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Shirley Halperin is Executive Editor of Music at Variety, where she spearheads music coverage for the print magazine and Variety.com. Through her 20-year career, she has held staff positions at Entertainment Weekly, Teen People and Us Weekly and was also a regular contributor to Rolling Stone. Shirley joined the Hollywood Reporter (THR) as Music Editor in 2010, later adding sister magazine Billboard to her resume. Until 2017, she oversaw music news coverage for both publications. Shirley is the author of three books: 2008’s “Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life,” 2010’s “Reefer Movie Madness” and 2011’s “American Idol: the Official Backstage Pass.”

­­Rob Schwartz is the Chair of the newly-formed TBWA NEW YORK GROUP which includes TBWA\Chiat\Day NY, Lucky Generals NYC and 180NY. The Group is comprised of three distinct and separate creative agencies unified in their belief that the unreasonable power of creativity leads to unreasonably epic results for brands.

Rob is the rare creative person who is fascinated by all aspects of a business and finds ways to create breakthrough platforms and campaigns that build brands and get results. Since he transformed from Chief Creative Officer of Chiat LA to CEO of Chiat New York, the office experienced explosive growth, more than doubling in size. And helping the TBWA Collective earn AdAge A-List honors (back to back), Adweek’s Global Agency of the Year. And Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies.”

In 2019, Chiat NY earned 18 Lions marking the best creative performance at Cannes in the history of the office. Throughout his career, Rob has spearheaded work for blue-chip brands including Nissan, Lexus, McDonald's, Pepsi and Visa, to name but a few. Along the way he has won nearly every advertising award including Grand Effie's, Cannes Lions, and One Show pencils. He has also been a Cannes Lions Jury President and jury member of the prestigious Titanium Lion.

Rob was recognized as ThinkLA's "Leader of the Year." And is considered one of Adweek's "25 Voices to Follow in Social Media." The story of his New York office turnaround is a case study taught by Harvard Business School professors.

A few more facts about him? He's written for Hollywood. He is a board member of the 4As. He is a Friar at the Friars Club. He has been a guest lecturer at Stanford, Harvard, USC, UCLA, CCNY and Yale. He's an original "Manbassador" of the 3% Movement and now proudly sits on their board. And serves in the board of City College of New York (BIC Program). His podcast, The Disruptor Series Podcast was named “Best Agency Podcast” by Adweek.

When he’s not working or tweeting, you’ll find him hanging out with Betsy, his wife of 25+ years. And walking their black Labrador, Pepper around Washington Square Park.

Over the last quarter of a century, William Green has interviewed many of the world’s best investors, exploring in depth the question of what qualities and insights enable them to achieve enduring success.

He’s written extensively about investing for many publications and has been interviewed about the greatest investors for magazines, newspapers, podcasts, radio, and television.

He has also given many talks about the lessons we can learn from the most successful investors, not only about how to invest but about how to improve our thinking.

He’s written for many of the world’s leading publications. He’s reported from practically everywhere in the world. He has interviewed presidents and prime ministers, inventors, criminals, prize-winning authors, the CEOs of some of the world’s largest companies, and countless billionaires.

He’s collaborated on several books as a ghostwriter, co-author, or editor. One of them became a #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller in 2017. He worked closely with a renowned hedge fund manager and personal close friend of mine who I’ve even interviewed on I’M THAT – Guy Spier – helping him to write his much-praised 2014 memoir, The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment.

Born and raised in London, he was educated at Eton College, studied English literature at Oxford University, and received a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in New York with his wife, Lauren, and their children, Henry and Madeleine.

Alexander Shabbos Kestenbaum is a religious American Jewish activist. Until not long ago, he was a Harvard Divinity School student and that’s evolved since October to where he’s suing Harvard University in a landmark case that alleges Harvard failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitism. 

While at Harvard he founded and was  President of the Harvard Divinity School Jewish Student Association and active member of both Harvard Chabad and Harvard Hillel. He didn’t just become a campus leader and a Jewish activist on October 8th. 

Like many of us, Shabbos is on the frontline of the fight for Israel right now especially for Jewish students, but really all Jewish Americans, with one of the world’s most prestigious universities.

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Rosanna Lisa Arquette was born in New York City to a show business family. She was the first-born child of five in the third generation of the Arquette acting clan. Her grandfather Cliff Arquette played “Charley Weaver” on “The Jack Paar Show” and was a regular on the original “Hollywood Squares.” 

