Significance of the Israeli Elections through The London Initiative Prism ■

Dr Jeffrey R. Solomon is Senior Advisor to Chasbro Investments, the family office of Charles Bronfman. For two decades, he was the President of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, a group of foundations operating in Canada, Israel and the United States, founding and operating programs, including Birthright Israel, Reboot, Historica Canada, and Slingshot. He currently sits on the KIND and Lubetzky Family Foundations in New York and the CRB Family Foundation in Palm Beach. For nine years, he sat on the Jim Joseph Foundation board, where he served as Vice Chair and Secretary. He served as the Chair of Leading Edge, an organization aimed at talent acquisition and retention in the Jewish community and serves as Co-Chair of the Peaceworks Foundation, supporting Darkeinu in Israel and Zimam in Palestine, aimed at empowering the moderate majority. His books (co-authored with Charles Bronfman), The Art of Giving and The Art of Doing Good, have won awards and recognition throughout the philanthropic world. He is also the author of over 120 publications in both professional journals and outlets such as The Financial Times and Wall Street Journal. 

Shanie Reichman is the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Director of IPF Atid at Israel Policy Forum. She serves as the founding chair for the Forum Dvorah U.S. committee, an NGO that champions women’s participation in national security and foreign policy decision-making spheres in Israel. She is a Wexner Field Fellow and a Schusterman ROIer. Her work has been published in the Forward, the Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel and International Policy Digest. She is a participating author in the book “Young Zionist Voices” and is pursuing her MA in Middle Eastern Studies at CUNY Graduate Center. 

Attorney Raghad Jaraisy was appointed Sikkuy-Aufoq’s Co-Executive Director in April 2023 after serving three years as Co-Director of the Equality Policy Department at Sikkuy-Aufoq. 
Before that, Raghad worked for nine years at the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) in various positions. Raghad is also a founding board member of House of Hanan, an NGO running a cultural center for children, parents and professionals in the old city of Nazareth. Raghad graduated with honors in the joint LL.M degree program of TLV University and Northwestern University. She received her bachelor’s degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Law and Cognitive Sciences. She lives with her partner and their two sons in Nof HaGalil. 

Jonathan Rynhold is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, having served as head of department from 2021 until October 2025. He is also the Academic Director of the Jonathan Sacks Institute, and a senior researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, both at Bar-Ilan University. Jonathan’s research focuses on US-Israeli relations. His book entitled The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture, published by Cambridge University Press, won the Israeli Association for Political Science annual book prize. Between 2005-2010, Prof. Rynhold, took a leading role in combatting the academic boycott of Israel.

Raymond Simonson is CEO of JW3, the UK's home of Jewish culture and conversation. A professionally qualified Community & Youth Worker with over 30 years' experience in informal Jewish education, leadership development and community building, he holds a BA in Jewish History, and an MA in Applied Anthropology and Community & Youth Work. Raymond spent a decade at The Jewish Agency for Israel working with thousands of Jewish educators and youth leaders across the UK and in Israel and served as UK Director of Informal Jewish & Zionist Education. As the first full-time Executive Director of Limmud, he played a key role over 8 years in its development as a global movement. In a voluntary capacity he is a Trustee of various Jewish and non-Jewish charities, and mentors various community leaders.