Writers from around the globe including Lee Child (creator of Jack Reacher), Bernard Henri-Lévy (Philosopher and Author), Herta Müller (Author, Poet, and Nobel Prize Award Winner), Sir Simon Schama (Historian and Author), Howard Jacobson (Booker Prize-winning Author), Simon Sebag Montefiore (Historian and Author), Adam Gopnik (Writer), Yossi Klein Halevi (Author), David Mamet (Author & Pulitzer Prize Winner), Elfriede Jelinek (Author and Nobel Prize Award Winner) join entertainment leaders, Mayim Bialik, Debra Messing, Julianna Margulies, Scooter Braun, Haim Saban, Ynon Kreiz, Ozzy Osbourne, and Gene Simmons, amongst many others, to reject boycotts against authors and literary institutions.
LOS ANGELES (October 30, 2024) — More than 1000 leaders from the literary and entertainment industry signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) in support of freedom of expression and against discriminatory boycotts.
The letter comes in response to continued efforts to boycott, harass, and scapegoat Jewish and Israeli authors and literary institutions. Among the signatories are Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Booker Prize winners.
Booker Prize-winning author, Howard Jacobson said: “Art is the antithesis to a political party. It is a meeting place not an echo chamber. Art explores, discovers, differs, questions and surprises. Precisely where a door should be forever open, the boycotters slam it closed.”
Recent calls to boycott Israeli literary institutions follow a year filled with efforts to demonize and ostracize Jewish authors across the globe. In the last year, bookstore appearances have been canceled based on authors’ identities and book readings have been shut down. Activists have publicized lists of “Zionist” authors to harass and just last week, ads for a book with ‘Israel’ in the title were rejected.
Author of the Jack Reacher novel series, Lee Child said: “Politically targeting novelists, authors, and publishing houses based on their nationality is misguided. At a time when dialogue is paramount and when compromise can lead to peace, castigation and blanket boycotts are counterproductive. The written word, and the dissemination of it, must always be protected, especially in times of heightened tension. And to achieve peace, we must humanize one another and build bridges across communities through the open exchange of ideas. Literature allows for that. Boycotts hinder it.”
The letter highlights the unique role that writers and books play in society, “We believe that writers, authors, and books — along with the festivals that showcase them — bring people together, transcend boundaries, broaden awareness, open dialogue, and can affect positive change.” It continues, “We believe that anyone who works to subvert this spirit merely adds yet another roadblock to freedom, justice, equality, and peace that we all desperately desire.”
Actress and Author Mayim Bialik said, “Harassing authors, canceling bookstore appearances, and boycotting people based solely on their identity is disturbing and polarizing in ways that cannot be dismissed or minimized. Attempts to dictate “who” or “what” should be published have nothing to do with any path to coexistence or peace. This kind of rhetoric encourages demonization and hatred. As an author and as a creative, I believe in peace, I believe in humanity, and I believe in meaningful discourse. Silencing and sowing discord in this way reduces complex individuals to oversimplified caricatures which only hardens existing hostility and makes the hope for peace inch farther away.”
Philosopher and Author Bernard-Henri Lévy said: “I have always believed in the power of ideas and truth. I have always been in favor of debate, clash of opinions, even the confrontation of convictions. But what we have here is not a clash of opinions or a debate. Boycotting Israeli writers, publishers and festivals is pure anti-Semitism – and it’s anti-democratic and dangerous. The goal of this boycott is the delegitimization of the only Jewish state in the world—Israel. It is a moral obscenity and must be firmly condemned by all free-thinking and democratic citizens of the world.”
Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore said: “The resort to witch hunt is always dangerous and ugly especially when the inquisitors are writers. History is full of examples of self-righteous cadres of self-appointed judges who tried to enforce their version of purity by excluding people. Whatever one thinks of this tragic Middle Eastern war, who judges who is good, who bad? Once started where would it stop? Who is pure enough?”
The statement is the first of its kind – a call from the literature and entertainment community to unequivocally voice support against boycott attempts based on identity or litmus test.
The letter states: “Regardless of one’s views on the current conflict, boycotts of creatives and creative institutions simply create more divisiveness and foment further hatred.” The letter concludes: “We call on our friends and colleagues worldwide to join us in expressing their support for Israeli and Jewish publishers, authors, and all book festivals, publishers, and literary agencies that refuse to capitulate to censorship based on identity or litmus tests.”
CCFP Executive Director Ari Ingel said, “Authors, writers, and literary groups have faced non-stop harassment by a dedicated group of illiberal activists since October 7th. This is not just about Israeli authors. This is a coordinated campaign to bully and threaten anyone who refuses to condemn Israel, which targets Jews and their allies worldwide. These boycott calls, now being led by members of the literary community themselves, are reminiscent of the 1933 boycott of Jewish authors, when antisemites burned over 25,000 books. The works of Jewish authors like Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, alongside American works by Ernest Hemingway and Helen Keller were burned. This is where things are once again headed.”
