Jen Airley embracing a Nova survivor at Beit Binyamin

The voice behind the mission

Jen Airley

Speaker • Writer • Co-Founder of Beit Binyamin

Sharing a story of faith, resilience, memory and purpose.

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Speaking across the Jewish world

One story.
A world of communities.

Jen has brought her message to schools, shuls, Jewish organizations, leadership forums and professional audiences across Israel, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Over 50 organizations, schools and communities

  • Selected organizations include
  • Adas Emuna (Los Angeles)
  • Beth Abraham (Teaneck)
  • Camp HASC
  • Cross River Bank
  • Mizrachi
  • NCSY Israel
  • OU Israel
  • St John’s Wood (London)
  • Stern College
  • The Great Synagogue
  • University of Michigan
  • YULA
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Jen speaking with a microphone in a synagogue sanctuary

One message. Many rooms.

  • Schools & Yeshivot
  • Shuls & Communities
  • Organizations & Leadership
  • Business & Professional

Watch Jen

Hear the story in her own words.

Begin with Jen’s featured Meaningful People conversation, then explore her interviews as host of JENuine Voices.

As guest · Meaningful People

“Mother of a fallen IDF soldier’s urgent message to the world.”

Jen sits down with Nachi Gordon and Momo Bauman on one of the Jewish world’s most listened-to podcasts, sharing Binyamin’s story and the emunah that carries her family forward.

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As host · Moral Edge

JENuine Voices

Jen hosts her own podcast show on Moral Edge, with honest conversations about faith, Aliyah, motherhood and resilience.

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Sam Kramer · Israel Good News

The Israel They Don't Show

Anat Ishai · Challah Mom

How to Become More Jewish Without Losing Yourself

Rina Ariel

Saying Hallel When Hallel Is Gone

Dr. Rinat Green · Kol Koreh

Overcoming Dyslexia Early

Tamar Rosner & Sara Paley

Israeli Mothers: How to Survive with Your Sons at War

Her story

Pain became purpose.Purpose became a home.

The Beit Binyamin balcony and pergola in Tzfat, with its mosaic sign
Jen Airley in conversation at Beit Binyamin

On November 18, 2023, Jen and Rob Airley's son Binyamin fell in Gaza while serving with the Paratroopers' 101st Battalion. He was twenty-one.

Grief could have closed a family. Instead, it opened a question that would not let Jen go: how do you honor a life taken at twenty-one? Her answer was not to bury her son, but to plant him, letting his story take root in the lives of others.

“Not our house.A house for Am Yisrael.”

From that loss came a living legacy. Jen and Rob founded Beit Binyamin, a retreat home in Tzfat for those carrying the effects of war and loss. Today it welcomes soldiers, families and survivors from across Israel, offering what Jen and Rob themselves most needed: rest, understanding and room to breathe.

“We didn't bury him.
We planted him.”

A legacy is not only what we remember. It is what we choose to grow and build from pain.

Speaking topics

Messages that stay with you.

Selected speaking engagements

Across generations.
Across the Jewish world.

From high-school classrooms to synagogue sanctuaries, leadership forums and corporate boardrooms, Jen has spoken to audiences across Israel, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

A selection of communities, campuses and organisations Jen has addressed.

Synagogues · Communities

  • Young Israel of Hollywood — Florida
  • Beth Abraham — Teaneck, NJ
  • Adas Torah — Los Angeles
  • St John’s Wood — London

+ many more

Universities · Colleges

  • Stern College
  • YU Israel
  • University of Michigan

Schools · Yeshivot · Seminaries · Camps

  • Michlalah
  • Yeshivat Mevaseret
  • Camp HASC
  • Camp Kaylie

+ many more

Organizations · Institutions

  • NCSY Israel
  • Mizrachi
  • AMIT
  • OU Israel

+ many more

Business · Professional

  • DLA Piper Israel
  • Cross River Bank

Media & writing

Seen, Heard & Published.

Documentaries, conversations and essays sharing faith, responsibility and Jewish resilience.

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Stories of loss, faith and rebuilding.

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A Moral Edge documentary

Just Tell Me You’re Alive

Seven Israeli families share what came after October 7, including Jen’s story of Binyamin and the purpose growing from his legacy.

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An OU Israel Tisha B’Av film

Beit Hamikdash: In the Making

Jen joins Rabbi Avi Berman on a journey across Israel exploring vision, rebuilding and the enduring Jewish hope for the Beit Hamikdash.

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An Aish documentary

October 7th: Voices of Pain, Hope, and Heroism

Aish’s full-length film follows Jen and other October 7 families through tragedy, resilience and hope, and the faith that carries them forward.

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In conversation

A Conversation with Jen Airley

Jen sits down with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, one of the Jewish world's most recognized voices.

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The handcrafted mosaic sign for Beit Binyamin at sunset

About Beit Binyamin

A speaking mission.
A living legacy.

Jen’s speaking mission helps carry forward the values at the heart of Beit Binyamin—a retreat home in Tzfat offering soldiers, bereaved families, Nova survivors and military families rest, care and room to breathe in Binyamin’s memory.

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