Michael Dickson (born 11 October 1977) is a British-Israeli writer and public speaker. He serves as executive director of the StandWithUs

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

office in Jerusalem. He is a senior Fellow at the

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(CIC) of

Bar Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...

and an Honorary member of

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. He was appointed to the Spectrum Forum of leading Executive Directors in

under the age of 40. He is th
winner of the Bonei Zion Prize
and author o
ISResilience: What Israelis Can Teach the World
co-written with psychologist Dr. Naomi Baum, published in 2020. He was listed as the 14th most influential person on "Jewish Twitter" by the

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in 2016.

StandWithUs

Michael helped establish the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship, which has graduated over 1,500 of Israel's future diplomats and leaders. These young adults have gone on to staff major corporations, political parties in the

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, government ministries and embassies and

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worldwide.

Israel advocacy

Dickson has led

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, academic and journalist missions to Israel and has advocated for Israel in forums, such as the UN "

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" conference, in the

, in Europe, the US and in the Far East. He helped pioneer StandWithUs'

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activity. He helped set up "social media situation rooms" as far back as in 2009 during

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, which he referred to as "the first social media war".

JFS School

Michael was very active in the UK

Jewish community Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

and was twice appointed British-Jewish youth movement

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UK's executive. Following this, he was appointed as director of informal education at JFS school in London, the largest Jewish school in Europe. Over five years he formed a department that pioneered innovative programming for 2,000 Jewish students, dealing with all aspects of Jewish life and

. He worked with senior representatives from the

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and

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to formulate effective and original multi-faith programs that met Government guidelines. He made Israel educational initiatives a central focus of school life and launched the "Ambassador" program, a reality-TV show format educational format based on the Israeli TV series of the same name, teaching students skills in advocating for Israel, which was rolled-out in UK schools nationwide.

Education

Michael holds a

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from

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

(UCL) and diplomas in Management and

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References

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