Signatories Include:
Howard Jacobson, Booker Prize-winning Author; Lee Child, Author; Mayim Bialik, Actress & Author; Dr. Simon Sebag Montefiore, Historian and Author; Bernard-Henri Lévy, Philosopher and Author; Sir Simon Schama, Historian and Author; Yossi Klein Halevi, Author; Elfriede Jelinek, Playwright, Author and Nobel Prize Award Winner; David Mamet, Author & Pulitzer Prize Winner; Ozzy Osbourne, Artist and Author; Sharon Osbourne, Author, Manager, TV Personality; Herta Müller, Author and Nobel Prize Winner; Dara Horn, Author; Debra Messing, Actress, Gene Simmons, Author & Artist; Julianna Margulies; Actress; Jerry O’Connell, Actor; Douglas Murray, Author; Scooter Braun, Founder/CEO, Hybe America, Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.; Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group; Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records; Sherry Lansing, Former CEO of Paramount Pictures; Rick Rosen, Co-Founder, Endeavor; Jenji Kohan, Writer/Producer; Adam Gopnik, Writer; Deborah Harris, The Deborah Harris Agency; Diane Warren, Songwriter; Anders Rydell, Author; Ilya Kaminsky, Author and Poet; Elisa Albert, Author; Aayan Hirsi Ali, Author; Lionel Shriver, Author; Noreena Hertz Author; Sir Niall Ferguson Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Author; Rebecca De Mornay, Actress; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Actress; Amy Sherman-Palladino, Writer and Producer; Matti Friedman, Author; Neil Blair, Partner, The Blair Partnership; Anthony Julius, Attorney and Author; Gail Simmons, Author; Ben Silverman; Chairman & Co-CEO, Propagate Content; Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize Winner; Brett Gelman, Actor/Writer/Author/Comedian; Fernando Szew, President, Fox Entertainment Harlen Coben, Author; Jeff Garlin, Actor; David Draiman, Artist, Disturbed Frontman; Jaime King, Actress; Jonny Greenwood, Musician, Radiohead; Sam Harris, Author, Neuroscientist, PEN Award Winner; David Lagercrantz, Author; Joel Fields, Showrunner; Gary Barber, Executive, amongst many others.
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FULL OPEN LETTER
We, the undersigned writers, authors, and entertainment industry professionals reject the calls to boycott Israeli and Jewish writers, publishers, authors, book festivals and literary agencies, along with those who support, work with, or platform them.
We continue to be shocked and disappointed to see members of the literary community harass and ostracize their colleagues because they don’t share a one-sided narrative in response to the greatest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
Israel is fighting existential wars against Hamas and Hezbollah, both US, UK, and European Union designated terrorist groups.
The exclusion of anyone who doesn’t unilaterally condemn Israel is an inversion of morality and an obfuscation of reality.
History is full of examples of self-righteous sects, movements and cults who have used short-lived moments of power to enforce their vision of purity, to persecute, exclude, boycott and intimidate those with whom they disagreed, who made lists of people with ‘bad’ views, who burned ‘sinful’ books (and sometimes ‘sinful’ people).
Over the past year, planned bookstore appearances by Jewish authors have been canceled, ads for books about Israel have been rejected, book readings have been shut down, literary groups have been targeted, and activists have publicized lists of “Zionist” authors to harass.
The instincts and motivations behind cultural boycotts, in practice and throughout history, are directly in opposition to the liberal values most writers hold sacred.
Boycotts against authors and those who work with them is illiberal and dangerous.
In fact, we believe that writers, authors, and books — along with the festivals that showcase them — bring people together, transcend boundaries, broaden awareness, open dialogue, and can affect positive change.
We believe that anyone who works to subvert this spirit merely adds yet another roadblock to freedom, justice, equality, and peace that we all desperately desire.
Regardless of one’s views on the current conflict, boycotts of creatives and creative institutions simply create more divisiveness and foment further hatred.We call on our friends and colleagues worldwide to join us in expressing their support for Israeli and Jewish publishers, authors, and all book festivals, publishers, and literary agencies that refuse to capitulate to censorship based on identity or litmus tests.
** Note – The signers of this statement do so as individuals on their own behalf and not on behalf of their companies or organizations. All organizations and companies listed are for affiliation purposes only.
