Jeffrey Konis, author of "The Conversations We Never Had"

Dr. Doron Markel, Israel's Water Authority, the Sea of Galilee and the Dead-Red canal project

Rabbi Eve Posen, co-author, "Pirkei Imahot: The Wisdom of Mothers, The Voices of Women"

Pamela Schuller, Jewish inclusion advocate and standup comedian

Yonatan Nir, Israeli filmmaker of "My Hero Brother"

Matti Friedman, Israeli journalist and author of "Pumpkinflowers" and "The Aleppo Codex"

Jeffrey Sussman, author, "Max Baer and Barney Ross, Jewish Heroes of Boxing"

Richard Michelson, author, "The Language of Angels: A Story about the Reinvention of Hebrew"

Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn, newly installed Orthodox woman rabbi at Temple B’nai David-Judea in Los Angeles

Pam Jenoff, author, "The Orphan’s Tale"