Miri Eisin

Miri Eisin is a retired colonel of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with a background in military intelligence.

Biography Eisin was born in California and raised in Israel. Eisin's Bat Mitzvah, held in a Reform Synagogue in Tel Aviv, was shown on the Israeli television show Mabat Sheni (Lit. Second Look). At the time, a non-Orthodox Bat Mitzvah where men and women sat together was very rare in Israel. While in twelfth grade, Eisin was sent as an emissary for Israel on a two-month speaking tour in the United States. She was replaced by foreign ministry veteran Mark Regev.

Eisin has an undergraduate degree in political science and Middle Eastern Studies from Tel Aviv University. She went to Haifa University and the IDF Defense College for graduate studies in security studies. Eisin is fluent in English and Hebrew and is proficient in French.