Her father, character actor Lewis Arquette, was well known as “J.D. Pickett” on “The Waltons.” Her siblings Patricia Arquette, David Arquette, Alexis Arquette and Richmond Arquette all followed her into the family tradition as accomplished working actors. 

She began acting as a child while growing up in a bohemian atmosphere of gypsy-like travel and communes. Her mother, Mardi, was a poet, political activist and therapist who deeply influenced Rosanna’s compassionate world-view.

​Rosanna started working professionally as a teenager and has never stopped. She has appeared in over 70 films, which have earned over $450 million in domestic box office sales. 

Her vast experience in the world of film and television has inspired her to explore and expand her talent as a filmmaker into the realm of directing and producing with two highly acclaimed documentaries, 2002’s “Searching for Debra Winger” and 2005’s “All We Are Saying.” She is currently developing projects for both television and film through her company, Flower Child Productions.
 

As a busy actress, filmmaker and activist, her passion for her work is matched only by her passion for her daughter Zoe Bleu Sidel, husband Todd and her family.

JopauL is a hip-hop legend, with 20 years in the game, straight outta Staten Island, NY. After making waves in the Hip Hop scene, he took his skills to JP Morgan, getting the lowdown on the corporate hustle. He's a master of reinvention, now living at the crossroads of music, business, and influence.

JopauL runs the Verified Podcast, where he shares life-changing stories from unconventional folks. His raw, no-holds-barred style keeps it real, and he's never afraid to call out the BS. Fans love him for his music, his big personality, and his knack for rolling with life's punches. These days, JoPaul is dedicating his all to defending the Jewish People on Instagram, where his relentless energy and unfiltered honesty keep everyone hooked. 

Rose McGowan is globally recognized for inspiring millions to use their voice.

A catalyst and driving force for change, her name is synonymous with the #MeToo movement. A Time Magazine Person of the Year, she is also the first woman to be named GQ’s Man of the Year. Despite powerful opposition, in 2014 she also founded #RoseArmy, coining the term ‘Cultural Reset.’ 

Rose authored an empowering book, Brave, a NY Times bestseller and the audiobook was nominated Audible’s Top Ten of the Year out of 1.6 million titles. Leaving behind a lauded acting career, her directorial debut, Dawn, was nominated for Sundance Grand Jury prize. In her pursuit of finding creative ways to help others, she most recently crafted a sonic journey in the form of an anxiety-soothing concept album called Planet 9 designed to elevate moods.

An inspirational public speaker, she's given keynotes around the world, from the UK’s Oxford Union all the way to Delhi, India where she shared a stage with President Obama. Rose resides in Mexico where she continues her personal goal of making the world ten percent better – one person, or one million people, at a time.

You can follow her on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.

Since October 7, Mia Talias has been fighting against the overwhelming so-called pro-Palestinian propaganda lies and misinformation on social media, in particular TikTok and Instagram. Mia tackles those who spread lies and false “facts” with her sass and wit, and her knowledge which is always backed by a lot of research. Her delivery is smart and funny all rolled into one. She truly is unique. 

Yotam Polizer  is the CEO of IsraAID – Israel’s biggest humanitarian NGO – and leads more than 250 people that support those affected by humanitarian crisises – they partner with local communities around the world to provide urgent aid, assist in recovery, and reduce the risk of future disasters.

Right now, IsraAID is active in 15 countries supporting communities affected by Covid 19.

Following the August 2021 Afghanistan crisis, Yotam led a rescue operation to save the lives of 167 at-risk Afghans from the hands of the Taliban. In September 2015 refugee crisis in Europe, he led IsraAID’s humanitarian mission in Lesbos, Greece, to support Syrian refugees on the island and also established IsraAID Germany, which provides long-term support for Yazidi and Syrian refugees in Germany. 

Over the last 15 years, Yotam has also built and led programs in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, and in South Korea to support the reintegration of North Korean defectors. He has also led missions in Nepal following the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and in Sierra Leone for Ebola survivors, health workers, and affected communities. He has 15 years of experience in education, humanitarian aid, and international development. 

Prior to his work at IsraAID, Yotam worked in the Israeli Embassy in Nepal and was the program coordinator for Tevel Btzedek an Israeli NGO focused on long-term development programs in the Himalayas. 

Yotam is married to Mayo and is the father of beautiful twins - Nao and Taiyo. He is also fluent in Japanese, Nepalese, English, and Hebrew. Yotam graduated from Tel Aviv University where he studied International Relations & African studies. 

