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The Global Jewish 100 is a celebration of people across the world who are moving Jewish culture forward. Individuals were selected according to their accomplishments, influence, and impact. Hover over the images to learn more about each person.

Nancy is a writer and producer who has made a handful of documentaries about Israel, including "Above and Beyond."

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Nancy Spielberg

A Netherlands-born Israeli, Jaron is a real estate developer in Tel Aviv, as well as the husband of Gal Gadot.

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Jaron Varsano

Shari is the prominent businesswoman and philanthropist behind Arison Investments and The Ted Arison Family Foundation.

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Shari Arison

Hananya is one of Israel's international mega influencers, or as he calls himself "the guy who talks to the camera about Israel and the Middle East conflict."

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Hananya Naftali

Amy runs the Jewish food blog "What Jew Wanna Eat!" as well as Modern Tribe, which offers funny Jewish gifts and modern Judaica.

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Amy Kritzer

Gabriel, from Brussels, founded Young Advocate for Israel to share the truth about Israel among Europe's youth.

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Gabriel Pais

Leah founded Tel Aveat, the leading foodie community in Tel Aviv, with her best friend Natalie Kanfer. Together, they explore Tel Aviv’s culinary scene, one bite at a time.

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Leah Berwald

Originally from Australia, Chaya and Simi are the sister design duo behind The Frock NYC, a modest fashion brand.

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Chaya & Simi

The daughter of a famous scholar and Holocaust survivor, Siggy is an Israeli-born matchmaker, relationship guru, TV personality, author, and motivational speaker.

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Siggy Flicker

A 15th-generation Jerusalemite, Sharon is an art and street photographer who has published five books, and runs the popular "Our Jerusalem" Instagram account.

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Sharon Gabay

Natalya, originally from Moscow, moved to Israel in 2019 and runs the blog My Pretty Israel.

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Natalya Gorislaverz

Josh is the Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, which teaches Jewish spiritual practices that are grounded in mindfulness.

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Josh Feigelson

Beatie is an American-Israeli marathon runner who's won the Tiberias Marathon, the Jerusalem Marathon, and the Israeli half-marathon, among others.

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Bracha “Beatie” Deutsch

Ami is the CEO & Executive Editor at 70 Faces Media, the largest Jewish media organization in North America, including: Kveller, JTA, My Jewish Learning, and The Nosher.

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Ami Eden

Adina, also known as FlatbushGirl, is an American activist and influencer who advocates for better standards among Orthodox Jewish women.

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Adina Sash

Avi, a photojournalist, documents the life and culture of Hasidic Jews in the USA through his Instagram account, Hasidim in USA.

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Avi Kaye

Allison founded Jew in the City to reverse negative associations about religious Jews, and make engaging and meaningful Orthodox Judaism known and accessible.

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Allison Josephs

One of the most influential Jewish people on Twitter, Avi currently serves as the Managing Director of Global Communications at the American Jewish Committee.

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Avi Mayer

The Maccabeats are a male a-cappella group from Yeshiva University that produce music videos promoting Jewish holidays.

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The Maccabeats

A modest fashion blogger, Eliana runs Eishes Style, a play on words that comes from the Hebrew phrase eishes chayil, meaning "Woman of Valor."

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Eliana Ladenheim

Corey Fleischer is behind the "Erase Hate" global movement, with an aim to erase hate, harmful graffitis, racism, and of course, antisemitism.

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Corey Fleischer

Charlene is the Founder and CEO of Gali’s Couture Wigs, which makes religious married women happy with new hair.

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Charlene Aminoff

Yotam is the CEO of Israel’s biggest humanitarian NGO, IsraAID, which is currently active in 18 countries.

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Yotam Polizer

Lisa Colton is the Founder and President of Darim Online, which helps Jewish organizations and leaders effectively leverage social media to achieve their goals.

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Lisa Colton

Matt has been the CEO at BBYO since 2004. During this time, he has increased its budget three-fold and expanded memberships to more than 33,000 teens worldwide.

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Matthew Grossman

Chanie is a food writer, photographer, cook, and the author of "Millennial Kosher" — where she gives a modern spin on old-time favorite Jewish dishes.

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Chanie Apfelbaum

British-Israeli, and the Executive Director of StandWithUs in Jerusalem, Michael is an activist, educator, and public speaker.

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Michael Dickson

Esther is a writer, editor, consultant, and speaker who co-hosts The Bagel Report, a podcast about Jews and entertainment.

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Esther Kustanowitz

An award-winning blogger, Josh is a member of the Rabbinical Council of America and the International Rabbinic Fellowship.

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Rabbi Josh Yuter

Marion runs MyJewishMommyLife, where she shares her experiences as a mother focused on living a meaningful Jewish family life.

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Marion Haberman

Russell has been CEO of the Jewish National Fund-USA since 1998.

