Jewish Speakers

Fran Drescher

A celebrity speaker and actress who became a household name starring in The Nanny, the series she invented and developed from "pitch" to production, Drescher is a larger than life personality that reflects her substantial talent. Previously diagnosed with cancer and given a clean bill of health, she has written about ...

Larry King

A captivating storyteller and keen commentator on life and history, Larry King continues to fascinate audiences as a keynote speaker and host of his live and unscripted TV talk show. With his gift for humor and broad range of experience, an evening with King is guaranteed to leave audiences feeling enlightened and entertain ...

Doris Roberts

With her instantly recognizable voice, Emmy-winner Roberts has maintained an illustrious career in theater, film and television and is part of our lives, especially as the memorable “Marie” on Everybody Loves Raymond. With warmth, wit, and wry humor, she shares her moving, yet hilarious life story and her perspec ...

A.J. Jacobs

Renowned as “the human guinea pig,” A.J. Jacobs has outsourced his life to India, read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica in a quest to become the smartest person in the world, and lived modern life as the ultimate biblical man. Throwing himself into bizarre situations all in the name of a little curiosity and a ...

Carl Bernstein

The hard-hitting and insightful journalist who helped bring down a presidency in the Watergate scandal, Pulitzer Prize winner Bernstein is credited by many as being "the father of American investigative reporting." Keeping his eye on current affairs and issues that dominate our nation's agenda, he reflects on the use and a ...

Carol Leifer

A trail-blazing female in the world of comedy, Leifer is not only a veteran on the standup circuit, but is also a sought after writer and producer who has worked on such shows as Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, and HBO’s critically acclaimed The Larry Sanders Show. Whether sharing the struggles of a w ...

Richard Dreyfuss

Oscar winner Dreyfuss has taught at Oxford, studied a wide range of subjects from history to politics, and is a driving force in the movement to bring civics back into the classrooms as well as creating a knowledgeable and engaged citizenry in America.

Goldie Hawn

Hawn's Academy Award-winning roles and lasting impressions have gained her adoring audiences worldwide. A woman of many talents, she is not only a gifted actor and celebrity speaker, but also a creative director, savvy producer, successful entrepreneur, respected CEO, and loving parent. Managing to balance her life with su ...

Daniel Silva

A multiple New York Times best-selling author of international spy thrillers that include The Kill Artist and The Messenger, Silva provides intriguing insight into the covert world of Israeli intelligence and the past, present, and future of the Middle East through his main character, art restorer and I ...

Peter Bogdanovich

An Oscar nominated film director of classics including, The Last Picture Show and Paper Moon, and a frequent actor on The Sopranos, Bogdanovich shares with audiences his uncanny impersonations and fascinating personal anecdotes, all of which demonstrate his love for the art of filmmaking.

David Mamet

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright for "Glengarry Glenn Ross" and an award-winning film and television director, Mamet has also made a name for himself as author of The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-hatred, and the Jews (Jewish Encounters), a provocative and passionate assertion about what it means to be Jewish ...

John C. King

John King is the anchor of CNN's State of the Union with John King. On the air and in his speaking engagements, King offers in-depth analysis, discussion and commentary on a blend of politics, national and world affairs,and social, cultural and media trends.

E.L. Doctorow

One of the most brilliant novelists of our time, Pulitzer Prize winner Doctorow traditionally explores the historical, cultural, and social dynamics in American life, often through the prism of the Jewish experience in his celebrated body of work, which includes The Book of Daniel – A Novel, and Ragtime.

Bob Simon

During the last quarter of a century Simon, an Emmy Award-winning CBS news correspondent, has covered every major armed conflict suffered by the world. In his edge-of-the-seat presentation, he shares first-hand accounts of Lebanon, Serbia, Namibia and the terrifying forty days he was held hostage in Iraq during the Gulf Wa ...

Kinky Friedman

Outrageous, irreverent, and thought-provoking, Friedman is a larger-than–life humorist and political satirist who takes on culture, political posturing, and the state of our nation with his own firebrand wit and wisdom. A former independent candidate for Texas Governor, he has a truly unique viewpoint on the folks and is ...

Andrea Mitchell

As chief foreign affairs correspondent, Mitchell is one of the most visible women in network television, reporting on evolving foreign policy issues in the United States and abroad, as well as national politics for all NBC News broadcasts, including Nightly News with Brian Williams, Today, Meet the Press ...

Harlan Coben

Coben's hook and twist thrillers such as Tell No One have crested at the top of international bestseller lists, including The New York Times. The first author to win the top three mystery awards, he combines wise-cracking entertainment with skillful storytelling, creating his own exhilerating brand of fiction.

Larry Miller

More than just a brilliant comedic actor who has appeared in Seinfeld and Pretty Woman, Miller is also a contributing humorist for The Weekly Standard where he displays his true colors as a political everyman. He says the things everyone wants to say about politics and American life in his book, Spoi ...

Sara Paretsky

One of the most influential female crime writers, the award-winning Paretsky changed the world of detective fiction with her groundbreaking popular female sleuth, "V.I. Waschawski." An activist, she explores the political and literary dissent that informed her life and work in her acclaimed book, Writing in an Age of Sil ...

Jerry Springer

Although controversial and often criticized, Springer believes that television talk shows serve as important forums for the discussion of prevalent issues in our society. A former Mayor of Cincinnati, Springer has dedicated his life to upholding the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.