Dan Glickman is the former U.S. secretary of agriculture and chair of APCO’s International Advisory Council. He previously served as executive director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, a nonpartisan educational initiative for members of Congress. Before joining the Aspen Institute, Secretary Glickman chaired the Motion Picture Association of America, directed Harvard’s Institute of Politics, and served 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Kansas’s 4th congressional district. Secretary Glickman serves on the boards of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Food Research and Action Center, Issue One, and the Center for U.S. Global Engagement, where he chairs the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. He also co-chairs global agricultural initiatives and is an adjunct professor at Tufts University’s School of Nutrition.

Dr. Hila Oren is the CEO of The Tel Aviv Foundation. Previously, she founded and led Tel Aviv Global, an initiative from the Mayor’s Office aimed at elevating the city’s global brand. Under her leadership, the "Startup City" vision was launched, positioning Tel Aviv-Yafo as the Best Smart City in the World in 2014. Hila also directed the Tel Aviv Centennial Administration and held leadership roles at the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. She has served on the boards of Haifa Port, Vertigo Dance Troupe, Neot Kdumim Park, and the Amidor Housing Company. Hila holds a PhD in Geography from Haifa University, with research focused on Tel Aviv's global branding, along with a BA and MBA from Tel Aviv University and executive education from Harvard Kennedy School.

Dr. Jeremy England is a Visiting Professor of Physics at Bar-Ilan University and Vice President at GlaxoSmithKline, leading artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Physics at MIT and a Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Tech. He is the author of Every Life Is on Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things. Jeremy earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford, studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and holds a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Harvard. He is also an Orthodox Rabbi.

Steven Rattner is the Chairman and CEO of Willett Advisors, which oversees Michael Bloomberg’s personal and philanthropic investments. He is also the Economic Analyst on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and regularly contributes to The New York Times. Previously, Steven was Counselor to the Treasury Secretary, where he led the Obama Administration’s successful auto industry restructuring, chronicled in his book, Overhaul: An Insider's Account of the Obama Administration's Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry. Additionally, Steven has held leadership roles in public and philanthropic organizations, including serving as Chair of the Educational Broadcasting Corporation and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC. He is a graduate of Brown University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dr. Ariel Muzicant is an Austrian-Israeli businessman, the President of the European Jewish Congress, a Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress, and a longtime leader of the Viennese Jewish community. He previously served as President of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien (IKG) and President of the B’nai B’rith Zwi-Perez-Chajes Lodge, while also initiating the establishment of the Zwi Perez Chajes School in Vienna. Additionally, Dr. Muzicant leads one of Vienna's largest real estate consultancy and brokerage firms and is a partner at Colliers International Property Consultants. He serves on the board of directors of the Jewish Museum Vienna and the executive board of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI).

Dr. David B. Agus is a doctor and biomedical researcher, the Founding CEO of the Ellison Medical Institute, and a professor of medicine and engineering at USC. An international leader in global health, he holds leadership roles at the World Economic Forum and co-chairs the Global Health Security Consortium. Dr. Agus is also a CBS News contributor and the author of four bestselling books, including The End of Illness and The Book of Animal Secrets. He serves on the board of the National Library of Israeli USA and received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2017.

Dror Bin is the CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority, leading efforts to strengthen Israel's innovation ecosystem and support its knowledge industry. Previously, he served as President and CEO of RAD Data Communications and held leadership roles at Comverse Technology, Carmel Ventures, and Shaldor Consulting. With extensive experience in telecommunications, venture capital, and strategic consulting, he has shaped businesses across diverse industries. Dror holds two bachelor’s degrees from the Technion and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Natan Sharansky served as Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel from 2009–2018. Born in Donetsk, Ukraine, he is a prominent human rights activist, Prisoner of Zion, and a leader in the struggle for Soviet Jews' right to immigrate to Israel. After requesting to make aliyah, Natan was arrested on false charges of treason and espionage, spending nine years in the Soviet Gulag including prolonged solitary confinement. Following international campaigns, he was released in 1986 and immigrated to Israel the same day. In Israel, Natan founded the Zionist Forum to support Soviet immigrants' integration and later established the Yisrael B'Aliyah party to further their absorption. He held ministerial roles in four successive Israeli governments. Natan is also the Chair of the Advisory Board of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, Chair of ISGAP, a trustee of the Genesis Prize, and the author of four books.