SIGNED
Ari Ingel, Executive Director, Creative Community for Peace
Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO/Co-Chairman, Warner Records
Tiran Aakel, Actor
Lucy Abrahams, Literary Scout
Jon Acker, Musician/Composer
Marty Adelstein, CEO, Tomorrow Studios
Corie Adjmi, Writer
Jenny Afia, Partner and Solicitor Advocate, Schillings
Elisa Albert, Novelist
David Alberts, Co-Founder, BeenThereDoneThat
Alexandra Aldrich, Author
Rotem Alima, Executive Producer, Rotem Alima Productions
Tamar Almor, Full Professor, The College of Management
Robert Alter, Writer, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Sherry Amatenstei, Author/Psychotherapist
Maya Amrami, Artist
Rebecca Amsellem, Author, Gloria Media
Melissa Amster, Book Publicist
Jillian Apfelbaum, EVP Film, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group
Sarah Aroeste, Author
Sarah Aronson, Author
Bennett Arron, Author
Robert Asahina, Author
Anne-Marie Asner, Producer & Author
Jeff Astrof, TV Writer/Producer
Moran Atias, Actor/Writer, Nine Images
Shira Atik, Poet and Translator
Eve Attermann, Literary Agent, WME
Joshua Azouz, Playwright
Jenny Lyn Bader, Playwright & Author
Jill Baer, Screenwriter
Andrea Ballas, VP Comms, CBS
Craig Balsam, Producer
Varda Bar-Kar, Director-Producer, Wild Rose Pictures
Don Barak, Filmmaker and Author, Don Barak Productions
Julie Barer, Literary Agent
Eve Barlow, Writer, Blacklisted
Cody Barnes, Actor
Archie Baron, Filmmaker and Author, Wingspan Productions
Lisa Barr, Author
Jackie Barrie, A&R, Jackie Barrie Entertainment
Nicole Barrs, Author
Fred Barton, Composer/Arranger
Will Barton, Actor
Yosef Baskin, Author
Richard Baskind, Partner, Simons Muirhead Burton LLP
Judy Batalion, Author
Elisa Baum, Writer
Brian Baumgartner, Actor, Writer
Jaime Becker, Event Producer
Gina Bellman, Actor
Shahar Ben Halevi, Author, Cornfield Media
Aton Ben-Horin, EVP, A&R, Warner Music Group and CEO, Plush Management
Jessica Benhamou, Director
Steven Bensusan, President, Blue Note Entertainment Group
Susie Berg, Sensitivity Reader, Writer, Consultant
Ram Bergman, Producer, T-Street
Johanna Berkman, Journalist
Adam Berkowitz, President and Founder, Lenore Entertainment Group
Mickey Berman, Partner/Agent, UTA
Paul Berman, Writer
Arnie Bernstein, Writer/Teacher/Speaker
Donna Bertaccini, Journalist
Paul Besterman, Actor
Mayim Bialik, Actor, Author
Sharon Bialy, Casting Director, Bialy/Thomas & Associates
Annelise Bianchini, Actor/Writer/Producer
Frances Bildner, Managing Director, Creative Wiz Kids
Julie Bindel, Writer
Josh Binder, Founding Partner, Rothenberg Mohr & Binder, LLP
Klaus Bittermann, Publisher and Writer, Edition Tiamat, Berlin
Sylvain Bitton, Entrepreneur
Georgie Black, Arts Patron
Madeleine Black, Author
Lori Blackman-Master, Supervising Producer/Head of Talent, NBC TSJF
Jonathan Blair, Partner, Simkins LLP
Neil Blair, Partner, The Blair Partnership
Sarah Blake, Author
Keren Blankfeld, Author
Jeanne Blasberg, Author
Diana Bletter, Writer, Times of Israel
Susan Blumberg-Kason, Author, The Artists Against Antisemitism
Evan Bogart, Songwriter & CEO, Seeker Music
Zoe Bohm, Publisher
David Bolchover, Writer
Joseph Bonn, Film Music Editor
Bob Bookman, Producer/Literary Manager, Smarty Pants Ventures, Inc.
