Danny Grossman is a decorated fighter pilot who began his career winning a “Top Gun” competition in the U.S. Air Force. Upon making Aliyah, Danny joined the Israeli Air Force and flew over 200 combat missions. He received a medal for a strategic reconnaissance mission to Iraq. During his IAF career he also helped establish a U.S.-Israel Counter-Terrorism MOU.
Danny became Israel Director of the American Jewish Congress, organizing the Jerusalem Conference of Mayors, facilitating the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act, and producing a report during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, exposing Hezbollah’s use of civilians as human shields, which was featured on the front page of The New York Times.
Today, Danny is a strategic consultant for clients such as Professor Alan Dershowitz, for whom he hosted a weekly TV program, and has also produced two films for the History Channel. He mentored SpaceIL’s Beresheet Lunar Mission, helped develop Israel’s national baseball team, and worked with the Aleph Institute in helping to free Jewish and Israeli prisoners worldwide. Following Oct. 7, he serves as Chairman of CMBM-Israel (the Center for Mind-Body Medicine), leading efforts to alleviate PTSD.
Danny holds bachelor’s degrees from Columbia University and JTS, and a master’s degree from Harvard. He heads the Masorti Congregation in Kochav Yair and recently celebrated his 50th anniversary with his wife, Lisa, their four children, and eight grandchildren.
Danny Grossman made Aliyah from Florida in 1979.