Ambassador Danny Ayalon is the Co-Founder & Chairman of Silver Road Capital Group and Co-Chairman of Silver Stone Global Partners. He is also a GP Partner at Germin8 Ventures, a leading Food & Ag Tech investment fund. Danny serves on the Boards of Tel Aviv University and the Lantos Human Rights and Justice Foundation, and he is a visiting professor at Yeshiva University teaching Statecraft and International Relations. A former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. (2002–2006), Danny also served as a Member of Knesset, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy Advisor to three Israeli Prime Ministers.

David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel. He previously served as the editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post from 2004 to 2011 and as the editor and publisher of The Jerusalem Report from 1998 to 2004. David is the author of Still Life with Bombers and A Little Too Close to God, and the co-author of Shalom Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin, which won the U.S. National Jewish Book Award for Nonfiction. He frequently writes and speaks on Israeli legitimacy in media, law, and diplomacy.

Michael Granoff is the founder and CEO of Pomona Capital, a global private equity firm managing over $15 billion, with offices in New York, London, and Hong Kong. He served on the 1992 Presidential Transition Team for the Treasury and was appointed by President Clinton as Chairman of the Albanian-American Enterprise Fund and the Albanian American Development Foundation, the largest non-profit in the Balkans. Honored by Albania with the Order of Skanderbeg, Order of Mother Teresa, and Medal of Public Gratitude, Michael has also served as a Trustee of the Yad Hanadiv Rothschild Foundation, Director of Grameen Bank U.S., and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He holds a JD from Georgetown and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Erica Lyons is the Board Chair of the Hong Kong Jewish Historical Society and a long-serving delegate to the World Jewish Congress, representing the Jewish communities of Hong Kong and China. An award-winning author of works such as Alone Together on Dan Street and Zhen Yu and the Snake, she is also the Founder and Director of PJ Library Hong Kong, where she fosters Jewish education and identity across Asia. Erica’s leadership extends to her roles on the boards of Tzohar, the Jewish Funders Network, and Global Jewry. Her previous contributions include serving on the management committee of Ohel Leah Synagogue and as Editor-in-Chief of Asian Jewish Life magazine.

Russ Feingold is the President of the American Constitution Society. He served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011 and a Wisconsin State Senator from 1983 to 1993. Russ was the U.S. Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2013 to 2015. During his 18 years in the Senate, he was ranked 6th for bipartisan voting and co-sponsored the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, known as the McCain-Feingold Act. A recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, Russ recently co-authored The Constitution in Jeopardy: An Unprecedented Effort to Rewrite Our Fundamental Law and What We Can Do About It (2022). He also serves as the Honorary Ambassador for the Campaign for Nature, a global effort addressing the biodiversity crisis.

Winnie Sandler Grinspoon is the President of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) and a lifetime trustee. Widely recognized for her impact in the Jewish world and beyond, she has received the Esther Award from Hebrew College, the Norman B. Leventhal Award from JCC Greater Boston, and the Bernard Reisman Award from Brandeis University. Winnie has also been named to the Forward 50 and Algemeiner 100 lists of influential Jewish leaders. Previously, she practiced law in New York (Stroock & Stroock & Lavan) and Boston (Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, now K&L Gates), specializing in employment, discrimination, and commercial litigation.

Mitchell R. Julis is the co-founder, co-chairman, and co-CEO of Canyon Partners, LLC, a global alternative asset management firm based in Dallas, Texas specializing in value-oriented investments for institutional clients. A Princeton (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Harvard Law (J.D., magna cum laude), and Harvard Business School (M.B.A., honors) graduate, he serves on the boards of Brown University, Yeshiva University, and the Asia Society. Mitch is also a member of Princeton's Julis-Rabinowitz Center Advisory Council, the School of Engineering Leadership Council, and the Lincoln Center Theater Board. He played a key role in founding the Harvard Law School Program on Jewish and Israeli Law.

Edouard Cukierman is the Founder & Managing Partner of Catalyst Investments and the Chairman of Cukierman & Co. Investment House, which has facilitated over $10.5 billion in corporate finance deals since 1993. He is also Chairman and CEO of Catalyst Investors’ Club. Edouard serves on the boards of Otorio and Curalife, having previously held board roles at Tufin, Orex, Dori Media, Omrix, and other Israeli tech companies. He founded the GoforIsrael conferences and co-authored the book Israel Valley, with an English edition due in 2025. He holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD and a B.Sc. from the Technion.

Yotam Polizer is the CEO of IsraAID, an international humanitarian aid organization based in Israel. Since its founding in 2001, IsraAID has responded to crises in 60 countries and provided support to over 5 million people affected by human-made and climate-related disasters. A recipient of the Charles Bronfman Prize, Yotam is fluent in Hebrew, English, Japanese, and Nepalese, with basic proficiency in Arabic. He holds a BA in International Relations and African Studies from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Open University and is a Shusterman Fellow. Yotam resides in Tel Aviv with his wife and their 3-year-old twins.

Mickey Bergman is the CEO of Global Reach and Vice President of the Richardson Center for Global Engagement. He has championed the release of political prisoners and hostages worldwide, including Paul Whelan, Brittney Griner, Trevor Reed, and Danny Fenster. Author of In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad, Mickey was honored in 2023 with the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation's American Hostage Freedom Award. His past roles include work with the Aspen Institute and Clinton Global Initiative.

Stephen Bronfman is a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and environmental advocate. He serves as the Executive Chairman of Claridge Inc., a private investment firm representing the interests of the Stephen Bronfman family, and he leads the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation. Stephen is the Chief Revenue Officer of the Liberal Party of Canada and a senior advisor to Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. He also co-founded The Charles Bronfman Prize and sits on the board of Birthright Israel.

Ambassador Ido Aharoni is a 25-year veteran of Israel’s Foreign Service and Israel’s longest-serving Consul General in New York and the tri-state area, holding the rank of Ambassador from 2010 to 2016. Ido is a co-founder of the consultancy Emerson Rigby, co-founder and principal at the British-Israeli investment firm EA2K, and a member of the International Advisory Council for APCO Worldwide, Value Base, MasterCard, and The Libra Group. Since 2015, he has been a Member of the Board of Governors at Tel Aviv University.

Professor Boaz Ganor is the President of Reichman University (IDC) and founder of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). He also chairs ICT’s World Summit on Counter-Terrorism, serves on the International Advisory Council of Singapore’s International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, and co-founded the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence. Professor Ganor previously held academic roles at Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, the Hoover Institution, the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Hebrew University. He has also advised the NYPD as part of the Manhattan Institute’s International Advisory Team and co-directed research projects for NATO and the Ministry of Public Security. This episode is dedicated in memory of Tzvi Kogan z'l.

Craig Newmark is best known as the founder of the classifieds ad site Craigslist, which showed tens of millions of Americans that the Internet could be reasonably useful and easy to use. Now, he engages in full-time philanthropy, focusing on helping and protecting the people who help and protect our country in areas like cybersecurity, trustworthy journalism, and support for military families and veterans. Craig was greatly influenced by his Sunday School teachers who escaped the Holocaust, set his moral compass, and taught him to treat people like you want to be treated and to know when enough is enough.

Dan Ariely is a Professor of Business Administration and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke University. A renowned expert in behavioral economics, he researches the irrational ways people behave and explains these concepts in simple language. From June 2012 to September 2022, he wrote the advice column Ask Ariely for The Wall Street Journal. Dan is the author of three New York Times bestselling books: Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty. He is also the co-founder of several companies that apply behavioral science insights to real-world challenges.