Guy Spier is a Zurich based author and investor.  He completed his MBA at the Harvard Business School, class of 1993, and holds a First Class degree in PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics) from Oxford University where he studied at Brasenose College with the British Prime minister David Cameron. 

After completing his MBA, Guy started the Aquamarine Fund which is an investment vehicle inspired by the original 1950's Buffett partnerships, and run with a close replication of the original Buffett partnership rules. The focus is on investing for long term capital appreciation and capital preservation by running a portfolio of equity investments with the goal of acquiring companies with outstanding long-term economics at a reasonable price and where there is a sufficient margin of safety between the company’s market price and its intrinsic value. Typical investors include high net worth individuals, family offices and private banks.

In 2008 Guy made news by bidding $650,000 with his friend, Mohnish Pabrai, to have a charity lunch with Warren Buffett. 

His book, “The Education of a Value Investor” has sold more than 40,000 copies and has also been translated into Hebrew, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Mandarin and Spanish. 

(And yes, per our interview, you'll see that I re-wrote his bio. :) 

Matan Peretz is the f**king sh*t.

He’s an Israeli standup comedian and content creator, who recently gained a lot of exposure due to his Hasbara videos during his reserve service in Hebron. That’s how I first got wind of him and he blew me away with his rhetoric.

Matan is hilarious, he’s a nice guy, he’s modest, he’s the real deal. There’s a reason nearly 200,000 people follow him on Instagram.

He’s a reserve soldier in the IDF, was on the front since early in October 7th, he knows what’s going on, he speaks first hand about what’s going on in Israel and he’s in it for the right reasons. Completely unapologetic, he takes the fight to the haters and is fearless in responding to their lies and obfuscations.

He’s is a truth seeker, he’s a truth teller and he gets attention online with his approach. And he’s funny about very unfunny subjects. He’s also funny about funny subjects and talks about a lot of stuff in his sell-out shows across Israel where he’s incredibly successful.

Matan speaks great English, he’s 100% proud to be Israeli and he’s someone I want you to know about and pay attention to. Please listen to our conversation and if you haven’t already, please follow him here.

Ronny Vance, former president of Geffen music and Interscope music has over 40 years of experience in the music industry. The artists and writers he signed in that time have cumulative sales of over 200 million records. Built upon his uncanny knack for spotting songwriting, talent and superstar artists in all music genres, each of his endeavors has enjoyed unprecedented achievement. 

Over the course of this career, Vance has been responsible for the signings of Tupac Shakur, New Edition, Stephen Sondheim, Bruce Hornsby, and Gwen Stefani and No Doubt and for the placement of such notable songs as Maniac, New Attitude, and Eric Clapton's two time 1998 Grammy winning song Change The World, among so many others. 

He's also the president of My Part, a company that serves creators, owners and representatives of songs as well as anyone looking for songs to cut or license through AI-powered song matching an incredible company. He lives in Jerusalem in the heart of the Old City, with his wife and son.

Born and raised in Seattle, Troy Gua is a passionately creative Artist.

He's a self-taught artist, designer, maker, and tinkerer, continuously cultivating a prolific output of smart, bold work in a diverse range of media, produced with wit and a crisp visual aesthetic. 

He is well known within the Purple Prince family for his 'Le Petit Prince' series of lovingly detailed and meticulously staged photographs - a surreal reimagining, in sculptural miniature, of the life and career of Prince Rogers Nelson, his artistic hero and his life’s and work’s most profound influence and inspiration. But it doesn't stop there. There's also his Pop Hybrids, Colorbands and Portals series.

To Troy, the idea comes first, the media of choice is whatever best serves the idea, and the methods of fabrication are as wide in scope as the results. His subject matter, like his media choices, are fluid and wide in range, addressing iconography and identity, referencing contemporary culture and his relationship with it, underscored and sewn together with his unique visual language.

While he absolutely makes art to express himself and to connect and commune with others, it may be more true to say that he makes art because of the addictive nature of the joy he derives from delighting others with the images and objects he makes.

You can follow him on Facebook or Instagram. 

Lisa Coleman is a musician and composer who plays piano and keyboards and she was a member of Prince’s band 'The Revolution' from 1980 to 1986. She is one half of the incredible musical duo Wendy and Lisa, formed with Wendy Melvoin.

