Past Speakers &
Participating Dignitaries
This is a partial list. Titles may reflect positions held at the time of previous event.
Hon. Donald J.
Trump
President of the United States
Hon. Steny H.
Hoyer
Majority Leader,
U.S. House of Representatives
Rabbi Abraham
Shemtov
Chairman,
Agudas Chasidei Chabad
Hon. John R.
Thune
Majority Leader,
U.S. Senate
Hon. Joshua B.
Bolten
White House Chief of Staff
Mr. David R.
Malpass
President of the World Bank Group
H.E. Itamar
Rabinovich
Ambassador of Israel
to the US
H.E. Ron
Dermer
Ambassador of Israel to the U.S.
Amb. Stuart E.
Eizenstat
Chairman, United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Rabbi Dr. Naftali
Loewenthal
Renowned Jewish Academic
Hon. L. Ari
Fleischer
White House Press Secretary
Hon. Dr. Brendan
Nelson
Defense Minister of Australia
Hon. Roy D.
Blunt
U.S. Senate Leadership
Hon. Debbie
Wasserman Schultz
Chair,
Dem. National Committee
Mr. Ronald O.
Perlman
Industrialist &
Major Philanthropist
Mr. Elie
Wiesel
Nobel Laureate
Hon. Joseph R.
Biden
President of the United States
Hon. Eric I.
Cantor
Majority Leader,
U.S. House of Representatives
Rav Adin Even Yisrael
Steinsaltz
Legendary Talmudic Scholar
Hon. Charles E.
Schumer
Majority Leader,
U.S. Senate
Hon. Jacob J.
Lew
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Dr. Kristalina
Georgieva
Managing Director,
International Monetary Fund
H.E. Salai
Meridor
Ambassador of Israel
to the U.S.
Hon. Michael "Mickey"
Levy
Speaker of the Knesset,
Israel
Hon. Dr. Tevi D.
Troy
U.S. Deputy Secretary of
Health and Human Services
Rabbi Joseph
Telushkin
Renowned Author and Lecturer
Hon. Anne
Neuberger
Deputy National Security Advisor
of the United States
Hon. Solomon
Passy
Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
Hon. Cory
Booker
U.S. Senator
Joshua S.
Gottheimer
U.S. Representative
Mr. Itzhak
Perlman
Violin Vitruoso
Hon. Joseph I.
Lieberman
Chairman,
U.S. Senate Homeland Security
Government Affairs Committee
Hon. George W.
Bush
President of the United States
Hon. Kevin
McCarthy
Speaker,
U.S. House of Representatives
Rav Israel Meir
Lau
Chief Rabbi of Israel
Hon. Newt
Gingrich
Speaker,
U.S. House of Representatives
Hon. Michael
Chertoff
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
Hon. Ronald S.
Lauder
President,
World Jewish Congress
H.E. David
Ivri
Ambassador of Israel
to the US
Hon. Natan
Sharansky
Human Rights Activist
Congressional Gold Medal Recipient
Hon. Dr. Dov S.
Zakheim
Comptroller of the Pentagon
Amb. Deborah
Lipstadt
Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies, Emory University
Hon. Jeremy B.
Bash
Chief of Staff, Department of Defense
Hon. Marcus
Solomon
Supreme Court Justice
Perth, Australia
Hon. Rick
Scott
U.S. Senator
Hon. Shelley
Berkley
U.S. Representative (D-NV)
Mr. William C.
Daroff
CEO, Conference of Presidents of
Major Jewish Organizations
Hon. John C.
Lewis
U.S. House Democratic Leadership
Hon. Bill
Clinton
President of the United States
Hon. John A.
Boehner
Speaker,
U.S. House of Representatives
Rabbi Yehuda
Krinsky
Chairman,
Merkos Linyonei Chinuch
Hon. Richard J.
Durbin
Majority Whip,
U.S. Senate
Hon. Richard W.
Riley
U.S. Secretary of Education
Mr. George
Stephanopoulos
Counselor to the President
H.E. Michael
Oren
Ambassador of Israel
to the US
HE Michael
Herzog
Ambassador of Israel
to the United States
Hon. Lee
Zeldin
Administrator of the EPA
Mr. Dennis
Prager
American Talk Show Host
Hon. Norm L.
Eisen
Special Ethics Counsel,
The White House
Hon. Linda
Lingle
Governor of Hawaii
Hon. Ted
Cruz
U.S. Senator
Hon. Ted
Deutch
Chair,
U.S. House Ethics Committee
Mr. Stephen J.
Trachtenberg
President, GW University
Hon. Eliot
Engel
Chairman,
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee