Rabbi Dr. Rachel Sabath Beit Halachmi is an American-Israeli leader, author, and public speaker, and the inaugural senior rabbi at Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation in Baltimore. Ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewishn Institute of Religion in New York, Rabbi Sabath also holds a doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary. She teaches Jewish leaders around the world through the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture and the Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood.

Dr. Channa Pinchasi is a research fellow at the Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought at the Shalom Hartman Institute. In addition, Channa leads and facilitates think tanks at the “Center for Judaism and State Policy”. She initiated and directs “Cheder Mishelach 0.2”, a leadership program for religious feminists. She is also a staff member of “Ad He’na”, a writing seminar for Russian-speaking Israelis. In 2022, Channa completed seven years as Director of the Be’eri School for Teacher Education

Dr. Eric Goldman is a film historian and educator who lectures and writes on Jewish, Yiddish, and Israeli cinema. He is adjunct professor of cinema at Yeshiva University and instructor at the Streicker Academy for Adult Jewish Learning in New York City. He hosts “Jewish Cinematheque” on the Jewish Broadcasting Service, telecast in the U.S. and livestreamed across the globe on jbstv.org.

Dr. Steven Windmueller is the Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles and is a leading expert on the subject of Jewish politics and the author of several articles, publications, and books, which includes The Quest for Power, a Study in Jewish Political Behavior and Practice published in 2014.

Professor Daniel Fainstein is the Dean and a professor of Jewish Studies at the Universidad Hebraica in Mexico City. Dr.  Fainstein has been the Dean of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary “M.T. Meyer”, Director of the Central Council of Jewish Education of the Argentine and a visiting lecturer and advisor in academic and educational institutions in Latin America, Europe, Israel, and the United States. He is also a member of the MFJC Board of Trustees.

Dr. Laura Shaw Frank is the National Director of the William Petschek Contemporary Jewish Life Department at American Jewish Committee (AJC). She holds a PhD in Jewish history from the University of Maryland, College Park, and undergraduate and law degrees from Columbia University, USA.

Dr. Galeet Dardashti is an Anthropologist, vocalist, and composer who  has earned a reputation as a trail-blazing advocate for Middle Eastern and North African Jewish culture.  Her scholarly publications examine Israeli music/media and Mizrahi cultural politics in Israel and the US; she has held postdoctoral fellowships at NYU and Rutgers, Assistant Professor positions at JTS and NYU and she will be a Fellow at University of Pennsylvania’s Katz Center in 2024.   She is widely known as leader/founder of the all-woman Sephardi/Mizrahi ensemble Divahn, and through her multi-disciplinary commission, The Naming; her upcoming release, Monajat, (supported by Indiana University,  MFJC, and FJC) was released in September, 2023.

Rabbi Dr. Samuel Lebens is a professor in the Philosophy department at the University of Haifa, and a dynamic Jewish educator. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from Birkbeck College (University of London) and has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Notre Dame and Rutgers.