Future of Jewish

Andrés Spokoiny is President and CEO of Jewish Funders Network, an international community of private foundations and philanthropists with more 2,500 members from 11 countries around the world whose mission is to promote meaningful giving and take an active part in the processes that change the thinking and action patterns of philanthropy in the Jewish world. He is a longtime Jewish communal leader with a history of leading successful organizational transformations, serving as the CEO of Federation CJA in Montreal and, prior to that, Andrés worked for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Community in Paris. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Alon Friedman is the Founding Executive Director of Enter: The Jewish Peoplehood Alliance, a social startup whose vision is to ensure the Jewish People remain a dynamic, diverse, global community that is united, secure, and inclusive. From 2012 to 2019, he served as head of the Israel office of Hillel International and as CEO of the Hillels of Israel, operating eight campus centers across the country. He is also a frequent speaker on Jewish Peoplehood, identity, and leadership, as well as Israeli society and culture. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Becky Voorwinde is Executive Director of The Bronfman Fellowship, overseeing the strategic planning for all aspects of the Fellowship in Israel and the United States, including working closely with the global alumni community of more than 1,300 and select incoming Fellows. She is also an alumnus of the program, and served as a volunteer member of Bronfman’s Alumni Advisory Board before taking the full-time position of Director of Alumni Engagement in 2008. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Miriam Anzovin became a TikTok sensation thanks to her hot-take reactions of the Talmud and other Jewish texts, “locally sourced from a millennial brain” — with the goal of making Judaism sparkle for everyone — religious and non-religious Jews alike. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Salvador Litvak is a Chilean-American filmmaker and social media influencer who has written and directed two theatrically-released feature films, When Do We Eat? (2006) and Saving Lincoln (2013). As the Accidental Talmudist, he shares Jewish wisdom with over one million followers on his social media accounts. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Jamie Geller is an American-Israeli celebrity chef, TV producer, entrepreneur, and most recently, the new Chief Media & Marketing Officer at Aish Global. She is also an author of several cookbooks and founder of the Kosher Media Network. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Scott Shay is the author of In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism (a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award) and Getting our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry, as well as his latest book, Conspiracy U: A Case Study. He is also the co-founder and chairman of Signature Bank. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Avi Melamed is a former Israeli Intelligence Official and Senior Official on Arab Affairs, which propelled him to expertise on current affairs in the Arab and Muslim worlds, and their impact on Israel and the Middle East. In recent years, Melamed runs a U.S.-based organization called Inside the Middle East – Intelligence Perspectives, alongside Maia Hoffman — providing professional, apolitical, non-partisan, intelligence-based contextualized education and knowledge about the Middle East. He has also authored three books in English about the Middle East, his latest one titled Inside the Middle East – Entering a New Era, which was published in February 2022. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Karen Cinnamon is the founder of Smashing Life, the fastest-growing community membership club for Jewish and Jew(ish) women, as well as Smashing The Glass, the world’s biggest Jewish wedding platform. With offices in New York City and London, they create warm, inclusive communities for like-minded Jewish and Jew-ish women to learn, grow, and support one another, and build the joyful Jew(ish) life they want, on their terms. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.

Richard Ferrer is a British journalist and editor of Britain’s Jewish News. After working for the website totallyjewish.com from 2000 to 2004, he edited the Boston Jewish Advocate, the United States’ oldest Jewish newspaper, before returning to the U.K. The Future of Jewish is a podcast hosted by Joshua Hoffman, the founder of JOOL. In each episode, Joshua is joined by top leaders, thinkers, and doers who are paving the path for a promising Jewish future.