She was 19 years old when she auditioned and was hired as a part of Prince’s backing group in 1980, for his Dirty Mind album and tour. Lisa played keyboards for Prince on his Controversy and 1999 albums and the three albums as a member of The Revolution, which were Purple Rain, Around The World In a Day, and Parade.

Shortly after the completion of Prince and The Revolution’s Parade project, Lisa and Wendy started their own journey and under the Wendy and Lisa musical partnership. They released five full-length albums.

Today, Lisa and Wendy continue to work together as film and television composers and have provided the musical scores for television shows including Crossing Jordan, Heroes, Nurse Jackie (which won them an Emmy for Outstanding main title theme), Prime Suspect, No Tomorrow, Witches of East End, Shades of Blue, and Touch which they were nominated for an Emmy. She is currently working on a new show called The Hospital, an adult animated sci-fi comedy from Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne’s Animal Pictures.

Lisa, along with Wendy also shares the honor of winning a Grammy and Oscar for being part of The Revolution as Purple Rain won two Grammys and the Oscar for Best Original Score. She also received the inaugural ASCAP Shirley Walker award with Wendy in 2014, which honors those whose achievements have contributed to the diversity of Film and Television Music.

She recently self-released her first solo instrumental album titled Collage. And incidentally, she also created the theme music for this, the music on my podcast.

Karen Alpert is the ridiculously  self-deprecating writer of the blog Baby Sideburns. 

She has a half million followers on social media where she entertains parents (and even a few non-parents) every day. If you're tired of seeing moms who post pictures of their perfect, smiling, well-behaved kiddos on social media, Baby Sideburns shows the "other" side of parenting–the messy, scary, painful, challenging, unpredictable side. In other words, reality. 

In 2013 Karen Alpert wrote and self-published her first book, I Heart My Little A-Holes, which made it to The New York Times best seller list and the Top 100 on Amazon the first week it was out.

 It was then bought and republished by HarperCollins. In 2016 HarperCollins published her second book I Want My Epidural Back, which also climbed quickly to the Top 100 on Amazon. In 2021, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing her third book, Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be A-Holes. 

She lives with her two amazing kiddos and a very forgiving husband who lets her publicly share their crazy lives on the Internet every day. 

International lawyer, diplomat, writer and activist, Hillel C. Neuer is the Executive Director of UN Watch, a human rights NGO in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds four degrees including an honorary degree from McGill University for his work to advance human rights, and for being “a voice for those without one.” 

On September 14, 2016, the City of Chicago and Mayor Rahm Emanuel adopted a resolution declaring Hillel Neuer Day, citing his role “as one of the world’s foremost human rights advocates” and his contributions to “promote peace, justice and human rights around the world.”

TheTribune de Genève has described him as a human rights activist who is “feared and dreaded” by the world’s dictatorships.

The Journal de Montreal wrote that he “makes the U.N. tremble.”

Israel’s Ma’ariv newspaper named him to its list of the “Top 100 Most Influential Jewish People in the World.”

Hillel Neuer is an acclaimed speaker who has testified often before the United Nations and the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Hillel taught international human rights at the Geneva School of Diplomacy, and has served as Vice-President of the NGO Special Committee on Human Rights in Geneva.

Since 2009, he has headed a coalition of 25 human rights groups as chair of the annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, a renowned international gathering that provides a global platform to courageous pro-democracy dissidents from around the world who put their lives on the line to demand fundamental freedoms in oppressive regimes. Concordia University Magazine said he is “helping to shape history.”

Prior to joining UN Watch, Hillel practiced commercial and civil rights litigation and even represented Oprah Winfrey and other high-profile individuals and corporations.  

In 2007, Hillel Neuer’s banned U.N. speech became the most viewed and written-about NGO speech in the history of the United Nations. News reports described it as a “stunning rebuke of the U.N. Human Rights Council” and “a diplomatic moment to remember.” In 2017, Neuer’s “Where Are Your Jews?” speech before the UNHRC, replicated in multiple languages across social media, was seen 3 million times on Facebook and nearly 5 million times on YouTube.

Signe Lønholdt is an executive at LEGO Group and a leader of a team dedicated to connecting and strengthening the relationship between the community of adult LEGO fans and the company.

Educated in business, economic, and financial journalism, her career has spanned from TV news reporting, being a web editor at a popular Women’s Lifestyle Magazine before joining the LEGO company in 2011. From there, she's launched an award-winning web experience for adult fans.

She’s a value investor who's more passionate about the hunt for business knowledge than moving money into stocks. She's also a mama, a mentor, an avid dodgeball player, and is most likely to be found with her nose in a book or any other medium, collecting gems of knowledge.