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Russell Robinson

Dina is the CEO at OpenDor Media, a non-profit media company which educates and entertains global audiences with films and videos that celebrate all things Jewish.

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Dina Rabhan

Adam was named the President and CEO of Hillel International in January 2020, after serving as Hillel International’s interim CEO and COO.

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Adam Lehman

A former speechwriter for Israel at the UN, Aviva is the Associate Vice President of Israel and Global Jewish Citizenship at Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston.

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Aviva Klompas

William is CEO at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, a coalition of more than 50 Jewish organizations from varying ideologies.

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William Daroff

A chef, food writer, TV producer, social media influencer, and businesswoman, Jame is the Founder of Kosher Media Network, and author of several cookbooks.

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Jamie Geller

Adam is the Co-Founder of the Israeli-American Council and President of the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation. He also sits on the boards of many Jewish organizations.

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Adam Milstein

Nikki founded Humans of Judaism to strengthen, unite, comfort, and empower Jewish people on social media. Today, it is one of the largest go-to Jewish accounts online.

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Nikki Schreiber

David Yarus is the cofounder of the Jewish dating app, JSwipe, as well as the loving father of mlln.nl, a millennial marketing agency.

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David Yarus

The Founding Director of Momentum since 2009, Lori is a world-renowned Jewish educator, speaker, writer, media personality, and the author of four books.

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Lori Palatnik

A publicist by trade, Nathan has been recognized by Israeli newspaper Maariv as one of "ten young Jews who will change the world."

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Nathan Miller

Joanna is the founder and CEO of Vibe Israel, which leads initiatives to connect millennials around the world to Israel.

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Joanna Landau

Rabbi Fass is the Co-Founder of Nefesh B'Nefesh, and has served as the organization's Executive Director since 2002.

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Rabbi Yehoshua Fass

A former member of Israel's judo team, Noa is the Vice President of Global Marketing for Taglit-Birthright Israel.

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Noa Bauer

Jason is a rabbi, entrepreneur, and the President of Access Technology, a full-scale technology services company.

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Rabbi Jason Miller

Better known as Moody Roza and a self-described "worried Jew," Roza is one of Israel's top fashion writers and influencers.

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Roza Sinaysky

David is the Founding Editor of The Times of Israel, the largest English-language news outlet in Israel, as well as the author of three books.

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David Horovitz

After her 3D-printed fashion project in college made a boom across the fashion and tech worlds, Danit became the world's first fashion designer to print and sell 3D clothing.

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Danit Peleg

Born in Odessa, Igal is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and art collector, best known for his clothespin collections.

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Igal Presler

Sarah is the New Media Editor at The Times of Israel, as well as the author of "Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered."

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Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Eytan, an American-Israeli, is the co-host of the 2 Nice Jewish Boys podcast, alongside Naor Meningher.

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Eytan Weinstein

Maya is the creator of "Eva Stories," the Holocaust education project on Instagram.

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Maya Kochavi

After surviving the “Miracle on the Hudson” in 2009, Adir moved to Israel and is the host of Startup Camel, a podcast about Israeli innovation and culture.

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Adir Freilich

In 2012, Anna moved to Israel from Stockholm and founded Telavivian, a digital magazine about all things Tel Aviv.

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Anna Kopito

After making "Aliyah" from Canada, Sylvan became the co-owner of the Israel Cycling Academy and regularly brings international sporting events to Israel.

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Sylvan Adams

The Executive Director of Jewish Book Council, Naomi has overseen JBC’s digital initiatives, and developed its Visiting Scribe series and Unpacking the Book: Jewish Writers in Conversation.

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Naomi Firestone-Teeter

Simon is the Executive Director of Save A Child's Heart, an Israel-based foundation that provides cardiac care to children in developing countries.

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Simon Fisher

Nicky has worked extensively as a journalist and editor both in Britain and Israel, and currently serves as the Editor and Israel Director for ISRAEL21c.

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Nicky Blackburn

Ariel is the Alain Poher Professor of Law, as well as the President of Tel Aviv University since 2019.

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Ariel Porat

Ricky is the Editor-in-Chief of No Camels, which provides global coverage of Israel's innovation and technology scenes, as well as a Canadian-Israeli journalist and writer.

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Ricky Ben-David

A technology blogger and vlogger, Hillel also spends his time as a business advisor and international speaker.

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Hillel Fuld

A marketing expert, speaker, lecturer, and consultant, Tal is one of the strongest social media personalities in Israel.

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Tal Navarro

An author, journalist, and social media manager, Benyamin also hosts the Our Friend From Israel podcast.

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Benyamin Cohen

Chemi is the Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, which was founded by the late Shimon Peres.

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Chemi Peres

Yael is the creator of the bilingual Jewish lifestyle blog and weekly podcast for women, Jewish Latin Princess.

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Yael Trusch

Michael is the Vice President at Jewish Creativity International, as well as President of the American Society for Jewish Music.

