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Tessa Veksler

Public Speaker & Content Creator

Sep 16, 2026, 10:19 PM

After Six Years of the Abraham Accords, Two Paths for the Middle East

On January 9th, 2026, I boarded a direct flight from Tel Aviv to Dubai. It still felt remarkable. I did not think, growing up, that such a flight would exist in my lifetime — and six years ago, it...

Sep 11, 2026, 11:55 PM

The Hero in Seat 9B

Danny Lewin, the first person killed on September 11, 2001, against the Lower Manhattan skyline. (Photo illustration; source images via Wikimedia Commons)

Danny Lewin is believed to have been the first person killed on September 11, 2001. An American-Israeli seated in Seat 9B on American Airlines Flight 11, he had spent four years as an officer in Sayeret Matkal, one of...

About Me

Tessa Veksler is a public speaker, content creator, and Jewish advocate based in New York whose story was featured in the documentary "October 8." A 2024 UCSB graduate and its first Shabbat-observant Student Body President, and the daughter of Soviet Jewish refugees, she now works to build bridges across divided communities and model civil discourse.

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