Influential jews

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

Despite its grief, the Jewish world also took time to celebrate the lives lived by a constellation of figures who made lasting contributions to film, architecture, politics, and Jewish scholarship.

18 notable Jews who died in 2025.
An illustrative image of people worshiping a smartphone on an altar, made by AI.

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

 Uzi Bitan, CEO of Meuhedet Health Fund

Treatment Under Fire

 Emily Austin

25 ViZionaries: Emily Austin - No. 20


Jessica Rosenworcel set to become first woman to lead FCC permanently

President Joe Biden nominated Jessica Rosenworcel, who is Jewish, to the position of chair Tuesday.

 US President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan, a package of economic relief measures to respond to the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, March 11, 2021.

3 Jewish baseball players could make or break the 2021 World Series

The American League champion Houston Astros feature star slugger Alex Bregman, while the National League champion Atlanta Braves boast an impressive duo of Jewish players.

LEGENDARY LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax throws out the first pitch at the 2017 World Series. Derfner says his friends would not have loved the Jewish Koufax had he not been a star.

Are rabbis no longer influential Jews? - opinion

What is missing is a cadre of rabbinic leaders with universal vision, towering souls whose very presence inspires and motivates us to better ourselves.

 WHERE ARE the rabbis – the Rav Kooks (pictured), the Aryeh Levines?

The legacy of Prof. Uriel Reichman and IDC Herzliya

Professor Reichman founded the Interdisciplinary Center in May of 1994 with 240 students — Today Reichman University boasts more than 9,000.

 PROF. URIEL REICHMAN: Achieved his goals in founding IDC and making it into a  university.

Who are the most interesting Jews of 5782? - opinion

Interesting in my book means profound substantive, and making a real contribution to the long-term future of Israel and the Jewish people.

 Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana is a former IAF fighter pilot.

The Jerusalem Post 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021

Who made the list?

 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021

Ihor Kolomoyskyy, Ukrainian-Israeli oligarch, denied entry to US

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the decision on Twitter, noting the danger that Ihor Kolomoyskyy poses to the rule of law in Ukraine.

Ihor Kolomoyskyy speaks during an interview in Dnipropetrovsk May 24, 2014.

Ukrainian rabbi listed in ranking of top 100 influential Ukrainians

Azman made the list because of the Jewish community's aid in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

VISITING Anatevka (from left): Lozhkin; Mark Levin, executive vice chairman and CEO of the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry; and Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi Moshe Azman.

The world's 50 most influential Jews of 2020

The Jerusalem Post reveals its annual list.

The World's Most Influential Jews 2020

Most influential Jews in the religious world

From the Jerusalem Post's '50 most influential Jews' list.

Russian president Vladimir Putin listens to Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.