Kenneth R. Feinberg is an attorney who has helped resolve many of America’s most challenging and widely known disputes. An international expert in complex mediation, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution, he is well known as the Special Master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Ken has also worked on Virginia Tech’s Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund, the BP Gulf Coast Claims Facility, and One Fund Boston following the Boston Marathon bombings on Patriot’s Day. The author of Who Gets What: Fair Compensation after Tragedy and Financial Upheaval, Ken is a founding donor of Chabad of Martha’s Vineyard and, with his wife Dede, has three children.

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a philosopher, novelist, and public intellectual. She graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College and went on to earn her Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University. Rebecca is the author of numerous works including The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away, and Thirty-Six Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction. Rebecca’s achievements have been widely recognized with honors such as the Whiting Writers’ Award, two National Jewish Book Awards, and fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation and Guggenheim Foundation. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has served on the World Economic Forum's Council on Values. In September 2015, Rebecca was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House.

Chemi Peres is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Pitango, one of Israel’s largest venture capital firms with over $2.8 billion in assets under management and investments in more than 250 companies. A former pilot in the Israeli Air Force, where he served for a decade, Chemi is the Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. He also serves on the boards of several companies and is an independent director at the Azrieli Group.

Wendy spent nine years as the Founding Executive Director of Start-Up Nation Central (SNC), where she built the professional team and connected Israel’s tech ecosystem with global governments and corporations. Today, she advises Israeli start-ups like ZzappMalaria and collaborates with venture funds to help entrepreneurs refine their pitches. Wendy also lectures widely on Israeli innovation to corporate and government audiences. Before joining Israel’s tech scene, she served on Capitol Hill and led AIPAC’s Israel office. Wendy lives in Jerusalem with her husband, Saul Singer.

David Magerman is the founder and President of Tzemach David, previously known as the Kohelet Foundation in the U.S., where he has supported Jewish education in Philadelphia, the United States, and Israel since 2009. He has also funded works including the Koren Ani Tefilla Siddur Series, the Magerman Shabbat Chumash, the Sacks Tanakh, and the Steinsaltz Tanya. Professionally, David is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Differential Ventures. He spent most of his career at Renaissance Technologies, one of the world’s most successful quantitative hedge funds. David holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford, where his thesis on Natural Language Parsing was an early example of using large-scale data for syntactic text analysis. He also earned degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum is Israel’s Special Envoy for Innovation and a Senior Fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy. She previously served as the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, leading the City’s efforts in foreign relations, international economic development, and tourism. Fleur is also the co-founder of the UAE-Israel Business Council, an organization that unites Emirati and Israeli leaders to promote bilateral trade, innovation, and collaboration. Born in London, she grew up in Gibraltar before immigrating to Israel in 2001.

Dan Meridor is a former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Intelligence, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Justice. He served as a tank commander in both the Six-Day and Yom Kippur Wars. Dan is currently Chairman of the Board at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, with past leadership roles at the Israel Philharmonic, Israel Museum, Gesher Theatre, and as Chairman of the Jerusalem Foundation.

Rabbi David Rosen is the Special Interfaith Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. Previously, he served as the longtime International Director of Interreligious Affairs for the AJC, rabbi of South Africa’s largest Orthodox Jewish congregation, and Chief Rabbi of Ireland. In recognition of his contributions to Jewish-Catholic reconciliation, Rabbi Rosen was granted a Papal Knighthood in 2005, and in 2010, he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.

Sanford "Sandy" Cardin is the founder of Global Jewry and the former President of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. He started his career as the Mid-Atlantic Director for the Jerusalem Foundation and, in 1994, moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma to become the Schusterman Foundation’s first Executive Director. With a lifelong commitment to Jewish causes, Sandy has served on numerous Jewish boards and is currently involved with the JCC Association of North America. He has also held leadership roles with the Council on Foundations and the National Center for Family Philanthropy.

Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna is a leading scholar of American Jewish history and serves as the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor at Brandeis University, where he directs the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. A Yale PhD and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has taught at institutions including Brandeis, Hebrew Union College, and Harvard. Dr. Sarna was also the past president of the Association for Jewish Studies and is the Chief Historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. He holds four honorary degrees and is widely regarded as an authority on American Jewish culture, history, and thought. Dr. Sarna lives with his wife, Professor Ruth Langer, and they have two children, Aaron and Leah.

Jonathan Medved is the Founder and CEO of OurCrowd. Named by the Washington Post as “one of Israel’s leading high-tech venture capitalists” and by the New York Times among the “top 10 most influential Americans who have impacted Israel,” Jon is also a serial entrepreneur, investor, and one of the pioneers of Israel’s venture capital industry. He founded OurCrowd in 2013, a leading online global venture investment platform with 192,000 accredited members, $1.8 billion in funding commitments, 320+ portfolio companies, 37 venture funds, and 56 exits, Jon lives in Jerusalem with his wife Jane and his four children and eleven grandchildren, where he collects rare single malts and loud Hawaiian shirts.

Miki Naftali is the Chairman and CEO of Naftali Group with a remarkable career spanning over 35 years in global real estate. He has managed and developed more than $15 billion in assets across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, including a significant luxury portfolio in New York City. Before Naftali Group, he co-founded El Ad Properties, where he oversaw the transformation of The Plaza Hotel into a renowned mixed-use property. He frequently speaks at institutions like Yale University and Columbia Business School.

Dov Moran is the Managing Partner of Grove Ventures and a pioneer in Israeli hi-tech. He is best known for inventing the USB flash drive. Dov founded M-Systems, which was later sold to SanDisk for $1.6 billion, and served as chairman of Tower Semiconductors until its $5.4 billion acquisition by Intel. In 2016, he shared his entrepreneurial journey and insights in his book 100 Doors – An Introduction to Entrepreneurship.

Rabbi David Wolpe is the Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple, the ADL’s inaugural rabbinic fellow, and a scholar in residence at the Maimonides Fund. He has taught at Harvard, JTS, American Jewish University, Hunter College, and UCLA. A prolific writer, Rabbi Wolpe has been widely published in outlets like The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Atlantic. He has also authored eight books, including the bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times.

Mark Mellman is the CEO of The Mellman Group and a past President of the American Association of Political Consultants. He has guided the campaigns of over thirty U.S. Senators, a dozen Governors, and numerous Members of Congress, including figures like Harry Reid, Maria Cantwell, and Tony Evers. Mark’s international work includes advising Yair Lapid’s meteoric rise in Israeli politics, as well as successful campaigns in South Africa, Colombia, and Albania. He has twice been honored for running the Best Campaign outside the United States.

Yaakov Katz is an Israeli-American journalist and author, best known for serving as editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post from 2016 to 2023. He has authored three books, including Shadow Strike and Weapon Wizards, with a new book scheduled for release in 2025. Previously, Yaakov spent nearly a decade as a military reporter and defense analyst. He served as a senior policy adviser to Naftali Bennett and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and four children.

Jay Lefkowitz is a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis and an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, where he teaches a seminar on Supreme Court advocacy. He has led numerous high-profile cases, including two landmark 5-4 Supreme Court victories for the pharmaceutical industry. Jay served as United States Special Envoy on Human Rights in North Korea and as a senior White House advisor to two presidents. He is also on advisory boards for Columbia Law School, Barnard College, and the NYU Alexander Hamilton Center.

Seth Pinsky is CEO of The 92nd Street Y, one of New York’s leading cultural and community centers. Before joining 92NY, Seth served as Executive Vice President at RXR Realty, overseeing investments in emerging opportunities across the New York region. Earlier in his career, he played a key role in developing Mayor Bloomberg’s $20 billion initiative to protect New York from climate change impacts and served as President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation from 2008 to 2013.

