Posted by Jerry Gordon
Shoshana Bryen was a leading figure on both national security and support for Israel. We had interviewed her and published articles by her. This is a link to the Jewish Policy Centre notice of her passing.
It is with profound sadness that we mark the passing of Shoshana Bryen, Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center and editor of inFOCUS Quarterly, who died on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
Shoshana devoted her life to the security of the Jewish people and strengthening the alliance between the United States and Israel. She spent more than three decades at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). In 2012, Shoshana brought her experience and moral clarity to the Jewish Policy Center. Shoshana was the intellectual heart of the JPC. She served as Senior Director and edited inFOCUS Quarterly into a serious and widely read journal of ideas and policy.
Shoshana devoted herself to the security of the United States and Israel and to the strength of the Jewish people. She mentored many and made this world better than she found it. May her memory be a blessing.
Shoshana is survived by her husband, Stephen Bryen, children Gabrielle (Kurk), Ari (Kim), Mollie, and Sarah, and five grandchildren. She leaves behind not only a family who loved her, but a community that trusted her and a country made safer by her brilliant work.
We extend our deepest condolences to the Bryen family.
