The Jerusalem Post’s
50 Most Influential Jews of 2019 The Jerusalem Post is proud to present its 2019 list of the 50 Most Influential Jews.
Many people influence the world we live in and impact our daily lives. This year, we strived to create a list showcasing the diversity of the Jewish nation while highlighting people from all walks of life – government, art, medicine, literature and science.
Enjoy the list and have a Shana Tova!
    1
    • Yossi Cohen
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    2
    • David Friedman
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    3
    • Benjamin Netanyahu
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    4
    • Benny Gantz
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    • Yair Lapid
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    5
    • Sigal Mandelker
      PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA
    6
    • Avigdor Liberman
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    7
    • Bari Weiss
      PHOTO: COURTESY BARI WEISS
    8
    • Volodymyr Zelensky
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    9
    • Ronald Lauder
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    10
    • Prof. Marcelle Machluf
      PHOTO: COURTESY
    11
    • Gideon Sa’ar
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    12
    • Avichai Mandelblit
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    13
    • Bernie Sanders
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    14
    • Ivanka Trump
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    • Jared Kushner
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    15
    • Anne Neuberger
      PHOTO: NSA
    16
    • Gabi Ashkenazi
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    17
    • Naftali Bennett
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    • Ayelet Shaked
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    18
    • Elena Kagan
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    • Stephen Breyer
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    19
    • Dr. Hadas Malada-Matzri
      PHOTO: COURTESY
    20
    • Aviv Kochavi
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    21
    • Esther Hayut
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    22
    • Roman Abramovich
      PHOTO: SHAHAR AZRAN/CHELSEA FC
    23
    • Dame Louise Elman
      PHOTO: CHRIS MCANDREW
    24
    • Gal Gadot
      PHOTO: WIKIPEDIA
    25
    • Reuven Rivlin
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    26
    • Danny Danon
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    • Ron Dermer
      PHOTO: ISRAEL EMBASSY
    27
    • Miriam Adelson
      PHOTO: COURTESY
    28
    • Paul Packer
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    • Aryeh Lightstone
      PHOTO: US EMBASSY
    29
    • Yuli Edelstein
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    • Isaac Herzog
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    30
    • Michal Tsur
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    31
    • Gilad Erdan
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    • Israel Katz
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    32
    • Susan Wojcicki
      PHOTO: REUTERS
    33
    • Sylvan Adams
      PHOTO: SASSON TIRAM
    34
    • Avi Berkowitz
      PHOTO: COURTESY
    • Jason Greenblatt
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    35
    • Mark Zuckerberg
      PHOTO: WIKIPEDIA
    • Sheryl Sandberg
      PHOTO: FACEBOOK
    36
    • Mark Levin
      PHOTO: WIKIPEDIA
    • Ben Shapiro
      PHOTO: WIKIPEDIA
    37
    • Yoaz Hendel
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    • Hili Tropper
      PHOTO: YANAI YECHIEL
    38
    • Danny Atar
      PHOTO: KKL-JNF
    39
    • Zeev Rotstein
      PHOTO: AVI HAYOUN
    40
    • Yitshak Kreiss
      PHOTO: COURTESY SHEBA
    • Inbal Kreiss
      PHOTO: PR
    41
    • Emily Weiss
      PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
    42
    • Beatie Deutsch
      PHOTO: BEATEDEUTSCH.COM
    43
    • Howard Kohr
      PHOTO: AIPAC
    44
    • Fleur Hassan Nahoum
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    45
    • Linoy Ashram
      PHOTO: WIKIPEDIA
    • Sagi Muki
      PHOTO: WIKIPEDIA
    46
    • Eric Fingerhut
      PHOTO: COURTESY
    • Russell Robinson
      PHOTO: JNF-USA
    47
    • Nitzana Darshan Leitner
      PHOTO: COURTESY
    48
    • Jennifer Laszlo Mizrachi
      PHOTO: COURTESY
    49
    • Aliza Bloch
      PHOTO: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
    50
    • Taffy Brodesser-Akner
      PHOTO: ERIC TANNER