2025 National Conference

Dr. Baruch Batzofin is a senior anesthesiologist and intensivist, currently serving as the acting department chair of the General Intensive Care Unit at the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO). He holds several additional key HMO leadership roles, including director of trauma anesthesiology and intensive care, director of extracorporeal life support for the general ICU and chair of the Resuscitation Board.
Originally from South Africa, Dr. Batzofin made aliyah after completing medical school and was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces, where he served as a combat doctor. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem and completed fellowships in both general and cardiothoracic intensive care at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
In addition to his clinical and academic responsibilities, Dr. Batzofin continues to serve as a major (Res.) in the Israeli Air Force, where he applies his medical expertise in a military setting. His career reflects a deep commitment to critical care medicine, trauma management and advanced life support, both in civilian and military contexts.

Dr. Esi Sharon Sagie is the acting director of the postgraduate specialization program in prosthodontics at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine in Jerusalem. There, she's been a member of the Department of Prosthodontics since 2000 and has since served as an instructor, lecturer and course director in various courses for dental undergraduate students. Her private practice specializes in complex multidisciplinary rehabilitation cases.
Dr. Sharon has published articles in peer reviewed journals and chapters in books in the fields of prosthodontics and forensic odontology. She is chair of the Scientific Committee of the Israel Society of Oral Rehabilitation, director of the Dental Israeli National Forensic Unit and member of the International Association for Dental Research.
Dr. Sharon completed her postgraduate program in prosthodontics at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine in 2004 and earned her certificate in maxillofacial rehabilitation in 2017. She earned her Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry degree in 2000 and graduated top of her class in prosthodontics.

Dr. Gad Marom is a senior general surgeon at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem, focusing on minimally invasive and endoscopic surgery — especially for conditions involving the esophagus and stomach. He is one of the few surgeons in Israel who both operates and performs advanced endoscopic procedures, including laparoscopic and robotic surgeries.
He studied medicine at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School and completed his residency at the Hadassah Medical Organization. Post-residency, he completed a fellowship in Toronto, Canada, specializing in advanced endoscopic and bariatric surgery.
Dr. Marom believes that being a doctor isn’t just about surgical skill; it’s about seeing the whole person, listening with intention and helping people feel safe, respected and supported.

Allison Tombros Korman (she/her) brings two decades of nonprofit leadership in reproductive health and rights and organizational strategy to her role as founder of the Red Tent Fund. As founding executive director of Culture of Respect, she led a groundbreaking national initiative to end campus sexual violence. She later served as senior operations and strategy director at the DC Abortion Fund until resigning in 2023 in response to antisemitic conduct by staff and board. Throughout her career, she has designed and implemented strategic programs for major organizations, including USAID, CDC and the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals.
Korman holds a master of health sciences from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a BA in English and women’s studies from the University of Michigan. She has additional certifications in Restorative Justice Facilitation from the University of San Diego and Executive Facilitation from Georgetown University.

Dr. Mimi Zieman is an OB/GYN, mother, reproductive rights advocate and author of Tap Dancing on Everest, selected as the Best Memoir of 2024 by The American Writing Awards. Prior roles include director of family planning at Emory University School of Medicine, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Southeast and advisor on CDC committees writing guidelines for US contraceptive care. She serves on the boards of the Jewish Women’s Archive and the National Council of Jewish Women Atlanta, which honored her with the Women Who Dare Award. She has also written the play The Post-Roe Monologues and the medical guide Managing Contraception, and her essays have appeared in major publications. Learn more at www.mimiziemanmd.com.

Elana Frank, entrepreneur and mom to three boys through IVF and embryo donation, helps intended parents navigate becoming parents through her nonprofit, the Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF). Cost, education and access were tremendous obstacles for this “unspoken” issue in the Jewish community, so she rallied countless like-minded people to create JFF. She has raised almost $8 million, trained 1000+ community and healthcare leaders in infertility sensitivity, matched up hundreds of people with “fertility buddies,” allocated more than $2.7 million in fertility grants, “birthed” 255+ babies, with 94 babies on the way, operates in 10 hubs, and is now scaling JFF nationally.

Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet serves as president pro tempore in the Colorado State Senate after seven years in the House of Representatives. Her legislative work focuses on youth mental health, healthcare access and foster youth advocacy. Inspired by her son's suicide attempt at age 9, she created the groundbreaking iMatter program, providing six free therapy sessions to school-aged children, which has served over 15,000 Colorado youth. Sen. Michaelson Jenet recently passed historic legislation mandating Holocaust and genocide education in Colorado high schools. She previously served as director of the Holocaust Awareness Institute at the University of Denver and director of March of the Living for New York. She is a former president of the Hadassah Denver Chapter, and she had served on the Desert Mountain Region Board. Her book, It Takes a Little Crazy to Make a Difference, chronicles her journey to all 50 states and was recognized by the International Book Awards.

Jaclyn Clark is a Florida-based attorney who serves as counsel at The Lawfare Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating antisemitism through strategic litigation and advocacy. Clark joined The Lawfare Project in June of 2024 after working as an employment law litigator in private practice for nearly a decade. After spending the greater part of her career defending Fortune 500 companies against employment discrimination claims, it was especially jarring for Clark to witness the double standards and selective outrage applied toward Israel and the Jewish people in the aftermath of October 7, 2023. She was inspired to use her legal experience to help defend the civil rights of the Jewish people as a result.

Elizabeth Rand is the founder of Mothers Against College Antisemitism and president of the MACA Foundation.
Rand was leading an ordinary life when, on October 26, 2023, she created Mothers Against College Antisemitism (MACA). After being in other Jewish groups and seeing the sadness and despair over the post-October 7 situation on college campuses, she launched the group to give Jewish moms and others a place to share information and brainstorm solutions to the problems faced by Jewish college students. In December 2024, the group became The MACA Foundation, a 501(c)(3). Professionally, Rand is an attorney at a large insurance company.

Adela Cojab Moadeb is a legal advocate and media contributor recognized for her commitment to protecting Jewish civil rights and accountability in academic institutions.
She is best known for filing a legal complaint against New York University for failing to protect its Jewish community, helping set the stage for the 2019 Executive Order on Combating Antisemitism.
Cojab is currently a Legal Fellow at the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), working on high-impact litigation, Title VI enforcement, and policy development to protect Jewish civil rights.
In addition to her legal work, Cojab is a prominent voice in Jewish media, having served as a correspondent on antisemitism for networks across the globe. She currently anchors Today Unpacked, a daily YouTube program.
Cojab holds a Juris Doctor from Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a bachelor's degree from New York University with a concentration in Middle Eastern diaspora structures.

Abby Ginzberg, a Peabody Award-winning director and EMMY® Silver Circle inductee, has been producing compelling documentaries about race and social justice for over 35 years.

Her films have included Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power, winner of the 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary; Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter, which won the Best Feature Documentary at the Hill Country Film Festival and Best Biographical Film at the Toronto International Women Film Festival; Judging Juries, winner of the Communicator Award and NAACP Image Award nominee; Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa, which won a Peabody Award and has screened at numerous festivals worldwide, winning four best documentary awards; Waging Change, winner of the United Nations Association Film Festival's Best Feature Documentary; And Then They Came for Us, which won a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, and The Barber of Birmingham, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar® Award.