Future of Jewish

Meredith Jacobs is the CEO of Jewish Women International, as well as an award-winning journalist and former editor-in-chief of Washington Jewish Week. She authored The Modern Jewish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat and co-authored, with her daughter Sofie, a bestselling series of interactive journals called Just Between Us. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Rabbi Mitchel Malkus has served as Head of School at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington, D.C. since 2013. Malkus is also co-chair of the Advisory Board of the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education located at George Washington University. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Following her father's sudden passing in 2013, Nikki Schreiber decided to do something in his memory, so she created an Instagram account called Humans of Judaism, which shares remarkable stories of Jews from across the world. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer is President and CEO of the Hadar Institute, whose mission is to empower Jews to create and sustain vibrant, practicing, egalitarian communities of Torah, Avodah, and Hesed. Kaunfer is also a co-founder of the independent minyan Kehilat Hadar and has been named multiple times to Newsweek’s list of the top 50 rabbis in America. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Dr. Hal Lewis has been both an extremely successful nonprofit executive, and a highly regarded professor of leadership — over a career that has spanned more than three decades. Most recently, he completed more than a decade as the President and CEO of Chicago’s Spertus College/Spertus Institute. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Dana Levinson Steiner is Director of ACCESS Global at American Jewish Committee, where she oversees an international program to engage young professionals through transformative leadership development, hands-on advocacy, and philanthropy. Dr. Laura Shaw Frank serves as AJC’s Director of William Petschek Contemporary Jewish Life. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Simon Plosker is the Managing Editor of UN Watch, a nonprofit organization dedicated to holding the United Nations accountable to its founding principles. From 2005 to 2020, he was Managing Editor of HonestReporting following several years working in a variety of nonprofit organizations, and immigrating to Israel from London in 2001. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Zvika Klein is a Jewish world analyst for The Jerusalem Post, and is considered one of the world's top journalists specializing in Jewish Diaspora affairs. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Robert Aronson served as Executive Vice President of the Jewish Federation of Detroit from 1989 to 2009, as well as Chief Development Advisor of the Federation until his retirement in 2019. During this period, he also held positions as President of Birthright Israel and President of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life in New York from 2007  to 2014. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Rachel Gildiner is the CEO GatherDC, an organization in Washington D.C. that helps Jewish young adults find connection to community and to a compelling Jewish life. Formerly of Hillel International, she brings more than a decade of experience developing new ways to use the power of relationships to develop deeper connections to one another and to the Jewish community. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.