inspiring Jews today

Rabbi Sacks is widely regarded as one of the great Jewish scholars of our generation. He combined deep Torah learning with philosophical rigour and an ability to speak to the modern world. As Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013, he led the English Jewish community through significant change, strengthened Jewish education and became a respected voice in British public life. Appointed to the House of Lords in 2009, he spoke regularly on ethics, faith and socie

Matisyahu was born Matthew Paul Miller in 1979 and raised in a non-Orthodox Jewish family in the United States. In his early twenties, after a period of searching, he became religious and affiliated with Chabad. He performed as a visibly Hasidic Jew, blending reggae rhythms with Jewish themes. His 2005 live album 'Live at Stubb’s' brought international attention. His song 'One Day' became a global hit about hope. In 2011, he stepped away from strict Orthodoxy. His look

Einat Wilf is an Israeli political thinker, writer, and former member of the Knesset who has become one of the clearest voices on Jewish self-determination and modern antisemitism. She is not a slogan-maker and she is not interested in easy applause. Einat’s work is about ideas, language, and precision. She traces how concepts like nationhood, colonialism, and “progress” have been repurposed in ways that leave Jews uniquely excluded from rights that are taken for granted el

Hillel Neuer is a human rights lawyer who insists that principles only matter if they are applied honestly. Since becoming executive director of UN Watch in 2004, Neuer has spent more than two decades documenting how international institutions, particularly the United Nations, single out Israel while ignoring or excusing far more serious abuses elsewhere. He does not reject the language of human rights. He uses it. Neuer quotes resolutions, cites voting records, and relies on

Dr Debra Gershov‑West was born in Melbourne and made aliyah after completing her medical studies, choosing to build her life and career in Israel.She is an emergency medicine physician and an expert in trauma care. As someone who receives the wounded in her emergency department, she understands exactly what determines whether a patient survives those first critical minutes.On October 7, she was in charge of the emergency department at Assuta Hospital in Ashdod, where she and

The actor Sacha Baron Cohen built his career by creating characters that exposed prejudice by letting people reveal themselves. He did this without speeches, explanations, or reassurance. In the movie Borat , antisemitism was not debated or corrected. It was allowed to surface. The joke was not Borat’s ignorance, but how easily others accepted, repeated, or escalated it. It was funny, and because it was funny, people didn’t notice what was being exposed until it was already

Ruth Gottesman is a geneticist, educator, and long-time leader in medical education. She spent decades at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, helping shape how doctors are trained and how genetic medicine is practiced. After her husband, investor David Gottesman, died in 2022, she inherited his fortune. In 2024, she donated around one billion dollars so that tuition would now be free for all students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, permanently. She wanted

The Jewish Fitness Coach, Yoel Levy, started as a regular fitness creator sharing running videos and training advice. After October 7 he chose to use his platform in a new way. He stepped forward as a proud Jew and dedicated his running to the Bibas boys, Ariel and Kfir, whose red hair became a symbol of Jewish heartbreak and hope. He now runs marathons around the world dressed as Batman in their memory, as Ariel Bibas was particularly fond of the superhero. Levy has run in

Dr Naya Lekht is a leading educator on antisemitism, antizionism and Jewish identity. Born in the former Soviet Union and raised in the United States, she speaks openly about growing up without the freedom to live as a Jew, and how that experience shaped her commitment to Jewish learning and public education. Naya is known for her groundbreaking work on antizionism. She explains how antizionism developed as a modern form of antisemitism, how it challenges Jewish nationhood,

Mayim Bialik is an actress, author and neuroscientist whose career spans science, television and Jewish education. She began as a child actor, first gaining attention for her role as the young Cecilia in the 1988 film Beaches, and then becoming a household name as the lead in the 1990s sitcom Blossom. After stepping away from acting to focus on academics, she earned a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA and later returned to television in The Big Bang Theory , where her scientific

Adam Louis Klein is a writer, musician and anthropologist whose work focuses on Jewish identity, antisemitism and the meaning of belonging. He studied at Yale and the University of Chicago and is completing his PhD at McGill University, where he has become a leading voice on Jewish history and the modern challenges facing our community. He is also a founding member of the Movement Against Antizionism, a group dedicated to exposing and challenging the assumptions that allow

Tal Becker is one of Israel’s most respected legal minds and a quiet force behind its diplomacy. Born in Paris and raised in Melbourne, he attended Leibler Yavneh College before moving to Israel in the 1990s to begin a career dedicated to law, ethics, and national service. As a senior legal adviser in Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Becker was one of the principal architects of the Abraham Accords, helping draft the agreements that normalised Israel’s relations with several Arab

Steve Witkoff was best known as a powerhouse real-estate developer. In 2025, he stepped into one of the toughest roles of our time, bringing Israeli hostages home. In late 2024, then President-elect Donald Trump appointed Witkoff as Special Envoy to the Middle East, even though he had no formal diplomatic experience. Trump recruited him for his longstanding loyalty and his reputation as a tough negotiator. When the January 2025 ceasefire and hostage exchange negotiations

When their children were taken, Rachel Goldberg-Polin (mother of Hersh z"l) and Einav Zangauker (mother of Matan) refused to be silent. Rachel carried her son’s photo from Jerusalem to the UN and the White House, making sure leaders around the world saw his face. Einav marched through Israel with other parents, demanding action day after day. Both women have continued non-stop. Even after learning her son Hersh was killed, Rachel has kept speaking out so the world does not fo

Just last week, on Yom Kippur 2025, the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester came under attack. A terrorist killed two worshippers and wounded several others outside the synagogue. Inside, Yoni Finlay, a father and regular worshipper, and Adrian Daulby, a gentle man known for his quiet presence, rushed to barricade the doors, determined to stop him from breaking in. Within a few minutes, police arrived and fired at the terrorist from outside. Bullets passed throug

You may know Idan Amedi as an actor from the hit Israeli series Fauda or as a popular singer-songwriter. But in October 2023, he put...

College finals or civil rights battle? Shabbos Kestenbaum skipped the curve and took on Harvard itself. This Orthodox Jew, Harvard...

She’s Wonder Woman on screen and a proud Jew off screen. Gal Gadot went from serving in the IDF to becoming one of Hollywood’s most...

Emily Damari, a British Israeli hostage, was abducted on October 7, 2023, and held by Hamas in Gaza for over 15 months. Despite her...

Actress, producer, activist, and Israel’s first Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism. Noa Tishby is the author of Israel: A Simple...