Who we are
Tzvi Waldman
Founder, President
Bio:
Tzvi Waldman is a community safety activist and second amendment advocate who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. As the grandson of Holocaust survivors, Tzvi has a deep appreciation for living in a country founded on the principles of protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens, thereby preventing the atrocities like those experienced by his grandparents.
After studying in Yeshiva in Jerusalem, for several years, Tzvi became an advocate for Jewish communal security and began organizing community safety and security trainings.
Tzvi is the founder of two well-known organizations, the NYS Jewish Gun Club and the United Jewish Gun Coalition. His organizations have garnered significant media attention for their effective activism and litigation against New York State’s oppressive anti-gun legislation.
Tzvi is also a talented producer who has produced live events and film projects. He has worked with world renowned Jewish musicians and singers, as well as commercial projects for international businesses and organizations. He has significant experience as a project manager, operations manager, and in business development.
Follow him on X at @TzviWaldman
Yanky Pollak
Board Member
Bio:
Yanky Pollak is a young energetic community activist, with a strong voice for the community. Yanky has been involved in politics and has worked very closely with multiple political figures. He works in conservative media and is a social media guru and a vocal Second Amendment supporter.
Follow him on X at @Yanky_Pollak and at www.FollowYanky.com
Jeff Ballabon
Advisory Board Member
Bio:
Jeff Ballabon is a graduate of Yale Law School, Ner Israel Rabbinical College, and Yeshiva University. He has been a senior executive at major media companies, including CBS News, Court TV, and publishing giant Primedia – publisher of magazines including Guns & Ammo, Shotgun News, Shooting Times, Rifle Shooter, and Handguns, and producer of professional news and training for Emergency First Responders, including Law Enforcement Television Network and Fire & Emergency Television Network. Previously, Jeff served as Counsel to the United States Senate Commerce Committee and Legislative Counsel to Senator John Danforth, where he created Troops To Teachers (TTT), a joint program of the Departments of Defense and Education that helps military veterans transition to teaching careers. Since its launch in 1993, TTT has helped more than 100,000 veterans become K-12 classroom educators. Jeff has twice been a Presidential Appointee and has been awarded two Certificates of Distinguished Service from the US Senate. He has been named one of the 50 “Most Influential” Jews in America.
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Rabbi Yaakov Dovid (Jay D.) Homnick
Rabbinical Advisor
Bio:
Rabbi Yaakov Dovid (Jay D.) Homnick devotes his life to Torah teaching through publishing his works in Hebrew and in English, and by lecturing across the world. He was the Deputy Editor at The American Spectator and wrote over 700 articles. He also wrote for Human Events, Jewish World Review and The Weekly Standard. He is a Senior Fellow at The London Center for Policy Research. His strong belief that the second amendment is a human right and granted by God led him to write a book called Bullet In From Sinai: The Moral Case for Gun Rights.
Josh Hammer
Advisory Board Member
Bio:
Josh Hammer is senior editor-at-large at Newsweek, a syndicated columnist through Creators and the host of “The Josh Hammer Show,” a Newsweek podcast and syndicated radio show. A frequent pundit and essayist on political, legal and cultural issues, Josh is also a research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation, a fellow with the Palm Beach Freedom Institute, and counsel and policy advisor for the Internet Accountability Project.
Josh has been published by many leading outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, the New York Sun, the Daily Mail, Newsweek, RealClearPolitics, National Affairs, American Affairs, The New Criterion, The National Interest, National Review, City Journal, First Things, Public Discourse, Law & Liberty, Tablet Magazine, Compact Magazine, Deseret Magazine, The Spectator World, The American Spectator, The American Conservative, The European Conservative, The Federalist, The American Mind, American Greatness, American Compass, Chronicles Magazine, Newsmax, Townhall, The Epoch Times, The Daily Signal, The Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, The Western Journal, CNSNews, Fortune, Fox Business, The Boston Herald, The Jackson Hole Daily, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, The Forward, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the Jewish Journal. He has had formal legal scholarship published by the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and the University of St. Thomas Law Journal.
Josh is a college campus speaker through Intercollegiate Studies Institute and Young America’s Foundation, as well as a law school campus speaker through the Federalist Society. Prior to Newsweek and The Daily Wire, where he was an editor, Josh worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and clerked for the Hon. James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Josh has also served as a John Marshall Fellow with the Claremont Institute and a Fellow with the James Wilson Institute.
Josh graduated from Duke University, where he majored in economics, and from the University of Chicago Law School. He lives in Florida, but remains an active member of the State Bar of Texas.
Follow him on X @josh_hammer; and on Instagram @joshbhammer
Reid Henrichs
Advisory Board Member
Bio:
Reid Henrichs is the president of Valor Ridge firearms academy, he devoted his life to teaching Firearms and American History. Reid started off as a young man in the US Marine Corps. He received a Master of Science in History from Illinois State University. He was an High School American History teacher and then an adjunct professor for Nashville State Community college where he taught American history. He is vocal about the second amendment and about the reason for it being in the constitution. He has a strong understanding of the founding of America and the history around it, and is inspiring thousands of people with his videos online.
Follow him at https://linktr.ee/valorridge
Ameer Benno Esq
Litigation Counsel
Bio:
Ameer Benno is an experienced civil rights and constitutional law attorney. He is the founder and principal of Benno & Associates P.C., an appellate and civil rights law firm in New York City. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University and Cornell Law School, Ameer is a former Manhattan prosecutor.
Follow him on Twitter at @Ameerbenno and at https://www.bennolaw.com
Cory H. Morris Esq
Litigation Counsel
Bio:
Cory Morris is admitted to practice in New York State, the Eastern District of New York and the Southern District of New York. He is also admitted to practice law in Florida State. He was named top 40 under 40 by the Long Island Business News and named top 30 under 30 by the Huntington Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Morris is an advocate for equality, civil rights and social justice within the legal community. In recognition of this, Mr. Morris is the recipient of an Equality Award at the Suffolk County New York Civil Liberties Union 50th Anniversary Gala and the New York State Bar Empire Justice Award for Pro Bono work. He is focused on helping people charged with a crime, regardless of the allegations, and helping people vindicate their rights to be free from unreasonable government intrusion and excessive force. The Law Offices of Cory H. Morris focuses on helping individuals facing addiction and criminal issues, accidents and injuries, and, lastly, accountability issues.
Follow him on Twitter at @CoryMorrisesq and at https://www.coryhmorris.com