{"id":32719,"date":"2025-01-13T17:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32719"},"modified":"2025-01-30T08:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T08:04:11","slug":"ono-graduate-on-the-autism-spectrum-elected-to-president-herzogs-voice-of-the-people-council","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-graduate-on-the-autism-spectrum-elected-to-president-herzogs-voice-of-the-people-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Graduate on the Autism Spectrum Elected to President Herzog&#8217;s &#8220;Voice of the People&#8221; Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32720 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Josh-Aronson-1.25.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Josh Aronson\" width=\"325\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Josh-Aronson-1.25.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Josh-Aronson-1.25-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h3><strong>Ono Graduate on the Autism Spectrum Elected to President Herzog&#8217;s &#8220;Voice of the People&#8221; Council<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Josh Aronson, a graduate of Ono Academic College, and a correspondent for the Maariv newspaper was elected to Israel President Herzog&#8217;s &#8220;Voice of the People&#8221; initiative, which brings together 150 Jewish leaders from around the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Aronson, who is on the autism spectrum, received his Bachelor\u2019s Degree from Ono and then went on to earn a master&#8217;s degree in international journalism at a British university. He is currently the diaspora affairs correspondent for the Maariv newspaper and works as a freelance journalist for several Jewish newspapers in the diaspora.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Aronson is not only a journalist &#8211; but also a social activist. He is currently a member of the board of directors of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and volunteers in several organizations, including the &#8220;Keep Olim&#8221; association and the &#8220;Defender of Communities&#8221; organization. In addition, he served as chairman of Meretz Jerusalem, a coordinator of people with disabilities and was at the forefront of the struggles for accessibility and equality.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Maariv Editor Golan Bar Yosef said about Aronson\u2019s award: &#8220;We are proud of Josh and his social involvement. His selection is a blessing.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>An article about this appointment can be found at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maariv.co.il\/news\/israel\/article-1163089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.maariv.co.il\/news\/israel\/article-1163089<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Aronson, a graduate of Ono Academic College, and a correspondent for the Maariv newspaper was elected to Israel President Herzog&#8217;s &#8220;Voice of the People&#8221; initiative, which brings together 150 Jewish leaders from around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":32720,"menu_order":91,"template":"","class_list":["post-32719","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}