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Khaled
Abu Toameh
Khaled Abu Toameh is an award-winning, independent
Israeli-Arab journalist who has been covering Palestinian
issues in the West Bank and Gaza for over two decades.
He began his journalism career as a writer for an
official PLO newspaper while attending Hebrew University.
He currently writes for the Jerusalem Post, and
works frequently with NBC and TV-2 Denmark television. |
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Nir
Barkat
Nir Barkat is a high tech entrepreneur and is currently
the Mayor of Jerusalem. |
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Alan
Bauer
Dr. Alan Bauer is a survivor of the infamous terror
attack on the Sbarro Pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem
in August of 2001. |
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Naftali
Bennet
Naftali Bennet, founder of Cyota (an online security
system), is a prominent businessman and philanthropist. |
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Uzi
Benziman
Uzi Benziman is a journalist as well as a Parliamentary
correspondent, Washington correspondent and editor
of Haaretz Magazine. Benziman also serves as editor
of the Hebrew-language periodical on Israeli media
Ha'ayin Hashvi'it, published by the Israel Democracy
Institute. |
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Elihu
Ben-Onn
Elihu Ben-Onn is one of Israel´s most respected
and senior radio broadcast journalists and talk
show hosts, as well as a retired Brigadier and former
Israel National Police spokesperson. |
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Shmuel
Ben-Sasson
Profesor Ben-Sasson is a world renowned cell biologist
and an Associate Professor at Hebrew University-Haddasah
Medical School. He is a former Chairman of the Hubert
H. Humphrey Center for Experimental Medicine and
Cancer Research. He also holds a position of visiting
professor at Harvard Medical School. |
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Shmuley
Boteach
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, "America's Rabbi,"
is the host of TLC's Shalom in the Home and best-selling
author of 20 books. |
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Avishai
Braverman
Avishai Braverman is an Israeli economist and politician
and former president of Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev. |
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David
Brinn
David Brinn is the Editorial Director of ISRAEL21c,
a website dedicated to news about innovative technologies
in Israel. He was also a senior editor at The Jerusalem
Post from 1990 to 2002 and continues to contribute
columns. |
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Charles
Bronfman
Charles Bronfman, a founding partner of the Taglit-Birthright
Israel program, is one of the Jewish worlds most
generous philanthropists. |
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Eric
Cantor
Eric Cantor is a congressman representing the Seventh
District of Virginia and serves as the Republican
Whip. Eric holds a seat on the powerful House Ways
and Means Committee and is Chairman of the Congressional
Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare.
Eric is currently the only Jewish Republican in
the United States Congress. |
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Yuli
Edelstein
Yuli Edelstein is a Russian-Israeli politician,
a former Minister of Immigrant Absorption, and currently
a member of the Israeli Parliament. |
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Ruth
Andrew Ellenson
Ruth Andrew Ellenson received the National Jewish
Book Award in 2005 for her bestselling anthology,
The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide To Guilt. Ms.
Ellenson works as a journalist and her writing regularly
appears in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times
and People Magazine as well as several Jewish publications. |
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Ari
Goldman
Ari L. Goldman, one of the nation's leading religion
journalists, is a professor of journalism at Columbia
University and the author of three books, including
the best-selling The Search for God at Harvard. |
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Miki
Goldwasser
Miki Goldwasser is the mother of Israel Defense
Forces soldier Ehud Goldwasser, of blessed memory,
whose abduction by Hezbollah sparked the second
Lebanon war in the summer of 2006. |
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Yossi
Klein HaLevi
Yossi Klein Halevi has been active in Middle East
reconciliation efforts and serves as chairman of
Open House, an Arab-Jewish educational project.
He was a founder and board member of the now-defunct
Israeli-Palestinian Media Forum and is currently
the Israel correspondent and contributing editor
of the New Republic. |
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Gil
Hoffman
Gil Hoffman is the chief political correspondent
and analyst for The Jerusalem Post. He has been
interviewed by top media outlets on 6 continents
and is a regular analyst on CNN, BBC and other foreign
news outlets. |
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Ishmael
Khaldi
Ishmael Khaldi is an Israeli Bedouin who has served
in the Israel Defense Forces and worked for the
American Embassy. Khaldi is also the founder and
director of Amitim, an Israeli-Diaspora service
project. |
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Myra
Kraft
Myra Kraft is the President and Director of the
New England Patriots Charitable Foundation and serves
on the Board of Directors of multiple charitable
organizations. Myra and her husband Robert (who
owns the New England Patriots) are philanthropists
of note and are active in many Jewish and educational
causes. |
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Neil
Lazarus
Neil Lazarus is an internationally acclaimed expert
in the field of Middle East, Israel advocacy and
effective communication training. |
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Avi
Liberman
Avi Liberman is a world renowned comedian and actor
who has performed on CBS's Late Show with Craig
Ferguson on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Make
Me Laugh as well as NBC's Friday Night. His acting
credits include Dave's World (CBS), Boston Common
(NBC )and Andytown U.S.A. ( Comedy Central). Avi
is also regularly on E! and has appeared in spots
for Mercedes, L.A. Cellular, Miller Lite and most
recently "Starbucks" and "Net Zero." |
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Sherri
Mandel
Sherri Mandel is a writer who has written for many
publications, including The Jerusalem Post, The
Washington Jewish Week, and Hadassah Magazine. She
is the author of the book, "The Blessing of
a Broken Heart." Sherri Mandel is also the
mother of Kobi Mandel who was murdered at the age
of 13 by Arab terrorists in May of 2001. |
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Michael
Melchior
Michael Melchior is a Danish-Norwegian Rabbi who
immigrated to Israel and currently serves in the
Israeli Parliament. |
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Shlomo
Molla
Shlomo Molla is only the second immigrant from Ethiopia
to become of member of the Israeli Parliament. He
is also the director of Ethiopian Immigration and
Absorption. |
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Michael
Oren
Michael Oren is a Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center
where he specializes in the diplomatic and military
history of the Middle East. He has written extensively
for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
and The New Republic, of which he is a contributing
editor, and has been interviewed on CNN, Fox, The
Charlie Rose Show, The Daily Show, and Today. Michael
Oren is currently serving as the Israeli ambassador
to the United States. |
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Noam
Shalit
Noam Shalit is the father of kidnapped IDF soldier
Gilad Shalit. |
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Natan
Sharansky
Natan Sharansky is an internationally renowned human
rights activist, political leader, and author. He
is a former refusnik and member of the Israeli Parliament
and is currently the Chairman of the Shalem Center's
Institute for Strategic Studies as well as a Distinguished
Fellow. Natan Sharansky is currently serving as
the Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel. |
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Barbara
Sofer
Barbara Sofer is an award-winning writer and lecturer
.She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her articles
have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston
Globe, Parents, Readers' Digest, Woman's Day, Hadassah
Magazine and Inside Magazine among many others.
She also writes a bi-weekly column for the Friday
Jerusalem Post. |
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Asher
Susser
Professor Asher Susser has served as Director of
the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African
Studies at Tel Aviv University. He is one of Israel's
foremost strategic thinkers and leading experts
on Jordan and the Palestinians. |
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Simcha
Weinstein
A witty, entertaining, and much sought-after public
speaker Simcha Weinstein was an associate for the
British Film Commission before he moved to New York
where he founded the Jewish Student Foundation of
Downtown Brooklyn. He is also the author of the
bestselling Up, Up and Oy Vey and serves as the
Rabbi of Pratt Institute and Long Island College
Hospital. |
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