ZOA Around the Country New York has hundreds of organizations dedicated to fostering a community for Jews in general, but none that focus on Israel advocacy and Zionist community-building. ZOA New York is now the only major organization in the area that focuses on strong Zionist education and community-building for young professionals. 33 ZOA NEW YORK NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The ZOA’s New York chapter is proud to announce the appointment of Zach Stern as its new executive director. Zach has been with the ZOA for almost four years and is excited to take on this new role. Before starting this position, he served as managing director of ZOA Campus for more than two years. While leading ZOA Campus, he expanded ZOA’s reach at universities to unprecedented levels and oversaw the expansion of the department. He aims to see similar success for ZOA New York as its executive director. Before working at the ZOA, Zach lived in Tel Aviv and worked for a small nonprofit dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he majored in public relations and advertising. He has used his background to spread the ZOA’s brand on campus and hopes to do the same in the New York community. NEW YOUNG PROFESSIONALS INITIATIVE ZOA New York is excited to announce the launch of its young professionals initiative. The ZOA has had a major presence on local campuses and has engaged hundreds of students throughout New York. However, when these students graduated, there was little in the way of programming to draw them to the ZOA. We are building an initiative, with custom programming, to engage this demographic after college and keep them involved throughout their 20s and 30s. This initiative will create lifelong ZOA members and position the ZOA as a primary resource for young Zionist professionals. The initiative is especially beneficial for the ZOA because it allows the organization to fill a large gap in New York’s pro-Israel market. While there are currently many pro-Israel organizations geared toward students and older adults, there are no organizations dedicated to fostering a community for young Zionists in their 20s and early 30s. Moreover, New York has hundreds of organizations dedicated to fostering a community for Jews in general, but none that focus on Israel advocacy and Zionist community-building. ZOA New York is now the only major organization in the area that focuses on strong Zionist education and community-building for young professionals. In order to build this community and educate young professionals, ZOA New York will hold monthly—and even bi-weekly—events to engage this demographic. Following are some examples of events the chapter will run: • Social and educational event series, such as Sunday brunches, movie screenings, and Israelthemed Shabbat dinners; • Educational and social events, such as wine tastings from Judea/Samaria and Zionist-themed bar trivia; • Educational speakers, such as IDF soldiers and journalists; ZOA's Zach Stern and Jackie Shafer with speaker Dr. Mordechai Kedar The young professionals initiative will create lifelong ZOA members and position the ZOA as a primary resource for young Zionist professionals.
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