Evan Fallenberg is a professor of creative writing and literary translation at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and a former co-director of the International MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is the author of acclaimed novels such as Light Fell and The Parting Gift, has translated numerous works by prominent Israeli writers, and founded Arabesque, an arts center and boutique hotel in Akko. Evan has lived and worked in the United States, Israel, Switzerland, Japan, and China and held residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Fondation Ledig-Rowohlt, and Sun Yat-sen University.

Halie Soifer is the CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA), a role she has held since 2020, after serving as its Executive Director starting in 2018. Prior to JDCA, she spent nearly two decades as a national security advisor to four members of Congress and held senior positions in the Obama administration. Most recently, Halie was National Security Advisor to then-Senator Kamala Harris. She also served as Senior Policy Advisor to U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power. Halie holds a master’s from Johns Hopkins SAIS and a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan Honors College.

Yitz Applbaum is a Co-Founder and Partner at MizMaa Ventures. After selling his company to Bank of America in 1991, he became a Senior Vice President overseeing the e-Ventures group. He is now an advisor to many organizations and individuals, including Eight VC Partners and the Saudi Minister of Communications, Information Technology, and Space. Yitz also is a philanthropist and board member of The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the Republican Jewish Coalition, and the Asia Society. He serves as a Trustee of Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and is the founding board member of Him for Her for Him (HHH), which assists in the placement of women on corporate boards of directors. Based in Silicon Valley, Yitz is married with three children and collects kosher wine and single malt whisky.

Dr. Yossi Beilin is an Israeli politician best known for his pivotal role in the Oslo Accords. He also initiated the Geneva Initiative, an unofficial proposal for a final-status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Dr. Beilin has served in various ministerial roles including Minister of Justice and was instrumental in founding the Birthright Israel program. After retiring from politics, he became a business consultant and continues to engage in public discourse through his writings and advocacy.

Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity firm focused on marketing services companies. With over 40 years of experience in market research, advertising, and consulting, he has advised top political and corporate leaders around the world, playing key roles in major elections including those of President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair. Before founding Stagwell, Mark served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft. He is also the bestselling author of the book Microtrends.

Gordon Sondland was appointed U.S. Ambassador to the European Union in 2018 by President Donald Trump and served until 2020, overseeing key issues such as trade, energy, and national security. He previously held roles on Governor Ted Kulongoski's transition team and the Commission for White House Fellowships under President George W. Bush, as well as serving as Chairman of the Portland Art Museum. Sondland is also the Founder and CEO of Provenance Hotels, a national chain of boutique lifestyle hotels, and currently serves on the advisory boards of U.S. Bancorp and Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy.

Liel Leibovitz is an Israeli-American journalist, author, and media critic, currently serving as the editor-at-large for Tablet Magazine and the host of several of its widely followed podcasts. Born in Tel Aviv, he immigrated to the United States in 1999 and later earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2007. In addition to his work in journalism, Liel has written several notable books that explore topics ranging from cultural criticism to Jewish thought. He is also a scholar in the field of video game studies.

Yohanan Plesner is president of the Israel Democracy Institute, since 2014. From 2007 to 2013, he was a member of Knesset, Israel’s parliament, serving on the constitution, law, and justice and the defense and foreign affairs committees. He also co-chaired the Knesset lobby for higher education and chaired its permanent delegation to the Council of Europe. Prior to that, Yohanan worked at a management consulting firm in London and was co-founder and CEO of an international enterprise software company. He was a combatant and officer in the IDF’s Sayeret Matkal unit, in which he still serves as a major in active reserve duty.

Alan Solow is the founder of Grover Strategies, where he leverages decades of experience to help clients navigate public-facing challenges with personalized advice. He served as a National Co-Chair for the Obama-Biden 2012 campaign and as an advisor to President Obama on Middle East issues. Ranked as the world’s 11th-most influential Jew by the Jerusalem Post, Solow has held leadership positions in several major Jewish organizations, including serving as Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois and cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Law School Forum.