John Boyne, Author
Frédéric Brahami, Author, Directeur d’études, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris
Scooter Braun, Founder/CEO, Hybe America
Jamie Brenner, Novelist
Jonathan Brent, Hiss Professor of History and Literature, Bard College
Howard Bressler, Author
Paul Brest, Professor Emeritus, Stanford Law School
Kate Brookes, Author
Caroline Brower, Author, Caroline Freedman Personal Training
Jennifer S. Brown, Writer
Rebecca Bruckenstein, Author/Editor
David Buchwald, Assistant Director
Benjamin Budde, CEO, Budde Group
Zeeva Bukai, Writer/Novelist, published by Delphinium Books
Julie Burchill, Writer
Paul Burger, CEO, Soho Artists
David Byrnes, Partner, Ziffren Brittenham
Stuart Cabb, Managing Director, Plum Pictures
Beverley Calvert, Artist
Emily Cameron, Manager, EmCam Arts
Michelle Cameron, Author
Emma Canning, Company Director, Engers Portelli
Allard Cantor, Partner, Epicenter
Inti Carboni, First Assistant Director
Talia Carner, Novelist, HarperCollins
Mike Carr, Producer
Liane Carter, Author
Geoffrey Charin, Author
Richard Charkin, Publisher
Phyllis Chesler, Author, Emerita Professor of Psychology
David Chesnoff, Partner, Chesnoff and Schonfeld
Lee Child, Author
Lee Child, Author
Historian Chinn, Co-founder/Producer, Lightbox
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Author, Journalist
Emmanuelle Chriqui, Actress
Claudia Clare, Artist and Writer
Sarah Claxton, Author
Adam Cohen, Head of Development, Noah Media Group
Danny Cohen, Entertainment Investor, Access Entertainment
Gary Cohen, Writer & Filmmaker
Kate Cohen, Producer/Director, Straight Up Films
Sharon Cohen, CMO, Common Sense Networks
Sir Ronald Cohen, Author/Businessman
Tanya Cohen, Partner, Range Media Partners
Hazel Collins, Company Director, Hazel Collins Design
Rosie Collins, TV Development, Miramax
Nina Colman, Writer
Jonathan Conway, Literary Agent
Raye Cosbert, Managing Director, Metropolis Music
Ben Cosgrove, CEO, Leviathan Productions
Paul Craig, Manager, Nostromo Management
Pamela Crystal, Co-Chair, BFAMI
Leah Cypess, Author
Miriam Dagan, Journalist
JR Dahan, Writer, Author
Christina Dalcher, Author
Linda Dangoor, Author
Sarah Darer Littman, Author
CJ Daugherty, Author
Sye Davidson, TV Producer
Doug Davis, Founder, The Davis Firm
Mirelle Davis, Artist Manager, Wind Up Bird Ltd
Kat Davis Solomon, Author
Shula Daws, Development Producer, Plum Pictures
Will Daws, Managing Director, Plum Pictures
Rebecca De Mornay, Actress/Director
Jamie Denbo, Writer/Producer, ABC
Reinhard Denke, Screenwriter, Amicus Pictures
Deborah Desser, Author/Writer, TULU PUB LLC
Leanne Deutch, Talent Producer, 16 Mile Talent
Benjamin Deyo, Author
Avi Diamond, Director, Film/TV Sync, Warner Music Canada
Laura Dodsworth, Author
Naomi Donne, Make Up Designer Film/TV/Theatre
Craig Dorfman, Talent Manager/Producer, Frontline Management
Rachel Douglas, Manager
David Draiman, Frontman, Disturbed
Erika Dreifus, Author
Wendy Dreskin, Author, Retired Journalist
William Dreskin, Author, Photographer, Musician
Jeremy Drysdale, Screenwriter, big:bam:boo:film:tv
Eli Eban, Professor, Jacobs School of Music
Linda Edell Howard, Lawyer, Edell Howard Enterprises LLC
Lisa Edelstein, Actor, Filmmaker
Zehara Eden, Business Affairs, WME
Angela Edwards, Artist
Sarah Einstein, Writer
Jessica Elbaum, Producer, Gloria Sanchez Productions
George Eltman, Senior Editor, The Deborah Harris Agency
Craig Emanuel, Ryan Murphy Productions
Dvora Englefield, Head of Music Artist Strategy, WME
Andrea Epstein, Communications Executive, CBS Studios
Estelle Erasmus, Journalist
Josh Erlick, Dramatherapist
Michael Etherton, Chief Executive, UK Jewish Film
Samantha Ettus, Author
Rami “Kosha Dillz” Even-Esh, Hip Hop Artist/Comic
Blake Ezra, Photographer and Writer, Blake-Ezra Photography Ltd.
Robert Faggen, Ph.D., Author
David Faigenblum, Producer, Concept Entertainment
Sharon Farber, Composer, Score by Score Music
Miriam Farbey, Author
Eric Feig, Attorney, Feig Finkel LLP
Lisa Feldsher, Partner/Writer, Mind Over Media
Patti Felker, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP
Anne Fenton, Chair, Lumina Search
Jacob Fenton, Partner, UTA
Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford
Ken Fermaglich, Partner, United Talent Agency
Amy Ferris, Author
Lauren Feuer, Author
Michael Feuer, Dean, George Washington University
Ruchama Feuerman, Author
Rachel Fidler, Actor/Producer, Echoes
Molly Fiedler, Producer, Klazer Consulting
Ross Filler, Artist, Remedy
Ellen Filreis, Author, Petits Trésors
Emma Fine, Scripted Coordinator, Cineflix
Karen Fine, Author
Larry Finlay, Retired Managing Director, Transworld/Penguin Random House
Sholly Fisch, Author
Debbie Reed Fischer, Author
Richard Fischoff, Producer
David Fishof, CEO, Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp
Wayne Fitterman, Partner, WME
Olga Flor, Author
Dr. Amanda Foreman, FRSA, Historian, Columnist, Presenter
Michael Foster, Economist, Fostermco Limited
Andrew Fox, Author
Emily Fox Kaplan, Author
Seth Fradkoff, Marketing, AmazonMGM Studios
Julia Franck, Novelist and Essayist
Alli Frank, Author, Alli and Asha Productions
Valerie Frankel, Author
Shulamit R Frankel Rudowski, Artist
Jordan Frazes, Founder, FRAZES CREATIVE
Stacey Freed, Writer
Dov Freedman, CEO, Curious Films
Hilary Freeman, Writer
Ariel Frenkel, Actor/Filmmaker
Jacqueline Friedland, Author
Adina Friedman, Manager, Artist House
Aimee Friedman, Author
Daryl Friedman, Former Chief Advocacy and Industry Relations Officer, Recording Academy
Matti Friedman, Author
Matt Gallagher, Author
Cecile Ganansia, Founder Director, Canopy Collections
Siri Garber, CEO, Platform Public Relations
David Gardner, President, Artists First
Jeff Garlin, Comedian
Nancy Gates, Partner, UTA
Charlie Gatsky Sinclair, President of Brands & Entertainment, Uncommon Creative Studio
Julie Gelfand, Associate Director
Danielle Geller, Author
Brett Gelman, Actor/Writer/Author/Comedian, Jaddy Inc.
