Forward 50

Forward 50

The Forward 50 is a list of the fifty most influential Jewish-Americans according to The Forward newspaper.

Ranking

According to the newspaper's website, this is not a scientific study, but rather the opinion of staff members. The Forward does not endorse, or support any of the individuals mentioned in the listing. The rankings are divided into seven different categories: Top Picks, Politics, Ideas & Activism, Religion, Community, Culture, and Philanthropy.

Top Picks

* Michael Mukasey
* Elyse Frishman
* Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow
* Sheldon Adelson
* Peter Deutsch

Politics

* Henry Waxman
* Reva Price
* Michael Bloomberg
* Jimmy Jamshid Delshad

Ideas and Activism

* Jeremy Ben-Ami
* David Brog
* Alan Dershowitz
* Norman Podhoretz
* April Rosenblum
* Charles Jacobs and Roz Rothstein
* George Soros
* Rita Katz

Religion

* Jen Taylor Friedman
* Boruch Shlomo Cunin
* Laura Geller
* Eric Yoffie
* Toba Spitzer
* Arnold Eisen
* Andy Bachman
* Morris Allen

Community

* Robert Wexler
* Elise Bernhardt
* Howard Kohr
* Abraham Foxman
* Steve Gutow
* David Saperstein
* Andrew Tarsy
* Michael Weil
* Ronald Lauder
* June Walker
* Ruth Messinger

Culture

* Regina Spektor
* Shalom Auslander
* Michael Chabon
* Erez Safar, aka D.J. Handler
* Carolyn Starman Hessel
* Jonathan Rosen
* Jane Friedman
* Diane von Furstenberg
* Mike Ashley

Philanthropy

* Lynn Schusterman
* Michael Steinhardt
* Roger Bennett and Sharna Goldseker
* Robert Aronson
* Tad Taube

ee also

* American Jews
* Secular Jewish culture

References

* [http://www.forward.com/forward-50/ Official Website]


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