Rabbi Manis Friedman, author of "The Joy of Intimacy: a Soulful Guide to Love, Sex and Marriage"

Emily Wanderer Cohen, innovative child and grandchild of Holocaust survivors and creator of the “Write to Heal” process for survivors descendants; author of "From Generation to Generation: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Storytelling"

Seth Rudetsky, host of the Sirius/XM show “Seth Speaks” on the Broadway Channel, author of "Seth’s Broadway Diary, Volume 3: The Inside Scoop on (almost) Every Broadway Show and Star"

Dara Horn, author of "Eternal Life"

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, founder of Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center that has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars from terrorist organizations to compensate terror victims, co-author of the book "Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism’s Money Masters"

Ruby Namdar, author of "The Ruined House"

Phil Blazer, founder and CEO of the Jewish Life Television Network and winner of the 2017 Cohon Memorial Foundation Award

Sharon Hart Green, author of "Come Back For Me"

AJ Jacobs, author of "It's All Relative"

Rabbi Steve Leder, Senior Rabbi Wilshire Blvd. Temple, author of "More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us"