Barry Bender
Barry is the Senior Vice President of IGM, an Insurance Brokerage, as well as Director of Operations of CCE, an Energy Services company. Since the age of 18, Barry has worked closely with a variety of Jewish organizations and groups to help promote and foster positive Jewish identities among Jewish youth and adults of all backgrounds. He has conducted programs on behalf of Jewish communities in Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Canada, and most states in the United States. Barry has worked with the exit counseling and rehabilitation of Jewish cult victims, as well as educating the public concerning the techniques of brainwashing and mind control. He has conducted Jewish awareness retreats for Jewish day school and Jewish public school students, of all denominational backgrounds. Over the last 15 years, Barry has focused his energies and talents on the Jewish campus communities throughout North America, personally visiting and conducting Jewish identity programs at over 100 campuses. He studies Jewish and eastern mysticism. practices Tai Chi and teaches Jewish meditation. Barry has also studied the interaction of science and religion, focusing on the story of the creation of the world, and the story of Noah’s Ark. He derives tremendous pleasure in the intellectual study of traditional Jewish texts. Barry is also an award winning photographer, and shoots a mean game of pool.
