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Previous Event Speakers
Shai Davidai
Shai Davidai is Assistant Professor in the Management Division of Columbia Business School. His research examines people’s everyday judgments of themselves, other people, and society as a whole. He studies the psychological forces that shape, distort, and bias people’s perceptions of the world and their influence on people’s judgments, preferences, and choices. His topics of expertise include the psychology of judgment and decision making, economic inequality and social mobility, social comparisons, and zero-sum thinking.
His work has been published in top-tier journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Science Advances, Scientific Reports, Nature Psychology Reviews, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Experimental Psychology, Perspectives on Psychological Sciences, The Accounting Review, the Journal of Economic Surveys, and the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making.
Shai received his PhD from Cornell University in 2015. Prior to joining Columbia Business School, Shai spent a year as a post-doctoral fellow at Princeton University and 3 years as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research
John Spencer in Toronto
We were also privileged to hear from John Spencer, an award-winning scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, and renowned expert on urban warfare, military strategy, and tactics. His vast experience includes serving as an advisor to top U.S. Army leaders, including four-star generals, at the Pentagon and the United States Military Academy. It was a remarkable event with meaningful discussions and insights.
Dahlia Kurtz
Dahlia Kurtz — a Jew and grandchild of Holocaust survivors — is an award-winning radio talk show host, international speaker, and nationally syndicated columnist. Her latest book, “Dear Zionist, You are not alone: 18 Letters of Hope and Light” is meant to help people through these dark times. But her mission has always been to live and help live.
Gad Saad in Toronto
Gad Saad, renowned author of “The Parasitic Mind” and “The Saad Truth,” has achieved global recognition for his incisive analysis of groupthink ideologies and woke culture. He is highly sought after as a speaker, lecturer, and intellectual luminary worldwide. Joining Gad Saad was Tafsik Organization’s Executive Director, Amir Epstein. Together they tackle the greatest threats against democracy, and western civilization. Event date – June 10th, 2024, Toronto Canada.
Hillel Fuld
Hillel Fuld is known as a tech guru and a top marketer in Israel. It’s not uncommon for Hillel Fuld to meet with a prime minister, an NBA player, a top actor, a leading rabbi, or a Google team and then have lunch with someone to help the person find a job.
Douglas Murray
Murray has been a contributor to The Spectator since 2000 and has been Associate Editor at the magazine since 2012. He has also written regularly for numerous other outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Evening Standard, The New York Post, and The New Criterion. He is a regular contributor to National Review, UnHerd, and The Free Press.
Born in 1979 his first book came out in 2000 while he was an undergraduate at Oxford. Since then he has published three more full-length books – on politics, history and current affairs – as well as shorter works on free speech and defence.
In 2007 he founded the Centre for Social Cohesion (CSC), the first think-tank in Britain to study extremism and terrorism. The CSC subsequently became part of the Henry Jackson Society, where Murray held the position of Associate Director from 2011 to 2018.
A prolific debater, Murray has spoken on a variety of prominent platforms, including at the British and European Parliaments and the White House. His opponents have included Malcolm Gladwell, Tariq Ramadan, Julian Assange, Rowan Williams and Anjem Choudary. He appears often on the top political debate programmes, including the BBC’s Newsnight, Daily Politics, This Week and Question Time. He is a regular contributor to Sky News Australia and Fox News. He has appeared on some of the most listened-to podcasts including Joe Rogan’s and ‘Waking Up’ with Sam Harris.