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Michael Eavitt

A tech designer and professor, Ido is the Director of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, overseeing the museum's collection of 500,000 pieces of art and archaeology.

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Ido Bruno

Bethany is an editor at Ricochet, a columnist at the Jewish Daily Forward, and a contributor to the New York Post.

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Bethany Mandel

Liel is an Israeli-American journalist, author, media critic, senior writer at Tablet Magazine, and co-host of the Unorthodox podcast.

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Liel Leibovitz

An entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and angel investor, Jon founded OurCrowd, an equity crowdfunding platform in Israel.

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Jonathan Medved

Publisher and CEO of The Forward, Rachel has won awards such as Content Strategist of the Year.

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Rachel Fishman Feddersen

Andrés is the President and CEO of the Jewish Funders Network, which brings Jewish philanthropists together to maximize their impact.

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Andrés Spokoiny

Natasha is a digital journalist, and currently the Head of Content for ILTV.

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Natasha Kirtchuk

President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, David is the first rabbi to become a US ambassador.

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Rabbi David Saperstein

The Founder of Tablet Magazine, Alana is an American writer and editor. She also authored "The 100 Most Jewish Foods."

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Alana Newhouse

Josh is the Vice President of the URJ for Israel and Reform Zionism, as well as the Executive Director for ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America.

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Rabbi Josh Weinberg

Joshua is an award-winning American-Israeli singer and Messianic Jewish music songwriter.

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Joshua Aaron

Beri is a contemporary Jewish singer who has been described as "the heir to Mordechai Ben David."

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Beri Weber

Anne is the first Orthodox Jewish woman, as well as the highest-ranking woman, in the United States National Security Agency.

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Anne Neuberger

Josh Ostrovsky is known to most by his social media handle, The Fat Jewish. He is a writer, actor, model, entrepreneur, and winemaker.

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Josh Ostrovsky

A self-described "carbologist," Mandy brings more than 250 unique (and kosher) challah bread and babka flavors to your social media feeds.

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Mandy Silverman

David is the Founder of Moishe House, a place for young adults to come together and provide a community around the world.

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David Cygielman

Daniel is the Founder and President of the Institute for the Next Jewish Future, and co-host of the Judaism Unbound podcast.

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Daniel Libenson

Yonantan is a co-founder of SpaceIL, which attempted to land their spacecraft, Beresheet, on the moon.

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Yonatan Winetraub

Ilana shares her journey of converting to Orthodox Judaism in Israel on her blog, Jewish By Choice.

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Ilana Schiffner

Izzy, a squad commander in the Israel Defense Forces, is the world's only soldier who lost an arm in combat and returned to combat service.

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Izzy Ezagui

Dan left a 20-year career in Israeli media to become the CEO Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

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Dan Tadmor

Dov was elected to Israel's 19th Knesset in 2013. He is the author of seven books about Judaism and Israel, and currently works for Honest Reporting.

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Dov Lipman

Michal is an Israeli-American journalist and TV host currently residing in New York as an anchor for News12 and i24NEWS.

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Michal Divon

Jay is President of the Am Yisrael Foundation, which champion the young pioneers of “Observant Zionism.”

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Jay Shultz

Since 2011, Abby has been the President and CEO at MAZON, an organization working to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the U.S. and Israel.

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Abby Leibman

Aharoni founded the Brand Israel program, and has been Israel's longest serving Consul-General in New York and the tri-state area to date.

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Ido Aharoni

Archie is one of the co-founders of JewBelong. She also serves on the board of the Foundation for Jewish Camp.

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Archie Gottesman

Kate is the author of New York Times bestseller, "Mother Can You Not?" and social media mastermind behind the Instagram account, Crazy Jewish Mom.

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Kate Friedman-Siegel

Jonny is the Co-founder of Tech Talk Media, a US media and entertainment company that specializes in exciting start-ups and futuristic technologies.

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Jonny Caplan

Chanan is the Founder and CEO of Jewish Projects, an online community that connects friends and supporters of Israel worldwide through social media.

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Chanan Ziderman

An Israeli communications and PR expert, Eytan won the first season of "The Ambassador," a popular Israeli reality TV show that focused on creating better PR for Israel.

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Eytan Schwartz

Jessica is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and keynote speaker who has raised millions of dollars for Jewish communities around the world.

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Jessica Abo

Dani is the founder of YeahThatsKosher, the top website for kosher restaurants, news, and recommendations.

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Dani Klein

Yaakov is the Editor-in-Chief at the Jerusalem Post, as well as the author of three books about Israel.

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Yaakov Katz

David is the founder of OLAM magazine and Meals4Israel.com, as well as President and Editor-in-Chief of The Jewish Journal.

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David Suissa

Rudy is a Jewish and Israel rights activist who creates content to strengthen Jewish identity, combat anti-semitism, and generate a sense of collective unity in Israel.

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Rudy Rochman

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