Media contact
Uriel Zehavi — uri@mitzpe.org
About Mitzpe (for journalists)
Mitzpe Institute is an intelligence and strategy organization focused on Israeli security, diaspora threat assessment, and the strategic challenges facing the Jewish people and the West. Mitzpe produces daily intelligence, forensic long-form analysis, strategic assessment, and original books through Mitzpe Press. Mitzpe also conducts original polling and field research.
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Mitzpe Institute is an intelligence and strategy organization focused on Israeli security, diaspora threat assessment, and the strategic challenges facing the Jewish people and the West. Mitzpe publishes daily intelligence, forensic analyses, strategic assessments, and tactical briefings read across the Knesset, the US Congress, allied governments, and Jewish institutional leadership worldwide. The institute provides sector-tailored intelligence retainers for corporate and institutional clients, diaspora security briefings for Jewish organizational leadership, strategic communications advisory for Israeli government and corporate clients, operational advisory for Jewish and Israel-supporting nonprofits, and publishes books through Mitzpe Press. Its principals, fellows, and advisors speak at synagogues, churches, community organizations, leadership forums, donor groups, and private briefings across North America, Western Europe, and Israel. Based in the United States and Israel. mitzpe.org
Fast facts
- Organization: Mitzpe Institute
- Type: Intelligence and strategy organization
- Principals: Uriel Zehavi (Executive Director), Mordecai “Modi” Zehavi (Director of Operations)
- Flagship: Israel Brief, daily intelligence, 8,500+ subscribers · 90+ countries · all 50 US states
- Imprint: Mitzpe Press (five titles)
- Based in: United States and Israel
- Web: mitzpe.org · Press: press@mitzpe.org
Publications and services
Israel Brief · Mitzpe Dossiers · Vantage · Watchwords · Perimeter · Diaspora Security Practice · Institutional Intelligence · Nonprofit Advisory · Mitzpe Press (5 titles) · Field Research
Leadership bios
Uriel Zehavi — Executive Director, Mitzpe Institute; Editor, Israel Brief
8,500+ subscribers · 90+ countries · all 50 US states. Read in the Knesset, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 92 of 100 US Senate offices on both sides of the aisle, Westminster, allied foreign ministries, and policy institutions: RAND, Atlantic Council, JINSA, Brookings, Hudson, Quincy Institute, Wilson Center, FDD, CSIS, WINEP, MEMRI. Jewish institutional readership: AIPAC, AJC, ADL, Orthodox Union, URJ, JNF, Hadassah, federations, JCCs, synagogues nationwide. Advises Israeli political, governmental, corporate, and NGO clients on English-language strategic communications for Western audiences. Consults on diaspora threat assessment for Jewish organizational leadership. Co-directs Mitzpe’s Institutional Intelligence practice with Modi. Author of four books: Holiday From History, Rooted Truth, Rooted in Judea, Letters Across the Table (all Mitzpe Press). Speaks at synagogues, policy forums, donor groups, and private institutional gatherings across North America, Western Europe, and Israel.
Mordecai “Modi” Zehavi — Director of Operations
M.S. Applied Mathematics (RPI), B.S. (Cal Poly Pomona). His quantitative background anchors the institute’s analytical methodology. Leads Mitzpe’s diaspora threat intelligence practice — produces Perimeter and the broader Diaspora Security Practice. Co-directs Mitzpe’s Institutional Intelligence practice. Fine art photographer. Speaks on diaspora security at organizational and institutional events.
Reach
The Israel Brief reaches 8,500+ subscribers · 90+ countries · all 50 US states. Readership spans the Knesset and Israel’s MFA, 92 of 100 US Senate offices, Westminster, allied foreign ministries, and policy institutions including RAND, Atlantic Council, JINSA, Hudson, Quincy Institute, Wilson Center, WINEP, MEMRI. Jewish institutional readership: AIPAC, AJC, JNF, Hadassah, URJ, Orthodox Union, federations, JCCs, synagogues nationwide.
Contact
- Media: press@mitzpe.org
- Institutional Intelligence: institutional@mitzpe.org
- Diaspora Security: intel@mitzpe.org
- Nonprofit Advisory: nonprofits@mitzpe.org
- Speaking: speak@mitzpe.org
- Web: mitzpe.org

