| Jewish Speakers, Personalities, Entertainers, Authors and Celebrities |
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Dan Abrams - MSNBC General Manager / NBC News Chief Legal Corresponden |
Dr. Ichak Adizes - Author, How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis; former Visiting
Professor at Hebrew University (Jerusalem) and Tel Aviv University |
Mitch Albom - Author of Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven |
Jason Alexander - Former Star of Seinfeld |
Gloria Allred - Lawyer and radio talk show host |
Rabbi Robert Alper- Laughter And Inspiration |
Edward Asner - Award-Winning Actor |
Dr. Inge Auerbacher - Holocaust Survivor and Author |
Neil Baldwin - Author and Biographer, Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass-Production of Hate,
Finalist for the 2001-2002 National Jewish Book Award in History. |
Dr. Mitchell Bard - Executive Director American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) |
Richard Belzer - Actor and Comedian |
Samuel Berger - National Security Advisor (1997-2001), International Affairs and Business Expert |
Len Berman- NBC Sportscaster |
Carl Bernstein - Investigative reporter for the Washington Post, uncovered Watergate with Bob Woodward |
Lewis Black - stand-up comedian, author, playwright, and actor |
Wolf Blitzer - CNN reporter |
Lawrence Block - Award-Winning Mystery and Travel Author |
Laura Blumenfeld - Author of The New York Times bestseller Revenge: A Story of Hope. |
Peter Bogdanovich - Noted actor and director |
Elayne Boosler – comedian |
Shmuley Boteach - Host of TLC’S Shalom in the Home |
Marie Brennan- Marie Brenner has a particular interest in women's development and empowerment issues |
Nancy Brinker - Creator of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation & former
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary. |
David Brooks - columnist, The New York Times |
Michael Chabon- Pulitzer-prize winning Author |
Randy Cohen - "The Ethicist" from The New York Times Magazine |
| Richard Cohen - Syndicated Columnist For The Washington Post |
Linda Cohn - ESPN Sports Anchor |
David Corn - Editor of The Nation / NY Times Bestselling Author; Contributor, Jewish World Review |
Roger Cossack - Legal Expert |
Charles Derber - Sociologist/Author |
Professor Alan Dershowitz - Renowned Defense Attorney Best-Selling Author
Professor at Harvard Law School. |
Fran Drescher - Actress/Writer/Cancer Survivor |
Richard Dreyfuss - Academy Award-Winning Actor |
Kitty Dukakis - Wife of former Massachusetts Governor and 1988 Democratic Party
Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis |
Rich Eisen - Anchor, NFL Network |
Professor Yaffa Eliach - President and Founder of the Shtetl Foundation. |
Dov Peretz Elkins- Co-editor of "Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul" |
Ruth Andrew Ellenson-Received the National Jewish Book Award in 2005 for her bestselling anthology |
| Stephen Emerson - Every Media Outlet's First Choice As An Expert On Domestic Terrorism |
Nora Ephron - Film Director, Screenwriter, Author, Journalist; When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle. |
Susie Essman – comedian |
Susan Estrich - Legal & Political Commentator, Author, Law Professor |
Gloria Feldt - National Women's Rights Leader / Author |
Howard Fineman - Senior Washington Correspondent and Political Columnist for Newsweek |
Fyvush Finkel - Portly and grandfatherly, with what some might consider stereotypical
Jewish mannerisms |
Ari Fleischer - Former White House Press Decretary |
Al Franken - Political Satirist / Best-Selling Author |
Kinky Friedman - Political Satirist/Musician |
Thomas Friedman - Author, From Beirut to Jerusalem |
Bryan Fogel & Sam Wolfson - Creators, Producers, Writers and Stars of the JEWTOPIA |
Kenny G - Legendary Musician |
Jamie Gangel - NBC News Reporter, Jewish Values in the Secular World |
Brad Garrett - Actor and Comedian |
Mitch Gaylord – Olympic gymnast |
Marc Ginsberg - Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco & Fox News correspondent |
Dr. Raanan Gissin - Senior Advisor to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. |
Sam Glaser- Musician |
The God Squad - Clergymen/Authors - Monsignor Tom Hartman and Rabbi Marc Gellman |
Ambassador Dore Gold - President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs |
Jonah Goldberg - Conservative commentator |
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen - Best Selling Author |
Ellen Goodman - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist |
Blu Greenberg - Writer specializing in Modern Orthodox Judaism and women's issues;
author of On Women and Judaism: A View from Tradition |
Mike Greenberg - Host of "Mike and Mike in the Morning" on ESPN Radio
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Jeff Greenfield - Senior Political Correspondent, CBS News Host, CEO Exchange |
Bud Greenspan - Documentary Filmmaker |
