Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Elizabeth Pipko

Founder of The Exodus Movement, Model, Athlete & Writer

Chella Man

Transgender Model, Activist & Artist

I Always Knew Gender Was Fluid | It Gets Better: Chella Man

David Biale

Leading Scholar of Jewish Intellectual & Cultural Life; Author & Three-Time Winner of the National Jewish Book Award

Susannah Heschel

Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and AuthorKnown for "Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus"

Mayim Bialik

Neuroscientist, Mental Health Advocate & Actress Known for "The Big Bang Theory"

Erica Jong

Feminist, Social Critic, Poet & Author of "Fear of Dying"

Sandra Bernhard

Comedienne, Actress, Singer & Author

Dr. Inge Auerbacher

Holocaust Survivor, Chemist & Author

Rabbi Elliot Kukla

First Openly Transgender Rabbi & Disability Activist and New York Times Contributor

David Baddiel

Comedian, Author, Screenwriter & Television Presenter

Dr. Erica Miller

Holocaust Survivor, International Award-Winning Author & Entrepreneur

Denice Frohman

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Activist

Joshua Rivedal

Suicide Prevention Speaker

Sayed Kashua

Palestinian Novelist, Cultural Critic & Creator of Israeli TV Show "Arab Labor"

Meir Shalev

Bestselling Israeli Novelist & Writer Columnist for Yediot Ahronot

Nina Tassler

Former Television Executive, Author & Activist

Elliot Dorff, Rabbi, PhD

Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Ph.D. is AJU’s Rector and Sol & Anne Dorff Distinguished Service Professor in Philosophy.

Amy-Jill Levine

Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University

Yascha Mounk

Writer & Public Speaker; Author of "Stranger in My Own Country"

Patricia Marx

Humorist, Writer, Contributor to "The New Yorker"

Joseph Berger

New York Times Columnist & Author of Several Books on Judaism and the Holocaust

Shalom Auslander

Essayist & Author; Known for "Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir"

Feh: A Memoir

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Author, Activist & Expert on Jewish Issues

Ron Wolfson

Professor of Education at the American Jewish University, pioneer in the field of Jewish family education

The Future is Starting Now with Dr. Ron Wolfson - YouTube

Vanessa Ochs

Author of "Inventing Jewish Ritual", Winner of 2007 National Jewish Book Award, Professor of Religious Studies at University of Virginia

Zach Wahls

LGBT rights advocate and author of "My Two Moms"

Deborah Feldman

New York Times Bestselling Author of "Unorthodox" and "Exodus"

Jamie Geller

Author of the "Quick and Kosher" Cookbook Series