Confirmed Speakers:
- Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish; Peace Activist; Physician; Author
- Benjamin Alter; East Coast Representative, J Street U; Yale University 2011
- Eric Alterman; Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Professor of Journalism; CUNY Graduate School of Journalism; Columnist, The Nation
- Ambassador Maen Areikat; Chief PLO Representative to the U.S.
- Amjad Atallah; Co-Director, Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation
- Bernard Avishai; Author; Adjunct Professor of Business, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Ronit Avni; Founder/Executive Director, Just Vision
- Elissa Barrett; Executive Director, Progressive Jewish Alliance
- Gershon Baskin; Co-CEO, Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
- Peter Beinart; Author; Journalist
- Daniel Ben-Simon; Member of Knesset
- Sara Benninga; Israeli Activist and Organizer, Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement
- Dr. Yuval Benziman; USA Representative, Geneva Initiative
- James Besser, Washington Correspondent, The New York Jewish Week
- Nadia Bilbassy Charters; Senior U.S. Correspondent, MBC TV
- Douglas Bloomfield; Syndicated Columnist
- Kenneth Bob; President, Ameinu
- Alexander Bodin Saphir; Co-Chair, New Generations London, New Israel Fund
- Gidon Bromberg; Israeli Director, Friends of the Earth Middle East
- Naomi Chazan; President, New Israel Fund
- David Chemla; Director, JCall France
- Dr. Patrick Clawson; Deputy Director for Research, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Steve Clemons; Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
- Roger Cohen; Columnist, The New York Times
- Representative Steve Cohen, Member of Congress (TN-09)
- Steven M. Cohen; Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; Director, Berman Jewish Policy Archive, NYU Wagner
- Debra DeLee; President & CEO, Americans for Peace Now
- Tom Dine; Senior Advisor, Search for Common Ground; Former Executive Director, AIPAC
- Aliyah Donsky; Princeton University 2014
- Matthew Duss; National Security Editor, Center for American Progress
- Serge Duss; Board Member, Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding
- Rabbi Amy Eilberg; Director of Interfaith Programs, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning
- Hagai El-Ad; Executive Director, Association for Civil Rights in Israel
- Representative Keith Ellison; Member of Congress (MN-05)
- Mona Eltahawy; Journalist
- Rabbi Edward Feld; Senior Editor, Mahzor Lev Shalem
- Ethan Felson; Vice President, Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- Rabbi John Friedman; Senior Rabbi, Judea Reform Congregation; Chair, J Street Rabbinic Cabinet
- Lara Friedman; Director of Policy and Government Relations, Americans for Peace Now
- Jim Gerstein; Founding Partner and Pollster, Gerstein Agne Strategic Communications
- Michelle Goldberg; Columnist, The Daily Beast, Tablet
- Rabbi Lisa L. Goldstein; Executive Director, Hillel of San Diego
- Gershom Gorenberg; Journalist; Author; Historian
- Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb; Co-Founder, Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence
- Tania Hary; Director of International Relations, Gisha: Legal Center for Freedom of Movement
- Yoel Hasson; Member of Knesset (Kadima)
- Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson; President, Auburn Theological Seminary
- Imam Yahya Hendi; Muslim Chaplain, Georgetown University
- Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt; Director of Campus Initiatives, Hillel International
- Heather Hurlburt; Executive Director, National Security Network
- Rabbi Jill Jacobs; Founding Director, Ma’aseh
- Benj Kamm; North American Program Coordinator, Encounter
- Brian Katulis; Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
- Suhail Khan; Senior Fellow for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Institute for Global Engagement
- Carla Koppell; Director, The Institute for Inclusive Security
- Steven Krubiner; Director of Israel and International Programs, J Street Education Fund
- Shawn Landres; Co-Founder & CEO, Jumpstart
- George Laudato; Assistant Administrator for the Middle East, USAID
- Cole Leiter; Columbia University 2014
- Edina Lekovic; Director of Policy and Programming, MPAC
- Rabbi Michael Lerner; Editor, Tikkun Magazine; Chair, Network of Spiritual Progressives
- Daniel Levy; Co-Director, Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation
- Rabbi Sheldon Lewis; Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Kol Emeth; Co-Chair, Rabbinic Task Force, Year of Civil Discourse Initiative, San Francisco Bay Area JCRC
- Dafna Lifshitz; CEO, Appleseeds Academy
- Rabbi Andrea London; Senior Rabbi, Beth Emet the Free Synagogue; Co-Chair, Jewish-Muslim Community-Building Initiative, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
- Carinne Luck; Vice President of Grassroots and Field Programs, J Street Education Fund
- Oren Magnezy; Founder and Chairman, Laurus Consulting Group
- Robert Malley; Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group
- Representative Betty McCollum; Member of Congress (MN-04)
- Avi Meyerstein; Founder, Alliance for Middle East Peace
- Shlomo Molla; Member of Knesset (Kadima)
- Jessica Montell; Executive Director, B’tselem
- Laurie Moskowitz; Principal, Fieldworks
- Oded Na’aman; Breaking the Silence
- Josh Nathan-Kazis; Staff Writer, The Jewish Daily Forward
- Hagit Ofran; Director, Settlement Watch, Peace Now
- Kathleen Peratis; Vice Chair, J Street Education Fund; Partner, Outten & Golden LLP
- Amir Peretz; Member of Knesset (Labor)
- Ophir Pines-Paz; Professor, Tel Aviv University; Former Member of Knesset (Labor)
- Dr. Kenneth Pollack; Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
- Representative David Price; Member of Congress (NC-04)
- Eetta Prince-Gibson; Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Report
- Ron Pundak; Director General, The Peres Center for Peace
- Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf; Chair, Cordoba Initiative
- Ambassador Jean-Daniel Ruch; Special Representative of Switzerland to the Middle East
- Rabbi David Saperstein; Director and Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller; Rabbi, Congregation Sherith Israel; Deputy Chair, J Street Rabbinic Cabinet
- Dahlia Scheindlin; Israeli Political Consultant and Public Opinion Analyst
- Danny Seidemann; Founder, Terrestrial Jerusalem
- Robert Serry; UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
- Michael Sfard; Legal Counsel, Yesh Din
- Nachman Shai; Member of Knesset (Kadima)
- Assaf Sharon; Israeli Activist and Organizer, Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement
- Ilana Sichel; Former Editor, New Voices Magazine
- Barbara Slavin; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council
- Daniel Sokatch; CEO, New Israel Fund
- Attila Somfalvi; Chief Diplomatic and Political Correspondent and Analyst, Ynet
- Alexandra Stanton; Co-Chair, JStreetPAC
- Hadar Susskind, Vice-President of Policy and Strategy, J Street
- Susan Turnbull; Jewish Community Leader; Outgoing Chair, Maryland Democratic Party; Former Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee
- Rebecca Vilkomerson; Executive Director, Jewish Voice for Peace
- Laura Wharton; Member, Jerusalem City Council
- Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (ret.); Former Chief of Staff to United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell
- Representative Lynn Woolsey; Member of Congress (CA-06)
- Matthew Yglesias; Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund
- Ronald J. Young; Consultant, National Interreligious Initiative for Peace
- Uri Zaki; USA Director, B’tselem
- Simone Zimmerman; University of California at Berkeley 2013
- Orit Zuaretz; Member of Knesset (Kadima)
We are looking forward to announcing more speakers and panels as the conference approaches. Check back soon for more information.
For questions or suggestions about the conference, email us at conference@jstreet.org .