Nate Weisband, from Israel on a Federation mission, stranded there during the Iran-Israel war

Thane Rosenbaum, author of "Beyond Proportionality: Israel's Just War in Gaza"

David Kraemer, Jewish Theological Seminary Librarian and author of the important new book "Embracing Exile, the Case for Jewish Diaspora"

Jean Ende, author of the debut novel "Houses of Detention"

Rachel Cockerell, author of the new non-fiction book "Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land"

Rob Kutner, author of "The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting"

Dr. Jessi Gold, author of "How Do You Feel?  One Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine"

Richard Kreitner, author of the new book "Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War and the Fight to End Slavery"

Blake Flayton, co-author of "10 Things Every Jew Should Know Before They Go to College: An Illustrated Guide"

Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, author of "The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism"