Top Jewish Life Speakers

Top Jewish Life Speakers

Andy Cohen
Andy Cohen is Bravo's Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Development. He is responsible for overseeing the network's current development and production slate including hits such as the Emmy and James Beard award-winning "Top Chef," “Top Chef Masters,” "The Real Housewives” franchises, "The Millionaire Matchmaker," "Million Dollar Listing," “The Rachel Zoe Project,"...
Ben Mezrich
Ben Mezrich has created his own highly addictive genre of nonfiction, chronicling the amazing stories of young geniuses making tons of money on the edge of impossibility, ethics, and morality...
BJ Novak
B.J. Novak is an actor, writer, and comedian, best known for his contributions to NBC's Emmy Award winning comedy, "The Office." In addition to starring as Ryan, the temp-turned-boss-turned-temp, Novak is also a co-executive producer for the hit series and has written many of the show's most memorable episodes, including "Diversity Day," "Sexual Harassment," "The Fire," "Initation," "Boys and...
Dany Levy
Business owner, journalist and savvy cultural observer, Dany Levy brings a sense of intensity, vision and creative voice to all her endeavors. After graduation from Brown University with a BA in English with honors in creative writing, Levy began her career in 1994 at New York magazine. There, she revamped and edited the Sales and Bargains section in 1996, and subsequently created the...
Duff Goldman
Chef Duff Goldman started working for acclaimed Baltimore Chef Cindy Wolf while attending the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. After graduating with degrees in History and Philosophy, Duff left Baltimore to study pastries at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, California. While in Napa, Duff was a stagiere at the French Laundry, working under acclaimed pastry Chef...
Erin Gruwell
Nothing could have prepared Erin Gruwell for her first day of teaching at Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. A recent college graduate, Erin landed her first job in Room 203, only to discover many of her students had been written off by the education system and deemed "unteachable." As teenagers living in a racially divided urban community, they were already hardened by first-hand...
Ethan Bortnick
Ethan Bortnick is a pianist, composer and world class entertainer who passionately enjoys entertaining. He plays over 200 songs from memory and can play both by ear and by reading notes. Ethan composed over 30 songs/pieces of music that are being published. Ethan plays Classical, Jazz, Pop, Folk and Children’s music. Ethan has appeared on Oprah, the Tonight show with...
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper is Senior White House Correspondent at ABC News. He is based in the network's Washington, D.C. bureau covering Capitol Hill and recently served as ABC News' senior political correspondent during the 2008 elections. Tapper contributes regularly to Good Morning America, Nightline, World News with Charles Gibson and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. He also contributes to...new.jpg)
Josh Bernstein
International explorer, photographer, author, and television host Josh Bernstein has traveled more than 500,000 miles by train, plane, bus, bike and camel to over 40 countries, exploring the biggest mysteries of our planet in pursuit of knowledge and discovery.
Matisyahu
Matisyahu, born Matthew Paul Miller, is an American reggae musician. Known for blending traditional Jewish themes with reggae and rock sounds, Matisyahu is most recognizable for previously being a member of Chabad-Lubavitch, a chassidic group of Judaism. As such, Matisyahu stands out for wearing the traditional clothing of Hasidic Jews and not performing on the Sabbath. Since 2004, he has...
Matthew Berry
Described as “One of the stars of the web” and a “fantasy savant” by the New York Times, Matthew is the most recognizable face in the fast growing billion dollar Fantasy Sports Industry. Known as “The Talented Mr. Roto,” Matthew is the lead Fantasy Sports Analyst for all ESPN Platforms. He can be seen multiple times every day discussing Fantasy Football and Fantasy Baseball on every...
Matthew Weiner
Matthew Weiner is the creator and executive producer of Mad Men, an AMC original series, now in its fourth season. Since its debut, the series has garnered three consecutive Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Drama Series; three Golden Globe® Awards for Best Television Drama Series; a Peabody Award; a Producers Guild Award; two Writers Guild Awards; AFI Awards for one of the Top 10 Outstanding...
Paul Shaffer
World-renowned bandleader Paul Shaffer has been David Letterman's musical director and sidekick on CBS-TV's "Late Show" for the past 27 years. A Grammy Award-winning master of musical and verbal improv, he has conducted a televised jam that included Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Jeff Beck; been musical director at the White House...
Sarah Silverman
Emmy winner Sarah Silverman is as versatile of a performer as they come. Her repertoire includes everything from film and television, stand-up comedy, to iconic online videos and she just added author to this list when she released her first book this spring. Silverman was most recently seen starring in the third season of “The Sarah Silverman Program,” on Comedy Central and her book, a memoir...
Seth Meyers
The New Hampshire-born Seth Meyers graduated from Northwestern University and soon joined the improv/sketch comedy group Boom Chicago, which performed in Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Singapore. Meyers also performed with Chicago's Improv Olympic, which has been used as a springboard by many other SNL cast members and writers._web.jpg)
Whitney Port
Whitney Port is not just another pretty face in Hollywood. Port is paving her own way, and making sure that she builds a solid foundation that she is proud of...
