Rabbi Mark Wildes, author of "The Jewish Experience: A Bold New Guide to Living a Meaningful Jewish Life"

Professor Yossi Yovel, author of "The Genius Bat"

Shmuel Rosner, author of "Why Am I a Jew?  A Contemporary Guide for the Perplexed"

Alden Solovy, poet and author of "These Words, Poetic Midrash on the Language of Torah and Enter These Gates"

Izabella Tabarovsky, author of "Be a Refusenik, A Jewish Student's Survival Guide"

Samantha Ellis, author of "Always Carry Salt"

Ambassador Ronen Krausz, Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan

Professor Samuel G. Freedman, prominent author and journalist, on the 25th Anniversary of his book "Jew vs Jew: the Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry"

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on the Bondi Beach Hanukkah Massacre

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, Chairman, Zionist Rabbinic Coalition