The Allies of the Jewish People & How to Connect with Them | Rabbi Dr. Aharon Ariel Lavi

Have you ever wondered why does showing the truth about October 7 — and Jewish suffering worldwide — so often fail to reduce antisemitism?

Join us to be among the first to be exposed to a new research that challenges conventional approaches and proposes a strategic shift: moving our focus from enemies to allies.

Drawing on data analysis and over 100 in-depth interviews with non-Jewish, faith-driven supporters of the Jewish people — from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and African communities to partners in Japan and the Global South — we will explore how genuine, values-based alliances are already reshaping the landscape.

This is not another briefing on antisemitism — it is a strategic discussion about the allies of the Jewish People, why they matter, and why it is about time we shake their outstretched hand.

About the speaker:

Rabbi Dr. Aharon Ariel Lavi is the Managing Director of the Ohr Torah Interfaith Center, which works with religious leaders worldwide to make religion part of the solution to global challenges. He was also the founder of Hakhel, the Jewish Intentional Communities Incubator in the Diaspora, and MAKOM, the Israeli national umbrella organization of intentional communities (both projects were awarded the Jerusalem Unity Prize by the President of Israel).Lavi holds rabbinic semicha and academic degrees in Economics, Geography, History, and the Philosophy of Ideas. His PhD dissertation explored the migration of ideas between US Jewry and Israeli society. A 2024 Harvard Divinity School postdoctoral fellow, he continued to research Jewishly inspired community building at Bar-Ilan University’s Weisfeld Ma’ayan Institute in 2025. He is a published author on Jewish economic and environmental thought, community building, international religious affairs, and more. He also teaches Jewish economic thought and community building in academia.Outside of his professional life, Lavi is an avid mountain biker, racer, trainer, and trail builder. He lives with his wife, Liat, and their five children in the community they founded together in Shuva, on the Gaza border.

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