Linda Ambrus Broenniman, author of "The Politzer Saga," the recovery of 8 generations of unknown Jewish family history

Eric Fingerhut, President and CEO of Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)

Alice Hoffman, award-winning author of the new book, "When We Flew Away"

Liz Hirsh Naftali, author of the memoir "Saving Abigail: The True Story Of The Abduction And Rescue Of A Three-Year-Old Hostage"

Elliott Abrams, shaper of US Foreign Policy in two Administrations, author of the new book, "If You Will It: Rebuilding Jewish Peoplehood for the 21st Century"

Zibby Owens, editor, "On Being Jewish Now" anthology from Artists Against Antisemitism

Jeremy Dauber, author of "American Scary"

Swell Ariel Or and Keren Nechmad, star and director of the award-winning new Israeli film on Netflix, "Kissufim"

Professor Derek Penslar, author of "Zionism: an Emotional State", chair of the Harvard University Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias

Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer, "It Takes Two to Torah"

Jonathan Kaufman, author of "The Last Kings of Shanghai", head of the journalism department at Northeastern University