INNOVATION AND ACTIVISM

Hen Mazzig

Activist

Hen Mazzig is an Israeli writer, international speaker, social media activist and advocate. Hen’s family comes from Iraq and North Africa, giving him a unique background for his talks, in which he shares his family’s story and the story of 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries. As a young Israeli, Hen served in the IDF for almost five years as an openly gay commander. During his service as a lieutenant in the COGAT unit, he worked as an intermediary between the Israeli Defense Forces (the IDF), the Palestinian Authority, the UN, and the many non-governmental organizations that work in the West Bank. His award winning articles and op-eds can be found in Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel and more. He has shared his story with thousands of students throughout the USA, Canada and the UK during the last four years. (Photo: Twitter.)