Jpost 50 Influential Jews

Who made the 'Post's list of Top 50 Most Influential Jews 2024?

Every year, The Jerusalem Post publishes a list of the Top 50 Most Influential Jews. Here are this year's top picks.

 Top 50
 Gal Gadot, Noa Tishby, Michael Rapaport, Eden Golan.

No. 50: Gal Gadot, Michael Rapaport, Noa Tishby, Eden Golan: Defending Israel with charm

 Yoram Klein, Dan Goldfus, Israel Dudkiewicz.

No. 49: Dan Goldfus, Yoram Klein, Israel Dudkiewicz: From the front lines to the hospital

 Rabbis Hirschy Zarchi, Yuda Drizin, Ephraim Mirvis, Ammiel Hirsch.

No. 48: Hirschy Zarchi, Yuda Drizin, Ephraim Mirvis, Ammiel Hirsch: Spiritual guidance amid crisis


Merage Foundation Israel: Creating communities for change

David and Laura, both natives of Tehran, Iran immigrated to the United States in their teens.  They began their philanthropic activity in Israel by giving back to the Jewish-Iranian community.

Mesquite Farm

Ethiopian-Israeli smashes barriers at the Jewish Agency

No. 43 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Sigal Kanotopsky, director of the Jewish Agency for Israel for the northeast US.

 Sigal Kanotopsky, director of the Jewish Agency for Israel for the northeast US.

Jewish Republican, Democrat operatives battle ahead of midterm elections

No. 44 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Republican Jewish Coalition head Matt Brooks, Jewish Democratic Council of America head Halie Soifer.

 Matt Brooks and Haile Soifer.

Russell Robinson: JNF-USA visionary impacting Israel, US Jewry

No. 40 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Russell Robinson, CEO of JNF-USA.

 Russell Robinson, CEO of JNF-USA.

Terry Kassel: Promoting Israel through tech and culture

No. 41 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Start-Up Nation Central chair Terry Kassel.

 Terry Kassel, chairman of the board of Start-Up Nation Central.

Shurat HaDin head fights to bankrupt terror, stop Ben & Jerry's boycott

No. 42 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Shurat HaDin founder Nitsana Darshan-Leitner.

 Shurat HaDin founder Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Rabbi Ari Lamm: Using podcasts, social media to teach Jewish ideas

No. 38 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Rabbi Ari Lamm, bringing great Jewish ideas to the English-speaking public.

 Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm, bringing Jewish ideas to a new generation.

Daily Harvest CEO Rachel Drori: A culinary success story

No. 39 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Rachel Drori, CEO of Daily Harvest.

 Rachel Drori, CEO of Daily Harvest.

Tamir Cohen: Leading Shikun & Binui in Israel and around the world

What solutions are available to alleviate the housing crisis in Israel? Cohen suggests a couple of solutions.

 Floating solar PV field in Ha’Bonim reservoir

Meuhedet: Innovating Israel’s health industry

"While we provide medical services to approximately 13 percent of Israel’s population, we are actually able to influence many more directly."

 Sigal Regev, CEO of Meuhedet