Charles Grodin -“A first rate storyteller.” –The New Yorker |
Erin Gruwell - Inspirational Educator/Catalyst For Social Change |
Roya Hakakian - Author / Poet / Documentary Filmmaker, Iranian-Jewish writer fled
with her family from Tehran to the United States |
Yitta Halberstam - Author, Small Miracles for the Jewish Heart: Extraordinary
Coincidences from Yesterday and Today |
Micah Halpern - Social and Political Commentator Author |
Seymour Hersh - Investigative Journalist, uncovered My Lai massacre |
Malcolm Hoenlein - Executive Vice Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations |
Miles Hoffman - Violist and NPR Music Commentator; Jewish Contributions to Music in America |
Ambassador Martin S. Indyk - United States Ambassador to the State of Israel, 1995 – 1997;
Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. |
Laura Ingraham - National Radio Host, Best-Selling Author, TV Commentator |
| Jeff Jacoby - Syndicated Columnist for The Boston Globe |
Erica Jong- Feminist, Social Critic, Poet, Author |
Reb Esther Jungreis - Orthodox Torah scholar, international lecturer and bestselling author, is the founder of the Hineni Heritage Center |
Marvin Kalb & Bernard Kalb - International Journalists Co-authors of |
Robert Kaplan- Best-selling Author/Atlantic Monthly Correspondent; The Middle East
After Arab-Israeli Peace |
Larry King - CNN Anchor |
Edward Koch - Former Mayor of New York City |
Ted Koppel - Former anchor of ABC's Nightline. |
| Andrea Koppel - CNN Reporter |
Jonathan Kozol - Writer & educator |
Charles Krauthammer - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist / Political Commentator |
Lenny Krayzelburg - Olympic Swimmer |
William Kristol - Neoconservative Editor of The Weekly Standard (son of Irving Kristol) |
Paul Krugman - Columnist, The New York Times |
Daniel Kurtzer - United States Ambassador to Israel, 2001-2005 United States
Ambassador to Egypt, 1997- 2001 |
Rabbi Harold Kushner- Best Selling Author |
Rabbi Lawrence Kushner - Emmanu-El Scholar-in-Residence; Famed Rabbi and
Author, Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians |
Sherry Lansing - Former President Of Paramount Communications and Chairman Of Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group |
Michael Ledeen - Editor Of National Review |
Carol Leifer – Comedian |
Rabbi Michael Lerner- Founder of Tikkun Magazine and the Author of The
Left Hand Of God |
Bob Levey - Political Columnist / Media Analyst |
Gerald M. Levin - Former CEO, AOL Time Warner, Inc. |
Jack Levin - Sociologist/Author; Jewish Studies Professor |
Amy-Jill Levine - Author of The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the
Jewish Jesus; Professor at Vanderbilt University |
Marv Levy– Former Coach of the Buffalo Bills, Pro Football HOF |
Jerry Lewis - Comedian, Actor, Film Producer, Writer and Director |
Richard Lewis - Comedian |
Dave Lieberman - Celebrity Chef, Food Network Host |
Hadassah Lieberman - Health Care Professional Daughter of Holocaust Survivors. |
Jon Lovitz - Comedian |
Jeffrey Lyons - Film/Theater Critic |
Joshua Malina – Actor on hit show "The West Wing" |
Howie Mandel - Commedian/Game Show Host |
Michael Mann - Award-winning storyteller, author, training consultant and speaker |
Jackie Mason - Stand-up Comedian |
Michael Medved - Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Show Host, Film Critic,
Best-Selling Author |
Al Michaels- Legendary Sportscaster |
Jennifer Miller- Author of Inheriting the Holy Land |
Judith Miller - Former NY Times Writer and Best-Selling Author of Germs |
Larry Miller - Actor / Comedian / Humorist |
Andrea Mitchell - Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC |
Jim Morris - Political Impressionist |
Shelley Morrison - Actress/Cancer Survivor |
Joan Nathan- Celebrity Chef and Author of Jewish Cooking in America |
Eli Newberger - Pediatrician/Author |
Leonard Nimoy - Acclaimed Actor, Director and Photographer |
Mark Oppenheimer - Theologian / Author; leading writer and speaker about contemporary religion |
Michael Oren- Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center, a Jerusalem-based research facility,
and the contributing editor of its journal, “Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation.” |
George Packer - Columnist/ Author; The New Yorker |
Sara Paretsky - Best-selling Mystery Writer/Social Activist |
Mandy Patinkin - Musician/Actor |
Judea Pearl - Father of Slain Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl and Speaker on Improving Jewish-Muslim Relations |
Mariane Pearl - Journalist/Widow of Daniel Pearl |
Richard Perle - Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy U.S. Senator |
Joan Peters - Author, "From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine |
Deborah Perry Piscione- Political Commentator / Best-Selling Author; Politics, Women's Voices, and the Jewish Community |
Kenneth Pollack - Director Of Saban Center For Middle East Policy, Writes Op-Eds In Ny Times, New Yorker |
