Speaker Biographies

Gideon Raff - Chai in the Hub - 2/6/16

Writer/Director Gideon Raff is the creator of the Israeli series Prisoners of War, which he wrote and directed 2 seasons of for KESHET and which streamed on Hulu in the U.S. It was the highest-rated drama series in Israel and has won nine Israeli Emmys, including Best Directing and Best …

Amy Bloom - Women's Philanthropy One Book Read - 1/28/16

Amy Bloom is the author of three novels: Lucky Us, Away, and Love Invents Us; and three collections of short stories: Where the God Of Love Hangs Out, Come to Me, and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You.

Bloom also has a children’s book, Little Sweet Potato, about appreciating one’s…

Aaron David Miller

Aaron David Miller is currently Vice President for New Initiatives and a Distinguished Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.

For two decades he served in the Department of State as an analyst, negotiator and adviser on Middle Eastern issues to R…

Josh Kraft

Josh Kraft, Nicholas President and CEO, is in his 25th year of serving youth at Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. Prior to accepting his current role in 2008, he was the Founding Executive Director of BGCB’s Gerald and Darlene Jordan Club in Chelsea. For 15 years, he led the after-school progr…

Dr. Nathan S. Birnbaum

Dr. Nathan Birnbaum is a highly-regarded prosthodontist, having taught at Boston University, Harvard and Tufts Dental Schools, and recently concluding a 40-year teaching career volunteering as Associate Clinical Professor of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry at Tufts. He is a dental con…