Our Team.

  • Julia Jassey is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Jewish on Campus, the leading voice for Jewish students in the United States, combating antisemitism, engaging in grassroots activism, and advocating for the Jewish community. Her work has been recognized widely in the Jewish community and beyond, featured on CNN, CBS, Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and other international news outlets. Working together with students around the country, she has advocated for students at every level—from university administrators to the White House as a contributor to the National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. She was awarded at the Anti-Defamation League’s Concert Against Hate for her leadership in the Jewish community, and she was considered one of Algemeiner Magazine’s “Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life” in 2021. She was also recognized as a 2024 Woman to Watch by Jewish Woman International, honored as the year’s Young Women’s Impact Network honoree. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2023, where she studied Political Science and Jewish Studies.

  • Micah Gritz is the Chief Operating Officer of Jewish on Campus, the leading advocacy group for Jewish students in the United States. As a part of Jewish on Campus’ leadership team, Micah drives the strategic vision and brand for the organization. His work to support Jewish student advocacy has been recognized widely, from The Washington Post to The Hill, and in 2024, Micah was awarded the American Jewish Committee’s Sharon Greene Award for Campus Advocacy. Alongside his work at Jewish on Campus, he is an ICC Senior Geller Fellow and a member of the WJC JD Academy. Micah graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in 2024, where he studied International Security and Judaic Studies.

  • Yana is a senior Healthcare Management major and Political Science minor at the University of Connecticut. She is from Brooklyn, New York, and was raised as part of the Russian-speaking Jewish community all my life, as her parents are both immigrants from the Former Soviet Union. She loves to travel, having studied abroad in Florence Italy and traveled to 10+ countries. She loves listening to music and going to concerts, most notably Coldplay, Drake, and Harry Styles. In her free time, she plays volleyball with her friends and watches soccer games. She is passionate about Jewish student advocacy and hopes to pursue a law degree in the future.

  • Blake Ziegler is a Student Union Coordinator for the JOC Student Union. In this role, he supports the Union's programming and assists campus representatives in building chapters on their campuses. He joined JOC in 2021 through their student programming and started as a staff member in 2023. Blake graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he was heavily involved in Jewish advocacy at the local, national, and international levels.

  • Adina Naftalin is a Student Union Coordinator for the JOC Student Union. As one of the Student Union Coordinators, she helps support the Union’s programming and the campus representatives. Originally from San Diego California, Adina is a student at Towson University and is expected to graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies in the spring of 2025. She is finishing up her term as Towson Hillel’s student president and is very active in the Kappa Delta sorority and her student dance team, she also serves as a campus tour guide. Adina loves to travel, having visited 11 countries so far, and hopes to add more to her list.

  • Jacob Blum is the Data Science Manager for Jewish on Campus. Jacob is an accomplished researcher, having been published across disciplines in the life sciences, medicine, and engineering. His research interests involve combining engineering practices and technological innovation to combat antisemitism swiftly and effectively. He has served as an advisor to Hillel International and worked with various prestigious academic institutions. He studied Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science at Tufts University.