John Podhoretz - Conservative Columnist |
Eugene Pogany - Author, In My Brother's Image: Twin Brothers Separated By Faith After the Holocaust |
Maury Povich - Talk-show host |
Dennis Prager - Respected radio talk show hosts |
Rain Pryor - Actress / Comedian; "Fried Chicken and Latkes" |
Dan Raviv - Foreign Correspondent for CBS News Foreign Correspondent for CBS News |
Robert Reich - Former Secretary of Labor |
Rob Reiner - Actor, Film Director |
Mike Reiss - Emmy-Winning Producer for The Simpsons |
Frank Rich - Columnist, The New York Times |
Bryan Mark Rigg- Author of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial |
Joan Rivers- Comedienne, actress, talk show host |
| Kenneth Roth - Executive Director of Human Rights Watch |
Doris Roberts - Emmy Award-Winning Actress, Everybody Loves Raymond |
Gary Rosenblatt - Editor and Publisher, Jewish Week |
David Rosengarten - Food and Wine Connoisseur |
George Ross - Executive Vice President and Senior Counsel, Trump Organization |
Ambassador Dennis Ross - Special Middle East Coordinator, 1988-2000 Director,
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. |
Barry Rubin - Journalist, Author, Professor, Middle East Scholar |
Robert Rubin - Former Secretary of the Treasury |
Susan Goldman Rubin- Best-selling Author |
Rita Rudner - Comedian |
| Michael Savage- Talk Show Host |
William Safire- Columnist, The New York Times |
Jan Schlichtmann - Attorney / Subject of A Civil Action |
Peninnah Schram- Storyteller, teacher, recording artist and author; Associate Professor
of Speech and Drama at Yeshiva University |
| Terry Semel- Former CEO, Yahoo, Former Chair, Warner Bros |
Paul Shaffer- Band Leader, The Late Show with David Letterman |
Garry Shandling - Actor and Comedian |
Natan Sharansky - Chairman of the Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center
in Jerusalem Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Foremost Proponent of
Democracy Human Rights Activist |
Dr. Bernie Siegel - Best-Selling Author and Self-Healing Expert |
Joel Siegel - Film critic |
Daniel Silva - Best-Selling Espionage Author |
Lani Silver - Holocaust Oral Historian/Activist |
David Silverman - Supervising Director, The Simpsons |
Rachel Simmons - Best-Selling Author |
Bob Simon - Correspondent, 60 MINUTES II and Contributor, 60 MINUTES |
Steve Solomon - One man show, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m In Therapy" |
Joshua Sparrow - Co-Author of Touchpoints: Three to Six |
Mark Spitz - Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer |
Jerry Springer - Cultural Icon |
Lesley Stahl - Co-Editor, 60 Minutes and CBS News Correspondent |
Susan Stamberg - National Public Radio Correspondent |
Ben Stein - Pop Icon / Economist |
Jacques Steinberg - Education Reporter |
Gloria Steinem - Feminist Editor and Writer, founder of Ms. Magazine |
Dr. Jessica Stern- Foremost U.S. expert on terrorism author of Terror In The Name of God:
Why Religious Militants Kill. |
Jon Stewart - Host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewarton Comedy Central. Peabody Award winner. |
Jerry Stiller - Comedian / Actor |
Nadine Strossen - President of the American Civil Liberties Union |
Kerri Strug - Olympic Gold Medal Winning Gymnast |
Lawrence Summers - Former Secretary of the Treasury |
Ron Suskind - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist - Bestselling Author |
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin- Author, The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to
Ethical Living |
Scott Turow - Mystery writer |
Judit Viorst - Author, known for her children's literature |
Mike Wallace - Journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent |
Barbara Walters - Media personality, a regular fixture on morning television shows
(Today and The View), evening news magazines (20/20), and on The ABC Evening
News, as the first female evening news anchor |
| Ben Wattenberg - Moderator, PBS Think Tank |
Jessica Weiner - Author/Actionist/Producer |
| Harvey Weinstein - CEO of Miramax Films |
Dr. Ruth Westheimer - Author/Therapist - Famous Sex Therapist |
Michael Wex - Author of the bestselling book on Yiddish ever - Born to Kvetch:
Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods |
Henry Winkler- Actor, Producer and Director; The "Fonz" from "Happy Days," Very involved in Jewish Causes" |
Elie Wiesel - Author of over 40 books, the best known of which is Night, a memoir that
describes his experiences during the Holocaust; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 |
Rosalind Wiseman - Best Selling-Author |
Naomi Wolf - Feminist, author & social critic |
Peter & Bethany Yarrow - Musicians/Performers |
| Paula Zahn - CNN Host |
Bob Zelnick - Former "ABC News" Correspondent/Author/Educator |
Sidney Zion - Award Winning Reporter Op-Ed Columnist, New York Daily News |
Ethan Zohn - Former winner of Survivor. |
