Last updated on:
11/16/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Avi Mayer Biography
- Title:
- Spokesperson to the International Media for the Jewish Agency for Israel
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“#Obama: The two state solution is the best and in many ways only way to secure a peaceful end to the conflict.”
Twitter post, twitter.com/AviMayer, Mar. 21, 2013
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Organizations/VIPs/Others
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Spokesperson (International Media), Jewish Agency for Israel, Sep. 2013-present
- Director of New Media, Jewish Agency for Israel, Feb. 2011-Sep. 2013
- Segment Host, Nekudah IL, Channel 10 (Israel), Nov. 2011-May 2012
- Team Leader, North American Desk, Foreign Press Branch, IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, Israel Defense Forces (Israel), July 2009-Nov. 2010
- Editor in Chief, Eretz Acheret (Israel), Jan. 2009-May 2009
- Project Coordinator, Office of the President (Israel), Nov. 2008-Sep. 2008
- Associate for Taglit-Birthright Israel, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, July 2008-Sep. 2008
- Bronfman Fellow, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, July 2007-June 2008
- Online Editor, Law and Politics Book Review, American Political Science Association, July 2005-May 2006
- Washington Correspondent, Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), June 2005-Aug. 2005
- Program Assistant, University of Maryland Hillel, Feb. 2005-May 2005
- Teaching Assistant, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland, Jan. 2005-May 2005
- Media Fellow, The Israel Project, May 2004-Aug. 2004
- Legislative Fellow, American Jewish Congress Office for Governmental and Public Affairs, Feb. 2004-May 2004
- Education:
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- MA, Jewish Studies (Talmud and Jewish Law), Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem (expected graduation year 2017)
- BA, Government, Politics, and Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, 2007
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- Twitter handle: @AviMayer
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