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