Speaker Biographies

Tamar Radah

Tamar Radah (Sigd event Performer) is a singer-songwriter who immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia as a child, and produces music that combines her two cultural worlds: Israeli folk music with an African-Caribbean groove. This combination reflects the essence of Radah's contemporary Israeline…

Oshra Friedman

Oshra Friedman (Sigd event Speaker) is an Israeli media personality, entrepreneur, and social activist who was appointed in July 2018 as Deputy Director-General of the Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women. The appointment is the highest-ranking position within the Israeli gov…

Professor Ephraim Isaac

Professor Ephraim Isaac (Sigd event Speaker) is the Director of the Institute of Semitic Studies, Princeton, NJ; Fellow, The Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation (1998 -); and Fellow of Butler College, Princeton University (1995 -). He is a founder and international Chairman of the Board of Pe…

Kasa Bainesay-Harbor

Kasa Bainesay-Harbor (Sigd event Speaker) is the Deputy consul general at the Consulate General of Israel to Miami. Previously, she served as the Deputy Head of Mission at the Israeli Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand. Before being assigned to New Zealand, Bainesay-Harbor served as the De…

Colette Phillips

Colette Phillips (Sigd event Moderator): The Boston Business Journal named Colette Phillips one of its Power 50: Game Changers; The Boston Globe named her on its A-List, calling her Boston’s “social connector,” and one of the “must have” people in the room when there are import…