Beatie Deutsch is the Israeli national champion in the marathon and half marathon. As a mother of five young children, she has learned to apply her training to the real marathon of life.

More than anything else, her journey has empowered her to dream big and keep pushing, a message Beatie is passionate about sharing with other women. As an advocate for Beit Daniella, she has also made it her mission to help children struggling with mental health and raise awareness for this important cause.

Beatie proudly represents Israel on the international stage and she was named one of the 50 most influential Jews of 2019 by Jerusalem Post. She is always sharing the lessons she’s learned on her journey; what it means to represent Israel and how to achieve your dreams.

Rav Shlomo Katz is an internationally-acclaimed author, teacher, and musician who has led thousands of people around the world on transformative journeys into Torah, Jewish music, Chassidut, and Jewish mysticism. His unique style empowers individuals to develop authentic relationships with themselves, those around them, and God. Beyond his active online learning community, Rav Shlomo Katz is the spiritual leader of the Shirat David synagogue in Efrat, Israel, where he lives with his wife and five children.

Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Together with Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke University, he co-directs the Institute's Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), which teaches emerging young Muslim American leaders about Judaism, Jewish identity and Israel.

Halevi’s 2013 book, Like Dreamers, won the Jewish Book Council's Everett Book of the Year Award. His latest book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, is a New York Times bestseller. He writes for leading op-ed pages in the US, including the Times and the Wall Street Journal, and is a former contributing editor to the New Republic.

https://www.yossikleinhalevi.com/ 

Alex Traiman is CEO at the Jerusalem News Syndicator (JNS), the fastest-growing news agency covering Israel and the Jewish world, providing briefs, news, features, opinions and analysis to as many as 100 print newspapers and digital publications on a daily basis.

Alex is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker.

JNS.org 

Michael Dickson is Executive Director of StandWithUs-Israel. Michael leads a dynamic team at StandWithUs in Jerusalem which includes pioneering innovative Israel educational initiatives, running campaigns to counter discriminatory BDS boycotts of Israel, oversight of digital operations and hosting delegations of politicians, diplomats, academics and other people of influence in Israel. Michael is also author of the bestselling book: ISRESILIENCE - What Israelis Can Teach the World.

Born in the UK, Michael made Aliyah to Israel in 2006 from London as the Second Lebanon War ended, together with his wife and two young children – they now have five children and live in central Israel.

Learn more about StandWithUs and their resources https://www.standwithus.com/

Get your copy of ISResilience today! https://www.isresilience.com/

Learn more about NCSY Israel's work https://israel.ncsy.org/

Rabbi Yosef Ginsberg was born in Long Island, NY. After studying in Yeshivat Hakotel and serving in an urban combat unit in the IDF, he moved to the Old City with his wife where he stayed for 8 years. He has taught in numerous Yeshivas and Seminaries throughout Israel. In addition, he is on the educational staff at the International School For Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem. Rav Ginsberg is the co-founder and regional director of NCSY Israel, the premier organization in Israel, dedicated to connect, inspire, and empower teen olim to the Land of Israel by encouraging passionate Judaism through Torah and Tradition. He lives with his wife and four children in Neria.

Rudy Rochman, originally from France, is a world-renown Jewish-Israel rights activist. At the age of 17 he came to Israel to serve in the IDF paratroopers, after which he moved to New York to pursue his bachelor’s at Columbia University and subsequently began his grassroots pro-Israel work. Today, his efforts primarily focus on empowering Jews & allies, uniting sectors of Israeli society and generating innovative ways to combat anti-Semitism.

Click here to learn more about Rudy’s work - linktr.ee/rudyrochman.

Asher Katz is the founder and director of ME'EVER youth organization, whose goal is to give youth the ability to be a force in their communities by creating a Jewish Zionist identity that is based on self-reflection, purpose and committed action.

Check out ME'EVER's website to learn more or support their work - https://meveryouth.org/about.