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"

Rabbi David Zaslow, author, "Reimagining Exodus: A Story of Freedom"

Professor Eric H. Cline, Director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at George Washington University, author "Three Stones Make a Wall: the Story of Archeology" and "1177 BC: the Year Civilization Collapsed"

Professor Aaron Tapper, founding Director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice at the University of San Francisco, author "Judaisms: A Twenty-First-Century Introduction to Jews and Jewish Identities"

Rabbi Susan Silverman, activist, author, "Casting Lots: Creating a Family in a Beautiful, Broken World"

Abigail Pogrebin, author, "My Jewish Year—18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew"

Dr. Gabor Gyori, "Jews in Hungary Today", Sr. Analyst, Policy Solutions, Budapest, Hungary

Rabbi Richard Address, Health, Wellness, and Aging in Judaism, 2017 Bilgray Scholar