Ethan Kushner is a writer, strategist and marketing executive focused on Israel–Diaspora, US-Israel relations and civil-society-led nation branding. He is founder of the Kerem Alliance, an NGO working to counter polarization by advancing a more credible, values-based global conversation about Israel. He is also Chair of American Democrats in Israel, an organization of American Israeli supporters of the US Democratic Party and Israeli identity with a mission of supporting U.S. Democratic political candidates who ally with Israel and Jewish values. His work explores democracy, identity, and the limits of government-led public diplomacy in an increasingly fractured media landscape.