Adela Cojab

Adela Cojab Moadeb (born November 12, 1996) is a Mexican-born American activist, author, podcaster, and legal advocate. She is known for advocating against antisemitism and for Zionist causes. Cojab is a legal fellow with the National Jewish Advocacy Center.

Early life Cojab was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She is a Jew of Syrian and Lebanese descent.

Education Cojab attended New York University and graduated from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a degree in Middle Eastern diaspora studies in 2019. While studying at NYU, she served as president of the student organization Realize Israel, and the official representative for Jewish students for the United Nations' Economic and Social Council.

She went on to attend the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.

Activism During Cojab's time as president of the Realize Israel student group, 53 other student groups refused to co-sponsor events with Realize Israel as part of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. One of the protestors arrested was one of Cojab's classmates in her Arabic seminar. Cojab filed a Title VI complaint with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, calling for a full-fledged investigation into antisemitic activity on campus. The university reached a settlement with the Office of Civil Rights, with NYU revising its discrimination and harassment policies to include antisemitism.

Cojab is an attorney with the National Jewish Advocacy Center.

Speaking engagements In 2019, she spoke alongside President Donald Trump during the keynote address at the Israeli-American Council Annual Conference. In response to the events at NYU and other college campuses, President Trump would go on to sign an executive order expanding the definition of antisemitism to include "denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination," making such actions a Title VI violation. Cojab also spoke about on-campus advocacy at the Maccabee Academy Conference, hosted by the Maccabee Task Force at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas in February 2019.

In 2022, Cojab was a speaker at the Sephardic Community Alliance BootCampUs event for high school students.

Cojab spoke about her experiences with antisemitism at her university at the World Jewish Congress's Lauder Fellowship Opening Seminar in 2022. Cojab also served as a speaker at the Lauder Fellowship Opening Seminar in 2023 She also spoke at a community event rallying against antisemitism organized by the nonprofit organization Enough Is Enough in 2023.

Media Cojab wrote the chapter "Confronting Terror: The Buenos Aires Bombings" in the World Jewish Congress's 80th anniversary book, which was published in 2017.

Cojab co-hosted the talk show podcast American-ish Show: Daughters of the Diaspora with her co-host Mariam Wahba in 2022–2023.

In 2024, Cojab revealed that she attended a wellness retreat to address a compulsive cheese addiction that began during her time as a student activist at NYU, resulting in significant health concerns.

Adela Cojab placed third ("second runner-up") in the 2025 Miss Universe Israel pageant. The winner will represent Israel in the Miss Universe pageant.