Author: Eric Schorr

Captain Eric J. Schorr (res.) served in the Israel Defense Forces from 2014 to 2019 as a lone soldier, with his last active position as intelligence and operations officer to Major Gen. Amir Aboulafia, the head of the IDF Planning Directorate between 2017-2019. Alongside his main responsibilities, Eric also served as a foreign affairs advisor, and as the general’s English-language communications liaison and speechwriter. Prior to his service in the IDF, Eric earned a Master’s degree in Counter Terrorism & Homeland Security from Reichman University (formerly the Interdisciplinary Center) in Herziliya, Israel and two Bachelor’s degrees, one in Middle Eastern, South Asian & African Studies and the other in Modern Jewish Studies & Hebrew, from Columbia University and The Jewish Theological Seminary. Eric currently resides outside Los Angeles with his wife and daughter, where he works in intelligence and security analysis in the private sector.