Aviva Klompas is the co-founder and CEO of Boundless. She has made a name for herself as an outspoken advocate for the Jewish people and as a leading Israel educator. Before launching Boundless, she served as the Director of Speechwriting for Israel's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City and as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Ontario government supporting efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in Canada.

A prolific writer, Aviva has written articles that have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, The Jerusalem Post, and other international publications. She is also the author of two books. Her first, “Speaking for Israel,” reflects on her time as a speechwriter for Israel and offers an honest and entertaining insight into Israeli diplomacy. Her second book, “Stand-Up Nation: Israeli Resilience in the Wake of Disaster,” released in 2024, details Israel’s remarkable and longstanding work in international development. The book builds on Israel’s rich history of international development, and profiles 18 extraordinary Israelis involved in international development work today.

Aviva submitted the book’s manuscript before October 7th, and since October 7th, she’s devoted herself to the narrative war on social media and improving Israeli hasbara. Like many of us, she’s focused on getting the truth out there and telling Israel’s story to the world. 

Aviva just started her own podcast called Boundless Insights - with Aviva Klompas in which she dives into the most pressing issues facing Israel and Jewish communities.

Each week, she will be in conversation with Dr. Michael Oren bringing fresh insights and thoughtful analysis to complex issues. You can find her podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

A native New Yorker, Dana is a writer and creative director working professionally in the field of advertising. He brings 25+ years of creative communication experience.

Dana’s work has been recognized by the One Show, the Andys, the Kelly Awards, the Obies, the Clios, the Effies, New York Festivals, Communication Arts, Lurzer’s Archive, and at Cannes. He has worked extensively in the automotive category, touching brands like Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz, Ford, and Lincoln, and has stretched far beyond that into categories including healthcare, finance, fashion, entertainment, apparel, sports, spirits, travel and tourism, and casual dining.

On the personal side, Dana has self-published the Go, Go, Greta children’s book series and in February 2012, he founded and ran TastySpace gallery and exhibition space in Las Vegas. In 2015, he relocated to Houston to be closer to family and more recently pulled up stakes and landed in Kansas City, where he is heading up several pieces of business, including Red Lobster and AMC Theatres at Barkley, as SVP, Creative Director.

He is married and the father of two incredible children who inspire him everyday.

Varin Sachdev has been working as a professional broadcast journalist since 1995.

He's currently on as the news anchor and moderator for TNN Channel 16 (World Today) and FM 101 (101 Morning Call with Varin Sachdev). 

Varin also hosts and narrates the Oscar and other Award Ceremonies live on TV and at special events. Inspired by The Amazing Race, another show he narrates live for Thai audience for the past 28 seasons, he launched his own travel and lifestyles show in 2009, The Nomad, which currently airs on TNN 24 and Travel Channel. 

Marnie Perlstein is an Australian antisemitism advocate. 

Her first career was in communications and corporate and consumer PR but she then pivoted into her next one - Jewish education. She became the Marketing Manager at Mount Scopus College in Melbourne and then worked with the Board of Jewish Education in Sydney. She is a committed and passionate member of the Sydney Jewish community and has been working to connect organizations, individuals and programs in the common goal of fighting antisemitism since 2001. 

Post October 7 she started talking online, accidentally growing from 1000 personal followers to over 40K new followers.

Driving incremental sales upwards of $2.5 billion, Curt Simon has worked in over 40 markets for leading global brands.

A professional networker, he's a well-known international speaker (TedX)(48forward Summit)(CES)(SXSW) and moderator, strategist, executer and solution engineer that spends much of his time helping enterprises, incubators, startUps and digital hubs.

Born in Austria, he founded his first digital company in 1994. Since then, he’s followed that up with 16 more along with significant investments in digital organizations all around the world, specifically in the MarTech, Robotic Process Automation, Development, Data, CRM/CDP, ML/AI and Operations fields.

His agency akom360 was acquired in 2015 by Publicis Groupe so he moved to London to lead their global Business Transformation team where he stayed until February 2020. Currently, he lives on a 17th-century farm with his wife and 5 children and is focused on merging the beauty of its past with the promise of everything future digital. He calls himself the Chief Nerd Officer and CEO of C5H, is an advisory board member and consultant, and fervently believes that 'Doing is the new consulting'.

