in 2017. For more information about Nehemia Gordon visit: https://www.nehemiaswall.com/

Shelley Neese - Vice President of The Jerusalem Connection International & Author of 'The Copper Scroll Project: An Ancient Secret Fuels the Battle for the Temple Mount'

Shelley Neese is the Vice President of The Jerusalem Connection International (TJCI), a nonprofit organization based out of Washington DC. TJCI’s mission is to inform, educate, and activate support for Israel and the Jewish people. Shelley lived and studied in Israel from 2000-2004, where she learned conversational Hebrew and received her M.A in Middle Eastern Studies from Ben Gurion University of the Negev. As a freelance columnist for several publications, her articles have appeared in The Jerusalem Post, Arutz Sheva, FrontPage Magazine, and more. Shelley has been present for the most central events in The Copper Scroll Project over the last decade, including the initial excavation at Qumran in 2009. An experienced public speaker, Shelley is a member of the Jewish National Fund’s Speakers Bureau. Shelley currently resides in Washington DC. To purchase the book ‘The Copper Scroll Project: An Ancient Secret Fuels the Battle for the Temple Mount’ visit: https://www.amazon.com/Copper-Scroll-Project-Ancient-Secret/dp/1683509153/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= For more information about Shelley Neese visit: http://www.shelleyneese.com/

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