Scholars in Residence

Elliot Brandt is AIPAC’s Managing Director for National Affairs. His responsibilities include oversight of all of AIPAC’s eighteen offices, the national development campaign, the Synagogue Initiative, the Leadership Development Department and the Marketing, Creative and Events team. Mr. Brandt is also a member of AIPAC's Senior Executive team. Mr. Brandt joined AIPAC in 1994 in the San Francisco office. In 2002, he moved to Los Angeles to serve as the AIPAC Western States Director and in that capacity, oversaw
a portfolio of thirteen states and a staff of fifty, responsible for the regional development campaign as well as pro-Israel political activity and coalition building in more than 100 congressional districts. Mr. Brandt is a graduate of Stanford University, where he focused on International Relations and Soviet Studies. He is also a Wexner Fellow and a past member of UJC's Leadership Cabinet. Mr. Brandt lives in Washington, DC.

Rabbi Leibtag is one of the pioneers of Torah education via the internet.  His weekly essay on Parshat Hashavua, read by literally thousands of subscribers worldwide, introduces a vibrant analytical approach to Bible and reflects over 20 years of experience as a student and teacher at Yeshivat Har Etzion.  As a lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum and Orot College for Women, Rabbi Leibtag has also educated many of our own children who have studied in Israel.