Yfat Reiss Gendell, Literary Agent, YRG Partners
Andrew Genger, Manager, Red Light Management
Ilse Gerhardt, Journalistin, Autorin, Veranstalterin vo0n Kulturevents, Sängerin jiddischer Liedkultur, IG Literatur Kärnten
Geula Geurts, Literary and Foreign Rights Agent, Deborah Harris Agency
Adina Gewirtz, Author
Jessica Ghitis, Writer/Educator, Museum of Tolerance
Stuart Gibbs, Author
Joe Gibson, Author
Gary Ginsberg, Author, Partner, 25madison
Karen Glaser, Features Editor, Jewish Chronicle
Udi Glaser, Guitar Composer
Jaimie Glasson, Executive Producer
Ben Gleib, TV Host, The Young Turks
David Glick, Founder, Edge Media
John Glusman, Vice President and Executive Editor, W.W. Norton & Company
Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, Artist
Bracha Goetz, Author, Growing IMPACT Publications
Margarita Gokun Silver, Author
Judy Gold, Author, Comedian
Julie Gold, Screenwriter
Justine Gold, Deputy Head of Marketing, Simon & Schuster UK
Trudy Gold, Educational Programmer and Lecturer, Lockdown University
Lee Goldberg, Author
Natalie Goldberg, Producer
Rachel Goldberg, Director
Harriett Goldenberg, Psychotherapist, Trainer and Author
Victoria Goldman, Author
Ben Goldsmith, Chief Executive, Menhaden Plc
Zac Goldsmith, Politician
Cary Goldstein, Publisher, Bloom
Dana Leslie Goldstein, Playwright/Lyricist/Librettist, Theater Garden, Ltd.
Michael Goldwasser, President, Easy Star Records
Adam Goldworm, CEO & Founder, Aperture Entertainment
Robert Golenberg, President, SLE
Jonathan Golfman, Co-President Film, MRC
Lynne Golodner, Author, Scotia Road Books
Nora Gomringer, Author
Thea Goodman, Author
Dana Goodyear, Author, Journalist, Podcast Host,
Siam Goorwich, Writer
Adam Gopnik, Author
Dan Gordon, Author/Screenwriter/Playwriter/Director
Howard Gordon, Author/Television Writer
Michael Gordon, Agent, Creative Artists Agency
C. Gordon, Author
Jordan B Gorfinkel, Author/Artist
Franklyn Gottbetter, Producer, Creative Necessity, Inc
Diane Gottlieb, Author
Andrew Gould, President, Music Publishing, Roc Nation
Manick Govinda, Arts Writer, Curator, Artist’s Mentor
Neil Grant, Executive Producer
Michael Gray, Producer, Carmaklyn Productions Inc.
David Greenberg, Historian, Writer, Professor, Rutgers University
Jeff Greenberg, TV Lit Agent/Senior VP, Gersh
Scott Greenberg, Manager and Partner, LBI Entertainment
Steve Greenberg, Founder/CEO, S-Curve Records
Jan Greenfield, Author
Yardenne Greenspan, Literary Translator, Writer
Melissa Greenwood, Writer
Naomi Greenwood, Editor
Heidi Grey, Writer
Elvira Gross, Editor
Tom Gross, Writer & TV Journalist
Gabriel Grossman, Author
Sabine Gruber, Author
Marc Guggenheim, Writer/Producer, Legalscribe Entertainment, Inc.