Dani Dayan is the Chairman of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. Before this role, he served as Israel's Consul General in New York and was the Chairman of the YESHA Council. Dani also founded and led Elad Software Systems Ltd. as Chairman and CEO. Additionally, he volunteers as Head of the Advisory Board for Nefesh B'Nefesh and previously served on the Yad Vashem Council.

Gabe Groisman is a Jewish community leader and former Mayor of Bal Harbour, Florida, known for his strong stance against antisemitism and his efforts to build bridges between Israel and the United States. As Mayor, he pioneered the nation’s first municipal anti-BDS ordinance and codified a uniform definition of antisemitism. He is also a partner at LSN Partners, focusing on government relations and supporting Israeli tech companies, while frequently speaking on Jewish and Israel-related issues at international forums.

David Harris served as CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) from 1990 to 2022. Throughout his 50-year career, he has been actively involved in foreign policy, national security, interfaith and interethnic relations, social policy, higher education, and Jewish community affairs, both domestically and globally. The late Israeli President Shimon Peres called David "the foreign minister of the Jewish people."

Dara Horn is the award-winning author of six books, including People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic, among other publications. Dara has lectured extensively on Jewish literature, history, and culture across North America, Israel, and Australia. She also was a member of Harvard’s antisemitism advisory group and testified before Congress.

Jarrod Bernstein is an attorney and political advisor with extensive experience in government relations, crisis management, and strategic communications. He has held senior roles in the Obama and Bloomberg administrations, where he coordinated responses to major crises and advised on Jewish community engagement.

Eric Goldstein, a longtime Jewish community leader, became UJA-Federation’s CEO in 2014 after a successful career as a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. He previously served as UJA’s vice chair, Executive Committee member, and chaired multiple divisions and task forces. Eric also played a key role in founding Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School and held leadership positions at Manhattan Day School, the Beth Din of America, Ramaz School, NYLAG, DOROT, and The Jewish Agency for Israel.

Jonathan Goldstein is the co-founder and CEO of Cain International, a multinational investment firm managing $14 billion in assets. He serves as a director of Chelsea Football Club and previously chaired the Jewish Leadership Council in the UK. Jonathan is deeply involved in philanthropic causes and was a vocal critic of Jeremy Corbyn.

Michael Makovsky has been President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) since 2013, focusing on U.S. defense and national security in the Middle East. He has worked on U.S.-Israel defense ties and U.S. policy toward Iran, Syria, Iraq, Gaza, and the Persian Gulf. Makovsky holds a Ph.D. from Harvard, an MBA from Columbia, and a B.A. from the University of Chicago. He is also the author of Churchill’s Promised Land (Yale University Press), a diplomatic-intellectual history of Winston Churchill’s complex relationship with Zionism.

James Snyder is the Director of the Jewish Museum on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also the former Director of the Israel Museum and former Executive Chairman of the Jerusalem Foundation.

Rabbi Mendy Chitrik is the Chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States, where he leads efforts to foster interfaith dialogue and support Jewish communities in Muslim-majority countries. He serves as the Ashkenazi Rabbi of Turkey and advocates for peace, cultural exchange, and the preservation of Jewish heritage in the Islamic world.

Malcolm Hoenlein is the Vice Chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, following a long tenure as Executive Vice Chairman. His distinguished career includes founding roles with the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater New York and the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry. Renowned for his advisory work with global leaders, Hoenlein has been honored with numerous international awards and remains a significant figure in both public and nonprofit sectors.

Matthew Brooks serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Republican Jewish Coalition, an organization dedicated to enhancing ties between the Jewish community and the Republican Party, and the Jewish Policy Center, a think-tank that examines public policy from a Jewish perspective.

Eitan Neishlos is an entrepreneur and fintech pioneer, who has served on public, private, and philanthropic boards. His belief in the synergy of business, social impact, and technology has guided Neishlos Capital’s investments in multiple sectors. Eitan takes inspiration from the Righteous Amongst the Nations amongst who saved his grandmother in the Holocaust. This guides his global philanthropic efforts towards cultural co-existence under the shaded palm of the Abraham Accords.

