About the Author

Elliot Mathias

Elliot Mathias is the founder and executive director of

, a leading pro-Israel advocacy training program for university students across North America that is a program of Aish International. Mathias lives in Livingston and is a member of the Community Relations Committee of MetroWest.

Winning the BDS Battle

by Elliot Mathias

BDS is an opportunity to educate young Jews and non-Jews about the validity and nobility of Israel’s cause and values.

18 Days

by Elliot Mathias

Do not let our heightened sense of unity, love and connection die out with their deaths.

UCLA Thought Police

by Elliot Mathias

We need to stand up against attempts to bully and intimidate pro-Israel students on campus.

Zev Wolfson: A Modest Visionary

by Elliot Mathias

Without fanfare, Mr. Wolfson took responsibility for the physical and spiritual survival of the Jewish People.

Putting Israel in a Different Light

by Elliot Mathias

Win the debate by changing the terms.

Israel Wants Peace

by Elliot Mathias

Three talking points that highlight Israel's commitment to peace and shared Western values.

The Burning of Woodstock

by Elliot Mathias

Woodstock '99 lost the idealism of the original and kept the hedonism. A purposeful focus is the difference between warming the world and burning it.

Going Home

by Elliot Mathias

"I always considered myself to be pretty independent. So why, in the back of my mind, was I dreading the inevitable return home with a strange new kippah sitting on my head?"