Allyson Gur-Aryeh, Writer
Michael Gurin, Author
Georgia Gwynne Gruber, Writer, Darklight Entertainment
Stacy Hackner, Lecturer, UCL
Roya Hakakian, Writer and Public Scholar, Moynihan Center, CCNY
Miriam Halahmy, Author
Martine Halban, Director, Halban Publishers
Simon Halfon, Producer, Nemperor Ltd
Rachel Hall, Writer/Professor, SUNY
Vicky Hamburger, Executive Producer
Emily Hamilon, Producer
Kenny Hamilton, Music Executive/Entrepreneur, CSH Management Group, Inc
Alison Hammer, Author, Berkley (Penguin Random House)
Rachel Harow, Writer
Rebecca Harper, Artist and Associate Lecturer, UAL
Richard Harper, Writer and Lecturer
Deborah Harris, Director, The Deborah Harris Agency
Lynn Harris, Producer, 6th & Idaho
Ronnie Harris, Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP
Toby Harris, Director, 100% Records
Harris Hartman, Partner, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern LLP
Kelly Hartog, Author
Ariana Harwicz, Author
David Hazony, Author, Director and Senior Fellow, Z3 Institute for Jewish Priorities
Murray Hecht, Actor
Wendy Heller, Lawyer, Heller Law Group
Jeffrey Herf, Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus, Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park
David Herman, Director, Double Shot Films
Andrej Hermlin, Bandleader and Musician
Jaime Herndon, Writer and Editor
Elisheva Herrera, Executive Director, The American Jewish Theatre
Noreena Hertz, Writer
Henry Herz, Author
Laurina Hildering, Writer, Pentaprogram
Sarah Hildering, Director, Dance & Electronic, Universal Music Group
David Hirsh, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Madison Hirshberg, Manager, Netflix
Aayan Hirsi Ali, Writer, Activist and Former Politician
Kitty Hoffman, Author
Bruce Hoffman, FRHistS, Author, Center for Jewish Civilization & Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University
Barbara Honigmann, Author
Jessamyn Hope, Author/Novelist
Jill Hoppenheim, Producer
Dara Horn, Author
Simon Horne, Executive Producer
Anna Horowitz, Agent, WME
Joanne Horowitz, Talent Manager/Producer, Joanne Horowitz Management
Sammy Horowitz, Writer/Producer
Louis Huglin, Senior Counsel, Entertainment Law
Gregg Hurwitz, Novelist
Ed Husain, Author
Frank Hyman, Author
Eva Illouz, Professor and Author, EHESS
Rich “BournRich” Ingram, Artist
Jess Irish, Associate Professor of Media Arts & Design, Parsons School of Design
Judy Ironside MBE, Founder and President, UK Jewish Film
David K. Israel, Composer and Author
Davina Jackson, Artist
Meredith Jacobs, Author
Howard Jacobson, Novelist and Journalist
Neil Jacobson, Founder, Hallwood Media
Michèle Jaffé-Pearce, Artist
Jonathan Jakubowicz, Writer & Director, Epicentral Studios
Brenda Janowitz, Writer
Agnes Jarek, Producer
Edie Jarolim, Author
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Actress
Elfriede Jelinek, Playwright and Novelist (2004 Nobel Prize in Literature),
Tiffany Jenkins, Writer and Author
Jennifer Joel, Agent, CAA
Marti Johns, Author
Sara Johnson, Access Consultant, Casarotto
Alden Jones, Writer
Anthony Julius, Author
Heather Kadin, President, Scripted Television, Range Media Partners
Jonathan Kadin, Producer
Moshe Kahn, Literary Translator
Tami Kamin Meyer, Writer
Ilya Kaminsky, Author
Elaine Kandel, Makeup Artist
Avram Butch Kaplan, Producer, Mase Kaplan Produtions, Inc./Jamsea Productions, Inc.
Michael Kaplan, Writer-Producer
Mitchell James Kaplan, Author, Simon & Schuster
Jaime Eliezer Karas, Director/Writer/Producer, Traveling Republic of Karasovia
Dorian Karchmar, Literary Agent, WME
Jeremy Kareken, Writer/Actor, No Monkey LLC
Kimberly Karp, Writer
D Kasriel, Author & Editor
Alejandro Katz, Publisher
Hayley Katz, Media Lawyer, ZH
Zach Katz, CEO & Co-Founder, Fixated
David Christopher Kaufman, Columnist and Books Editor, New York Post
Eve Kay, Executive Producer
Rosie Kay, Choreographer, K2Co/Director, Freedom in the Arts
Ysabel Kaye, Set Decoration Buyer, Jackson River Films Ltd
Shirit Kedae, Journalist
Karen Kedmey, Editor
Richard Kemp, UK-AWIS
Tony Kent, Author
Mary Gordon Kerr, Author, High Tide Publishing, LLC
Erica Keswin, Author, OPR LK
Keya Khayatian, Agent, UTA
Justice Kibbe, Filmmaker
Harper Kincaid, Author
James Kirchick, Author
Michelle Kirschner-Grant, Producer
Sharon Klaff, , Campaign4Truth
Yossi Klein Halevi, Writer, Shalom Hartman Institute
Sam Kling, Chief Creative Officer, SESAC
Ann Koffsky, Author
Keetgi Kogan Steinberg, Writer/Producer, ITP
David Kohan, TV Writer/Producer/Showrunner, Komut Entertainment
Jenji Kohan, Writer, Showrunner, Tilted Productions
Marc Koralnik, Literary Agent, Lipman Agency
Tally Koren, Singer-Songwriter
Zoe Korsner, Production Executive
Kym Kovary, Musician/Video Creator/Radio Show Host
Mark Krais, Lawyer
Esther Krakue, Journalist and Writer
Enrique Krauze, Editor, Letras Libres
Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.