Born in São Paolo, Brazil, Sandra Hegedüs studied philosophy and cinema at the prestigious Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP). As a militant artist of the Paulist scene, she realized several performances in the early 80’s before arriving in France in 1990, where she started an activity as a documentary film and reportage producer. Her passion for art led her to build a collection of contemporary art in 2005. Her desire to be more involved in supporting artistic creation naturally drew her to patronage. 

In 2009, she created SAM Art Projects, which aims to promote the work of foreign artists in France and French artists abroad through the awarding of a prize and residencies. In order to encourage exchange and dialogue, the supported projects bring together the Parisian art scene with countries beyond the usual circuits of the art world. 

A passionate woman, as spontaneous as she is determined, Sandra Hegedüs belongs to a generation of activist collectors who have made their mark on the French landscape in recent years, creating daring philanthropic projects, nurturing the talents of tomorrow, and sponsoring ambitious projects that transcend borders. Like her collection, the artistic creations she supports do not respond to a concern for the market, but to an acute attention to new visions of the world that artists bring. 

With her contagious energy and her ability to surround herself with faithful partners and experts, she manages to federate important financial and human resources to carry out artists’ projects, providing them with visibility and recognition. 

In 2018, her commitment was rewarded with the 27th Mont Blanc Prize for Culture Art Patronage. The philanthropist was thus recognized for her work in supporting international artistic exchanges, building bridges between Europe and non-Western countries. 

In 2020, she was named an Officer of the Legion of Honor by French Minister of Culture Franck Riester. 

Since November 2019, she holds the position of President of the Board of Directors of the Villa Arson, a national public institution under the authority of the Minister of Culture, combining an art center, an artist residence, an art school, and a specialized library. 

Oonie Chase has been working at the intersection of strategy and design for over 20 years, leading high-impact and award-winning teams at IDEO, Wieden+Kennedy, frog design, Digitas (where we met, worked together on a bunch of stuff, and became friends), and GMMB. 

As a Partner at IDEO, she works across industries and markets - from media, technology, and consumer products, to financial services, health, and the public sector.  

She specializes in complex challenges that span human, physical and digital systems. 

Prior to joining IDEO, Oonie was the Executive Creative Director at frog design, leading the San Francisco headquarters as well as acting as a global practice lead of product strategy and applied data.  

Oonie co-founded a design and technology practice at Wieden+Kennedy, built a digital strategy team for President Barack Obama’s communication team, and is the co-founder of two start-ups.

Shemtov Hollinger is a reservist with the IDF Special Forces. He's 29 years old and in  civilian life is a certified nurse. He currently works at a gaming tech company in account management. He was also a pro basketball player who played for a few Division 3 teams. He studied at Tel Aviv University, enjoys scuba diving, and has just finished a forth round of  in reserve duty in the current war against Hamas.

Though born and raised in Australia, Romy Samuel left after University to see the world.

She's lived in London, Israel, Europe, Melbourne, New York and Sydney. Back in the early 2000’s, she was working in the very male-dominated world of IT. Yet after a few relocations, she found her calling.  An avid sneaker collector, Romy put her energy and tech know-how into her passion and recently co-founded Common Ace, a one-stop shot marketplace for women’s sneakers.

She has strong ties to the streetwear community globally and currently works for Kith, one of the world’s leading brands in streetwear fashion. She even has a weekly recap show on all things Streetwear, culture and sneakers, which she hosts with a few other women, called “the Loop”. 

She currently resides in Los Angeles with her American husband and two children.

Abraham Hamra is that loud and proud Syrian Jew. But you know that already, don’t you?

Born in Damascus Syria, he emigrated with his family to the US after 1992 because prior to that Jewish families were not allowed to leave Syria all together.

Abraham has a superpower. He’s fluent in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. His social media posts in Arabic are impactful and just what the doctor ordered in taking on the lies of radical Islamists and their supporters.

He’s also a shareholder and the chief growth officer of Cohen Tucker and Ades, PC, a leading national immigration firm.

Since October 7th, Abraham has taken an active role in combating the type of antisemitism we have seen take the United States by storm. When I say Abraham takes an “active” role, I mean in your face, going toe to toe with anti-Israel protesters and the haters.

He also supports victims of antisemitism and makes videos fighting misinformation about Israel and Jews.

You will find him fighting back against Jew haters on social media. He also organized rallies and protests and regularly gives speeches sharing his experience as a Syrian refugee.

Brash, unapologetic, in your face, Abraham challenges the liberal notion that all Jews are white and he celebrates the true diversity of the Jewish People just by speaking up.

