Emma Saltzberg

Emma Saltzberg is an organizer, researcher, and strategist based in Brooklyn, NY. She has worked in the progressive movement and American Jewish politics for nearly a decade. Currently, Emma serves as US Strategic Campaigns Director for Diaspora Alliance, promoting understanding of how antisemitism works and how to fight it while protecting democratic values. Emma co-founded IfNotNow, a movement of young Jews working to end American Jewish support for the Occupation. She has conducted original survey research into public opinion on U.S. Israel/Palestine policy as a senior fellow with Data for Progress, and mixed-methods qualitative research into Jewish politics in Florida with Jews Against White Nationalism. She has also worked in social policy, the labor movement, and progressive electoral politics. Emma is an alumna of the 2021-22 cohort of Western States Center’s Defending Democracy Fellowship. She holds an M.A. in Politics from the New School for Social Research and a B.A. magna cum laude from Amherst College in Political Science.