Jacob Krichefski, Actor
Michael Kuhn, Chair, Qwerty Films Ltd
Roger Kumble, Director
Joshua Kuperard, Publisher, Bravo Ltd
Ilana Kurshan, Author, The Deborah Harris Agency
Susan Kusel, Author, Librarian
David Kustow, Trustee, BFI Trust
Lindsay Kutner, Agent, Revolution Talent
Rob Kutner, Writer
julia Kuttner, Writer/Reporter
Adi Lahat, Actress
Tova Laiter, Producer, Avida Entertainment
Deborah Lakritz, Author
Nicole Lampert, Writer
Anita Land, Director, Anita Land Ltd
Dana Landman, Manager
Sherry Lansing, Philanthropist, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Jen Lanter, Artistic Director, Shtarkcontrast
Lihi Lapid, Author, HarperCollins US & Ketter Publishing Israel
Estelle Lasher, President, Lasher Group Talent Management
Maya Lasker Wallfisch, Author
Keith Lauchlan, Publisher, Hendon Press
Dirk Laucke, Author
Danielle Lauren, CEO, Future Proofing Storytelling
Byrd Leavell, Co-head of Publishing, UTA
Marcus Leaver, Founder and Group Publisher, Gemini Books Group
Caroline Leavitt, Author, Algonquin Books
Adam LeBor, Author
Norman Lebrecht, Author
Stefanie Leder, Writer
Steve Leder, Rabbi and NY Times Bestselling Author, Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Debby Lee, TV Executive, Debby Lee Associates
Marsha Lee, Writer
Teddy Leifer, Producer, Rise Films
Paula Lejbowicz, Publishing Lawyer
Matti Leshem, Producer
Lisa Leshne, Business Owner, Literary Agent, The Leshne Agency
Beverley Lester, Author
Colin Lester OBE, Founder/Chairman JEM Music Group
Elliott Lester, Director, Millwall
Efrat Lev, Foreign Rights Director, The Deborah Harris Agency
David Levene, TV Producer, Full House Media
Mark Levenson, Author
Michael Leventhal, Publisher, Green Bean Books
Elliot Levey, Actor
Gilli Levi, Director, Salisbury Group Limited
Monica Levinson, Producer, All of Us
Josh Levs, Host, They Stand Corrected
Caroline Levy, Producer, Carno Productions
David Levy, CEO, Back Nine Ventures
David Levy, Former President of Turner/WarnerMedia and Co-CEO / Founder, Horizon Sports & Experiences
Miranda Levy, Journalist and Author
Yael Levy, Author
Bernard-Henri Lévy, Philosopher and Author
Dassi Lewis, Journalist, Jewish Link
Stephanie Lewis, Creative Executive
Aliza Licht, Founder, Author, and Podcaster, Leave Your Mark
Nina Lichtenstein, Author, Maine Writers Studio
Sean Liebowitz, Agent
Koura Linda, Founder & CEO, Space Dream Productions
Graham Linehan, TV Writer and Director, Journalist,
Susie Linfield, Professor, New York University
Maureen Lipman, Actress/Writer
Jonathan Lipsey, Songwriter, Sony Music
Vivian Liska, Professor, University of Antwerp
Stephanie Liss, Playwright/Artistic Director, The American Jewish Theatre
David Lonner, CEO, The David Lonner Company
Dany Louise, Singer-Songwriter
Howard Lovy, Author, Howard Lovy LLC
Sidura Ludwig, Author
Gabriela Lugo, Writer/Director/Producer, Revek Entertainment
Jane Lush, TV Executive/Former BAFTA Chair, Kalooki Pictures
Alexandra Machinist, Agent, CAA
Sue Macy, Author
Ben Maddahi, President, Unrestricted Publishing & Mgmt
Juliana Maio, Author, Lighthouse Productions
Orly Malka, Publishing Associate, Kuperard
David Mamet, Playwright, Filmmaker, and Author
Gabriel Mann, Composer
Renske Mann, Author
Arnon Manor, Senior Vice President, Visual Effects, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Natalie Marciano, Producer, Rebel Entertainment
Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA
Ashlee Margolis, Founder, The A List
Judith Margolis, Creative Director, Bright Idea Books
Julianna Margulies, Author
Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide
Josh Marlowe, Owner, Hafadai Inc
Winston Marshall, Musician
Nicholas Martin, Screenwriter
Alex Marwood, Author
