About
Jordan Herzberg
Jordan Herzberg has been active in diplomacy, security, political and business affairs in Israel for over 20 years. Serving as a track two diplomat for several Israeli Prime Ministers, Jordan participated in hundreds of hours of back-channel negotiations with neighboring Arab heads of state and has advised several Israeli government ministers.
Volunteering as a lone soldier in the Israel Defense Forces Paratrooper Brigade, Jordan served in several different combat theatres, including extensive military service in Lebanon and Judea/Samaria. Jordan currently serves as a commander in a combined paratroop/infantry/armored division, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Reserves). In the current Swords of Iron War, Jordan has given dozens of on and off record interviews to some of the world’s largest print, internet, and TV news organizations.
Jordan is a frequent speaker at home and abroad on topics related to Middle Eastern security and geopolitics. He has spoken to audiences from both the private and public sector. Some of the organizations he has addressed include JINSA (Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs), Jewish National Fund, Jewish Federations of North America, Anti- Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, AllianceBernstein, Loop Capital, and Council for a Secure America.
Jordan has recently spoken at St John’s Wood Synagogue (London), the October 7th Memorial event in Kauai, Hawaii, and Congregation Bnei Torah (Springfield, MA). Some of the other venues he has spoken at include the Buffalo Jewish Federation, Temple Bet El of Northern Westchester (NY), Temple Beth Sholom (Orange County, CA), Young Israel of West Hartford (CT), Young Israel of Century City (CA), Chabad of Charleston (SC), Chabad of the Town (Montreal), Sha’arei Tefilah/Bet El (Newton, MA),and Mahzikei Hadas (Ottawa).
Jordan has a BA with Honors in Political Science and Judaic Studies from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, including studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Harvard Business School. He made Aliyah in 1993 from the United States, and lives with his family in Jerusalem.
Since January 2021 Jordan serves as the elected representative of the Abu Tor neighborhood in the Greater Baka (Jerusalem) Community Council.