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Shai Davidai is an assistant professor at the Columbia Business School, where he teaches negotiations and studies economic inequality and zero-sum thinking. Shai was born and raised in Israel and lives in New York City with his wife and two kids.

Shortly after October 7th, as protests at Columbia University unabashedly celebrated the slaughter of Jews, Shai made a speech on campus that has gone viral on social media. Since then, he's been outspoken in documenting the growing antisemitism around the country and demanding that universities enforce their own rules and protect the Jewish and Israeli  members of their community.

Michelle Ahdoot is Director of Programming and Strategy at End Jew Hatred, a non-partisan international grassroots civil rights movement that unites ordinary people, activists, and organizations from around the world who support the cause that defines the movement: to end Jew-hatred in our lifetime. Comprised of members from all paths and walks of life, EJH’s mission is embedded in upholding the rights of Jews worldwide through strategic partnerships, mobilization and activism. Before joining EJH, Michelle served as a board member and advisor to Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces, helping to create and market the FIDF Women’s Brigade. For the past eight years she has also served as the Master of Ceremonies at FIDF’s Annual North Shore Gala. With a strong belief that parent/teacher/administrator partnerships lie at the core of a strong community’s bedrock, Michelle served as President of Great Neck Public School’s United Parent-Teacher Council and led eight joint committees which enhance student education and quality of life across the district’s ten schools. Michelle holds a B.S. in Finance and Marketing from NYU Stern School of Business.

Daniel M. Rosenberg is a husband of one, father of three and master of none.

Professionally he's worn many hats; in the worlds of accounting and finance, sustainable manufacturing and even product development - all of which allows him to have a multi-faceted approach to every challenge he takes on.

But his passion, and indeed a heck of a lot of his time, is spent meeting and speaking to interesting people from all over the world. And on a podcast no less, which is how I was introduced to him.

Daniel hosts The Sod's Law Podcast, a chart-topping weekly show that highlights ordinary people & their extraordinary stories and it can be found anywhere you get podcasts or at SodsPod.com.

Eve Barlow is a pop culture journalist based in Los Angeles. She grew up in the UK, worked at the forefront of music journalist in London from 2008-2014, and was Deputy Editor of the NME. 

Since 2014, Eve has been a freelance journalist in America, critiquing pop, profiling artists and covering film, music and more for the Guardian, New York Magazine, ELLE, Pitchfork, Billboard, LA Times, Playboy, NYLON, Tablet and many more. She was also a Contributing Editor at Q Magazine from 2015 until the magazine's closure in 2020. 

In recent years, Eve has become a more active voice on Jewish identity and fighting antisemitism via Twitter (@eve_barlow) and Instagram (@evebarlow).

You can check out more examples of Eve's work here. 

Nick Bubb is the Business Development Director at Fauna & Flora International (FFI), one of the world’s foremost wildlife conservation NGOs. It's his passion for adventure that's his driving force.

After leaving University with an engineering degree, he spent 10 years as a professional sailor competing in most of the top ocean races, including the Volvo Ocean Race and racing non-stop around the world on a 110 ft catamaran with 74 days at sea. He sailed solo across the Atlantic and skippered the Shackleton Epic Expedition in Antarctica and avoided tragedy while on it.

With wildlife conservation now his main professional focus, he’s a huge advocate for ‘Time in Nature’ and all the benefits that it brings. A busy man with two young boys he still finds time to jump on his bike, throw a bivi bag in his saddle pack and explore some of the more remote parts of the UK and the world

Nick was the parliamentary candidate for the Green Party in the New Forest, but right now, as he continues with FFI, he’s planning his next expedition. This time his family is all going with him as they've sold the family home and are moving onto a 40 ft catamaran for a trip around the world.

What most people know about Yechiel Jacobs is how he makes so many people cry with laughter on Instagram about some serious Jewish subjects. He's only 23 years old, he's fearless, funny as s**t, and his comedic star is rising as he captivates audiences on and offline with his one-of-a-kind approach.

He asks the tough questions and skewers the people promoting the lies and hypocrisy about Israel and the Jewish People, and he doesn’t stand for the craziness that’s running rampant today. He doesn’t hold back and has no fear when it comes to the haters. He just uses his unforgettable voice to get straight to the heart of any issue, break it down, and give his hilarious take on what’s really happening.