Estelle Maslen, Musician
Fiorella Massey MBE, Author
Mara Maxfield, VP, Global Brand Partnerships, Warner Bros. Pictures
Josann McGibbon, Screenwriter
Barry McPherson, Exec VP of Talent, Independent Artist Group
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Professor of History, The New School
Robert Menasse, Author
Debra Messing, Actor/Producer
Nicholas Meyer, Author
Susan Meyer, Professor/Author, Wellesley College
Sonya Michel, Professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies Emerita, University of Maryland, College Park
Harriet Levin Millan, Author, Drexel University
Ali Millar, Author
Laurence Miller, Theatre Producer, Nimax Theatres
Michele Miller, Writer
Sharon Miller-Gold, Foreign Rights Director, Bonnier Books UK
Avishai Milstein, Author & Director
Judith Minkove, Author
Yehudah Mirsky, Author
Keren Misgav, Theatre Producer
Daniel Mizrachi, Director, London Film School
Fonya Mondell, Producer/Director, Fonfilm Productions
Bel Mooney, Journalist and Author, Daily Mail
Charlie Moore, Producer, Filmstein
Roger Moorhouse MA, FRHistS, Writer and Historian
Georgina Morelle, Head Agent, Smile Casting Talent Agency
Melvyn Morley, Author and Playwright
Ros Morris, Author/Historian
Tony Morris, Media Lawyer, LEVEL
Karen Morse, Screenwriter
Patrick Moss, Writer, Moroccan Boychik
Deke Moulton, Author
Herta Muller, Nobel Prize Laureate,
Douglas Murray, Author
Masimba Musodza, Author
Melissa Myers, Producer, MM Media
Talia Myers, TV Agent, UTA
Silvia Nacamulli, Author
Monica Nagler Wittgenstein, Literary Critic
Ruby Namdar, Author
DJ Nash, Writer/Director/Producer, Next Thing You Know Productions
Lori Nash, Managing Editor, Metascience
Nicole Nathan, Author
Sam Neal, Editor
Kasia Neiman, Producer, RatPac Entertainment
Constanze Neumann, Author
David Nevins, Producer
Adam Newman, Director, Aramima Capital Ltd
Anne Newman, Editor
Elizabeth Newman, Partner/Manager, Literate Management & Production
Lesléa Newman, Author
Stacy Nockowitz, Author
Amanda Norman, Children’s Book Designer, Mandy Norman Designs
Lisa Nupoff, Manager, iminmusic management
Sara Nuss-Galles, Writer
Jerry O’Connell, Actor/Host
Tracy Ann Oberman, Actress and Playwright
Gary Ogin, Scriptwriter, Motif Productions
Daniela Olsen, Director, Obsidian Eye
Cosh Omar, Actor/Writer
John Ondrasik, Five for Fighting
Judith Ornstein, Author
Ozzy Osbourne, Artist and Author
Sharon Osbourne, Music Manager, Television Host, and Author
Ilan Ossendryver, Photojournalist, Ic-creations
Anya Ostrovskaia, Theatre Director
Hendrik Otremba, Author
Lizzie Oved Scheja, Executive Director, Jewish Culture in Sweden
Zibby Owens, CEO, Zibby Media
Fania Oz-Salzberger, Author, Professor, University of Haifa
Cynthia Ozick, Writer
Scott Packman, Founder and Managing Member, SSP Partners LLC
Hynek Pallas, Author
Jonathan Papernick, Assistant Professor, Emerson College
Sarah Passick, Literary Agent
David Patrikarakos, Author and Journalist
Leo Pearlman, Managing Partner, Fulwell 73
Rozemarijn Pegt, Actor/Writer
Esmeralda Peleman, CEO, Peleman
Sarah Pelz, Executive Editor, HarperCollins
David Permut, Producer, Permut Presentations, Inc.
Gillian Philip, Writer
Linda Phillips Ashour, Author
Daniel Pinder, Music Editor
Mark Pinkus, President, Rhino Records
Ronit Plank, Writer/Teacher/Editor/Podcaster
Jonah Platt, Host, Being Jewish with Jonah Platt
Robert HP Platz, Composer
Wendy Plaut, SVP, Music & Celebrity Talent, Paramount Global
Agnets Pleijel, Author
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Author and Activist
Neal Pollack, Author
Meryl Poster, Founder, Superb Entertainment
Jacob Potashnik, Screenwriter
April Powers, Former Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, Soci