Mark Gerson, a New York-based entrepreneur and philanthropist, is the co-founder of Gerson Lehrman Group, 3I Members, United Hatzalah of Israel, and African Mission Healthcare.

Steven Meiner is the Mayor of Miami Beach, elected in a historic runoff race on November 21, 2023. Prior to his mayoral role, he served as an enforcement attorney with the SEC and practiced law in New York City.

Sylvan Adams is a Canadian-Israeli billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and self-appointed ambassador-at-large for the State of Israel who lives in Tel Aviv.

Abby J. Leibman is the president & CEO of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger and was a co-founder of the California Women’s Law Center. Inspired by Jewish values and ideals, MAZON is a national advocacy organization working to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel.

Sarah Hurwitz, a White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017, served as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. In 2019, she published “Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life – in Judaism.”

Doug Seserman, the CEO of Americans for Ben-Gurion University and the former President and CEO of JEWISHcolorado.

Rabbi Steven Weil is the CEO of Friends of the IDF (FIDF), the organization collecting donations on behalf of the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces across the United States of America.

Dr. Eugene Kandel is the Chairman of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. He is the former CEO of Start-Up-Nation Central and former Chairman of Israel’s National Economic Council.

Eric Reiner is the Founder and Managing Partner of Vine Ventures, a venture capital firm investing across the United States, Israel, and Latin America.

Rebecca Rohr Ritter is Head of Teaching and Learning and a member of the founding team at the Shefa School in New York City.

Harley Finkelstein is the President of Shopify, an e-commerce company headquartered in Ontario

Dr. Robert Satloff is the Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is senior vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where he oversees the work of the organization’s experts and scholars.

Yadin Kaufmann is a social entrepreneur and one of Israel’s leading venture capitalists. He has founded several nonprofits in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, in addition to the first venture fund targeting Palestinian tech companies.

Elan Carr serves as the CEO of the Israeli-American Council (IAC). He was previously the Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Antisemitism under President Trump.

Josh Foer is a co-founder of Sefaria and Lerhaus. He is also a wildlife journalist for National Geographic, a board member of the Jim Joseph Foundation, and the author of a 2011 book titled "Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything."

Dr. Andrew Rehfeld is a political scientist and President of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.

Jane Weitzman is the former Executive Vice President of the Stuart Weitzman Shoe Company, founded by her husband Stuart Weitzman. She is now a full-time philanthropist.

Rabbi Menachem Genack is the CEO of OU Kosher. He leads a synagogue in Englewood, NJ, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Touro College and NY Medical School.

Dr. Noam Wasserman is the Dean of Sy Syms Business School at Yeshiva University. He was previously a professor at Harvard Business School and is the author of The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup.

Russell Robinson is the CEO of the Jewish National Fund. He currently oversees the organization’s groundbreaking One Billion Dollar Roadmap for the Next Decade and has ranked on The Jerusalem Post’s list of the World’s 50 Most Influential Jews.

Andrés Spokoiny is the Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Funders Network. Originally from Argentina, he is a leading voice in the Jewish philanthropic world.

Jay Ruderman is an activist for disability rights and the US-Israel relationship. He serves as the president of the Ruderman Family Foundation.

Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt is a prolific author, journalist, and co-founder of an enormously popular synagogue on Manhattan's Upper East Side called The Altneu.

Shira Goodman is an American businesswoman who was previously the president and CEO of Staples. She currently serves as a strategic advisor at Charlesbank Capital Partners.

Ari Ackerman is a serial entrepreneur, strategic investor, and philanthropist. He has served on the boards of JCRC, AIPAC, Hillel, and UJA, and is involved in many other Jewish organizations.

Dr. Einat Wilf is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Independence and the Labor Party. She is leading thinker on topics such as Israel, Zionism, foreign policy, and education.