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Forward's 50 Most Influential American Jews
(2011)
Every year, The Forward publishes a list of its 50 most influential Jews in the United States. Those selected come from all walks of life, religious affiliation and gender. The list includes writers, politicians, musicians, actors, professional athletes, lobbyists, activists and more.
The Top 5
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Jennifer Laszlo-Mizrahi: Founder/President of The Israel Project
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Rick Jacobs: President-elect, Union of Reform Judaism
The List (ListedAlphabetically)
- Jill Abramson: Lead Editor, New York Times
- Sheldon Adelson: Casino mogul, Founder of newspaper Israel Hayom
- Michael Arad: Designer of Ground-Zero 9/11 Memorial
- Nir Barzilai: Director, Institute for Aging Research, Yeshiva University
- Mark Bittman: Writer, Food Critic
- Ryan Braun: Professional Baseball Player
- Judy Brown: Author, critic of American-Haredi community
- Eric Cantor: United States Congressman, House Majority Leader
- Jared Cohen: Google Think-Tank Leader
- Mark Cuban: Owner, Dallas Mavericks
- Rahm Emanuel: Mayor of Chicago; Former President Chief-of-Staff
- Gabrielle
Giffords: United States Congresswoman
- Shmuel Goldin: Head, Modern Orthodox Movement
- David Graeber: Activist, 'Occupy Wall Street'
- Simon Greer: President/CEO, Jewish Funds for Justice
- Michael Hirsch: Historian, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
- Jill Jacobs: Director, Rabbis for Human Rights
- Leslie Jacobs: Advocate for education reform
- Rick Jacobs: President-elect, Union of Reform Judaism
- Dovid Katz: Activist, Lithuanian Jewish history
- Joel Klein: Investigator, News Corp. phone-tap scandal
- Sharon Kleinbaum: Spiritual leader, America's LGBT Jews
- William Kristol: Founder, Emergency Committee for Israel
- Tony Kushner: Playwright
- Jaron Lanier: "Father of Virtual Reality"
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- James Levine: Director, Metropolitan Opera
- Philip Levine: 2011 United States Poet Laureate
- Joy Levitt: Director, Manhattan JCC
- Daniel Libeskind: Architect, New York World Trade Center
- Adam Mansbach: Author, Go The **** to Sleep
- Ruth Messinger: President/CEO, American Jewish World Service
- Jennifer Mizrahi: Founder/President, The Israel Project
- Richard Morgenstern: Historian, "Washington's Letter to the Jews"
- Natalie Portman: Professional Actress
- Joan Rosenbaum: Outgoing Director, Jewish Museum New York
- Jennifer Rubin: Blogger, Washington Post
- Sheryl Sandberg: COO, Facebook
- Jay Sanderson: Leader, Jewish Los Angeles
- Michael Solomonov: Chef, Zahava Restaurant
- Art Spiegelman: Author, comic-book writer
- Caryl Stern: President, US Fund for UNICEF
- Michael Sussman: Attorney, New Square murder case
- Michael Tilson-Thomas: Conductor & musical director
- Burton Visotzky: Interfaith outreach
- Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: Head, Democratic National Council
- Alisa Weilerstein: Cellist, Winner of MacArthur Award
- Anthony Weiner: Former United States Congressman
- Fred Wilpon: Owner, New York Mets
- David Yerushalmi: Purveyor of anti-Shariah propoganda
- John Zorn: Musician, Saxophonist, composer
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