Jewish 100
Jewish 100, 2015: Nili Block – Arts and Culture
Nili Block Kickboxer Nili Block, whose family moved from Maryland to Israel when she was a young child, is now a women’s world champion in the...
Jewish 100, 2015: Mayim Bialik – Arts and Culture
Mayim Bialik Actress Actress Mayim Bialik has repeatedly urged Israel-backers not to be apologetic in voicing their support for the Jewish state. “I think what’s important about speaking out is that I don’t even think of it as ‘speaking out,’...
Jewish 100, 2015: Howard Stern – Arts and Culture
Howard Stern Radio personality Radio shock jock Howard Stern has repeatedly called out Pink Floyd’s co-founder Roger Waters, also his Hamptons neighbor, for his pernicious support of BDS and for pressuring other entertainers not to perform in...
Jewish 100, 2015: Helen Mirren – Arts and Culture
Helen Mirren Actress British actress Helen Mirren, star of the popular 2015 film Woman in Gold, was recognized by the World Jewish Congress and its president, Ronald Lauder, for raising global awareness on Nazi-looted art. In the film,...
Jewish 100, 2015: Géza Röhrig – Arts and Culture
Géza Röhrig Actor and poet Géza Röhrig, a Hungarian Jewish actor and poet, played the starring role...
Jewish 100, 2015: Garry Kasparov – Arts and Culture
Garry Kasparov Human rights activist Garry Kasparov, a Russian chess Grandmaster considered by many to be the...
Jewish 100, 2015: Evgeny Kissin – Arts and Culture
Evgeny Kissin Musician For Carnegie Hall’s 125th anniversary, Russian-born classical pianist Evgeny Kissin curated a special series...
Jewish 100, 2015: Robert Kraft – Arts and Culture
Robert Kraft Owner of the New England Patriots Business magnate Robert Kraft did not hesitate when he...
Jewish 100, 2015: Adam Sandler – Arts and Culture
Adam Sandler Actor Famed Jewish actor and comedian Adam Sandler recently railed against Pink Floyd co-founder and anti-Israel...
Jewish 100, 2015: Nili Block – Arts and Culture
Nili Block Kickboxer Nili Block, whose family moved from Maryland to Israel when she was a young child, is now a women’s world champion in the rough-and-tough...
Jewish 100, 2015: Mayim Bialik – Arts and Culture
Mayim Bialik Actress Actress Mayim Bialik has repeatedly urged Israel-backers not to be apologetic in voicing their support for the Jewish state. “I think what’s important about speaking out is...
Jewish 100, 2015: Howard Stern – Arts and Culture
Howard Stern Radio personality Radio shock jock Howard Stern has repeatedly called out Pink Floyd’s co-founder Roger Waters, also his Hamptons neighbor, for his pernicious support of...
Jewish 100, 2015: Helen Mirren – Arts and Culture
Helen Mirren Actress British actress Helen Mirren, star of the popular 2015 film Woman in Gold, was recognized by the World Jewish Congress and its president, Ronald...
Jewish 100, 2015: Géza Röhrig – Arts and Culture
Géza Röhrig Actor and poet Géza Röhrig, a Hungarian Jewish actor and poet, played the starring role in the 2015 film Son of Saul, which won the...
Jewish 100, 2015: Garry Kasparov – Arts and Culture
Garry Kasparov Human rights activist Garry Kasparov, a Russian chess Grandmaster considered by many to be the greatest player of all time, is also a Russian pro-democracy...
Jewish 100, 2015: Evgeny Kissin – Arts and Culture
Evgeny Kissin Musician For Carnegie Hall’s 125th anniversary, Russian-born classical pianist Evgeny Kissin curated a special series in which he explored his artistic interests and musical discoveries....
Jewish 100, 2015: Robert Kraft – Arts and Culture
Robert Kraft Owner of the New England Patriots Business magnate Robert Kraft did not hesitate when he was approached in 2015 to help memorialize Ezra Schwartz, one...
Jewish 100, 2015: Adam Sandler – Arts and Culture
Adam Sandler Actor Famed Jewish actor and comedian Adam Sandler recently railed against Pink Floyd co-founder and anti-Israel activist Roger Waters during an appearance on the The Howard Stern...
Jewish 100, 2015: Steven Pinker – Academia
Steven Pinker Psychologist Esteemed Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker again led his influential voice to the opposition of academic boycotts of Israel, as two groups of anthropologists geared...
Jewish 100, 2015: Rivka Carmi – Academia
Rivka Carmi Doctor Rivka Carmi is an innovative Israeli pediatrician and geneticist, who has served since 2006 as president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her accolades...
Jewish 100, 2015: Jeffrey Herf – Academia
Jeffrey Herf History professor Jeffrey Herf, a history professor at the University of Maryland, is an outspoken voice against the ongoing campaign among academic organizations to isolate...
Jewish 100, 2015: Daniel Sperber – Academia
Daniel Sperber Professor at Bar-Ilan University Rabbi Daniel Sperber has written extensively on applying Jewish law to the modern era, calling it “dynamic”: “When cultural circumstances change,...
Jewish 100, 2015: Jon Levenson – Academia
Jon D. Levenson Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School Jon D. Levenson, characterized as “the most interesting and incisive biblical exegete among contemporary Jewish thinkers,”...