One of the things I love about Yehiel is his unique ability to use comedy so powerfully to spark conversations and awareness about what's happening to the Jewish People and in Israel. That voice, his physicality, and his fearlessness all combine with intense smarts and funny to make you laugh out loud about some very unfunny subjects. Follow him on Instagram and YouTube and TikTok

Melinda Strauss, a Jewish Content Creator on social media with over 1 million followers on TikTok and Instagram, is well known for her educational videos about Orthodox Judaism, Jewish history, discussing Antisemitism and Zionism, kosher recipes, and sharing her everyday life as a wife, mom of 2 teenagers (and a dog), and both a type 1 diabetic and the mom of a type 1 diabetic. Born and raised in Seattle WA, Melinda now lives with her family in New York.

Melinda has been blogging and sharing her recipes since 2011 and she will be debuting her first cookbook in spring 2025.  melindastrauss.com.

As the founder of the Israeli-based "yes Studios" Stern created a distribution and development content powerhouse, focused on delivering premium content for international platforms. 

She has been credited with helping bring Israeli content to global audiences and is responsible for the successful launches of numerous titles including “Fauda", "Shtisel", “The Devil Next Door” and “On the Spectrum”. In addition, Stern spearheaded the adaptation of Israeli formats in multiple territories including “Your Honor" (originally ‘Kvodo”) which has become one the bestselling scripted global formats of recent years; the multiple award winning series "On the Spectrum" (as Amazon Prime Video “As We See It”), “68 Whiskey” (Paramount +) , “The Good Cop” (Netflix) etc..

Stern is an international television veteran, having managed all aspects of programming, content acquisitions, channel creation and branding in her previous role at yesTV. Stern has been selected twice as one of Variety Magazine’s “top 500 global media leaders”. 

She is a journalist by trade with extensive content development and production experience as well as acute business acumen.  She holds a BA in English Literature from Tel-Aviv University and a MBA from Kellogg-Recanati. 

Carl Loeb and I go way back. Now at Salesforce, we met on the Volkswagen account at Arnold Worldwide many years ago. 

He's been creating brand communications for over 30 years, and he's one of the most talented people I know in the business. 

At Salesforce, he leads the Brand Creative Center of Excellence and oversees global brand awareness campaigns and the development of global guidelines and standards.

Before landing there he created ad campaigns, yes, for Volkswagen. But also for Microsoft, Converse, Mens Journal, Cantor Fitzgerald, and more. His work has won multiple awards, in multiple years, for multiple clients. Citations include the Cannes Lions, One Show, Communication Arts, Art Director’s Club, Effie, MPA Kelly Awards, Archive and Radio Mercury Awards. 

Ella Kenan is an Israeli digital marketing professional and content creator specializing in travel. She runs a well known travel blog for Israelis, but since October 7, Ella has been actively engaged online in the information war, focusing on the Israel Gaza conflict and the broader scope of psyops against Israel, involving Iran, Russia, Qatar and other bad actors.

As Ella sees it, these misinformation and disinformation efforts pose a significant threat to life in the West as we know it. She sees Israel serving as the first domino in a much larger global picture, and she fights the good fight every day for Israel and her allies. She's amassed hundreds of millions of views, and in December 2021 Ella, alongside other figures, was given the honor of lighting a torch at Israel’s national Independence Day ceremony by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The honorees at the ceremony came from various fields where they represented Israel in the world by excelling in their professional arena, alongside activity for Israel's image in the media and on social networks.

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Jacqueline is the President of techUK and the co-chair at the Institute of Coding. 

She sits as a Non-Executive Director on the board of UK technology business Rightmove PLC, on the board of Costain PLC, which is committed to solving the nation’s Infrastructure problems; and also rebalanced her portfolio towards skills by joining the board of professional services provider FDM Group PLC. 

She was awarded CBE in Her Majesty The Queen's New Year Honours 2018 for services to International Trade in Technology.

Resilience expert Deborah Gilboa, MD, aka “Dr. G” works with families, organizations, and businesses to identify the mindset and strategies to turn stress to an advantage. Renowned for her contagious humor, Dr. G works with groups across multiple generations, to rewire their attitudes and beliefs, and create resilience through personal accountability and a completely different approach to adversity. She is a leading media personality seen regularly on TODAY, Good Morning America and The Doctors. She is also featured frequently in the Washington Post, The New York Times, Authority Magazine, and countless other digital and print outlets.Dr. G is board certified attending family physician and is fluent in American Sign Language. She lives in Pittsburgh with her four sons. 

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