Major Keren Hajioff was born and raised in the UK and made Aliyah to Israel soon after high school.  A month after moving to Israel, Keren joined the Israel Defense Forces, serving as an Instructor in the Artillery Corps.

Keren was selected for the IDF Officers’ Training School, finishing as the Exemplary Cadet of her company. Having earned the rank of Lieutenant, Keren was assigned as an Instructing Officer in the officers Training School, training the future generation of IDF officers.

From there, she took up the position of Head of Information and Policy in the Ground Forces Foreign Relations Branch. Keren then became the Foreign Relations and International Student Officer at the Israel National Defense College, where she was promoted to the rank of Captain a year early, in a procedure of Excellence in Conduct.

Keren is currently serving as the Head of Public Diplomacy in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, as well as completing a degree in Political Science and was recently promoted to the rank of Major.

In 2009 Keren Hajioff made Aliyah from London.