Influential jews

TIME names Netanyahu among 2026 Most Influential, calls his post-Oct. 7 comeback bigger than Trump

TIME editor-at-large Ian Bremmer wrote that the PM "once faced the political wasteland" after Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, but has now engineered a "political comeback" that "may have exceeded Trump's."

 Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu
18 notable Jews who died in 2025.

Actors, leaders, Holocaust survivors among 18 notable Jews who died in 2025

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Birken bags don't build a nation: Era of Jewish influencers is a sickness, not strategy - opinion

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Ex-Moscow chief rabbi is the face of Russian-Jewish resistance to Putin

No. 22 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Former Moscow Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt.

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt is the chief rabbi of Moscow.

Yaakov Hagoel, making waves in the Zionist movement, Ukraine refugee aid

No. 20 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: World Zionist Organization leader Yaakov Hagoel.

 World Zionist Organization leader Yaakov Hagoel.

Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks progress thanks to Amos Hochstein

No. 21 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: US energy envoy and Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute mediator Amos Hochstein.

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The most powerful man on Wall Street: Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman

No. 18 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman.

Stephen Schwarzman

This Jewish Nobel Prize laureate has helped find new ways to treat pain

No. 19 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Nobel Prize laureate Prof. David Jay Julius.

 Jewish Nobel Prize laureate Prof. David Jay Julius.

AIPAC head adapts pro-Israel lobby to changing political landscape

No. 17 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: AIPAC president Betsy Berns Korn.

 AIPAC president Betsy Berns Korn.

Mira Resnick fights to keep Israel, other US MidEast allies safe

No. 16 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Mira Resnick, US deputy assistant secretary of state for regional security in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

 Mira Resnick, US deputy assistant secretary of state for regional security in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

Anne Neuberger: The Jewish official protecting the US from cyberattacks

No. 15 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Anne Neuberger, US deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology.

 Anne Neuberger, the US deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology.

Sylvan Adams: Using unconventional diplomacy to promote Israel

No. 14 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Canadian-Israeli businessman, philanthropist and self-appointed ambassador-at-large Sylvan Adams.

 Canadian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist Sylvan Adams, Israel's self-appointed ambassador-at-large.

Gantz, Sa'ar, Liberman: Engineers of Israeli gov't success look ahead

No. 12 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman.

 FROM LEFT: Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman.