Jacob Tolson

Jacob Tolson is the Programming and Political Manager at New York Jewish Agenda (NYJA), which advocates, organizes, and convenes to promote the values of liberal Jewish New Yorkers to influence state and local policies, politics, and the communal discourse. Jacob grew up on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, and holds a B.A. in Political Science, Middle Eastern Studies, and History from Duke University. He is committed to ensuring that the Jewish values of New York’s liberal Jewish majority are represented in New York and in Israel, home to the two largest Jewish populations in the world.