Hannah Kaye

Highly motivated individual with a strong desire and purpose to be of service to others. Extensive experience in public speaking, community outreach, with both a professional and personal experience of surviving and understanding trauma. A love for cultivating and building foundations of support for survivors nationwide and across the world who have survived, and lost loved ones to violence.

2015: Green Apprenticeship Permaculture Certificate- Kibbutz Lotan

2016: Ulpan Certificate- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Public Speaking Engagements

Leave No Victim Behind Conference: Servicing Victims of Mass Violence

San Marcos Texas

October 25/26, 2022

https://leavenovictimbehind.org/

• Spoke on a panel at the Leave No Victim Behind Conference as a survivor of hate-based violence, alongside other survivors and community leaders and professionals in the world of servicing victims and communities who have been impacted by hate-based violence. Topics of our panel centered around one’s personal experience in navigating tragedy in the public eye, legal sphere, and how one can cultivate resilience and strength in the rebuilding of life in the wake of brutally losing a loved one to hate-based violence. The panel addressed a room of various professionals in the sectors of government, law enforcement, legal sphere, advocacy, and non-profit organizations who are all in the world of servicing communities, and victims of mass terror, and violence in the U.S.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles: Shine A Light on Antisemitism

December 15, 2022

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/inside-the-issues/2022/12/16/chanukah-event-shines-a-light-on-hate-and-antisemitism-

-Alongside my aunt, Randi Grossman, I spoke at an event, ‘Shine A Light on Antisemitism’, put on by The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, sharing of our family’s tragic experience of losing a loved one to antisemitic-fueled violence, addressing a crowd that included Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, alongside many distinguished individuals in various sectors of law, government, politics, organizations, and community leaders who all work and operate in Los Angeles, California

Canada Centre for Community Relations and the Prevention of Violence: Conference on Countering Radicalization to Violence, ‘What to Measure, How to Prevent’

May 1/5, 2023

https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/bt/cc/index-en.aspx

-Spoke on a panel as a survivor of hate-based violence, alongside other survivors who have lost loved ones to hate-fueled violence, as well as leaders in government positions and organizations who service victims of mass terrorism, hate-fueled violence, and organize around communities who have been impacted by hate. Our panel focused on topics of what it is like to lose a loved one to hate-fueled violence and the ripple effects of destruction and trauma that is caused in the wake of tragedy, as well as the ways one finds meaning, purpose, and strength in moving forward after surviving and losing a loved one to hate-based violence. Our panel addressed a room of over 200+ professionals in government, law enforcement, prevention, academia, mental health, psychology, social work, and community organizing who operate in Canada, the U.S, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Interviews and Articles

Articles and Interviews

• San Diego Union Tribune: ‘Opinion: Hannah Kaye has shown honor, dignity, and grace while mourning her mother killed at Chabad of Poway’, by Sharon Rosen Leib

January 6, 2022

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2022-01-06/opinion-hannah-kaye-has-shown-honor-dignity-and-grace-while-mourning-her-mother-killed-at-chabad-of-poway

• Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle and Times of Israel: ‘Daughter of Poway victim, survivor of attack, grateful for Pittsburgh’s support’, by Adam Reinherz

December 16, 2022

https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/daughter-of-poway-victim-survivor-of-attack-grateful-for-pittsburghs-support/

• How to LA Podcast from LAist Studios: ‘Shining a Light on Antisemitism in LA County’, interview conducted by producer of HTLA, Megan Botel

December 2022

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5i55gZcGDDA7xghOn4pnkP?si=a55f7bb387194316