Toby Axelrod is the Jewish Telegraphic Agency‘s correspondent for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. A former assistant director of the American Jewish Committee’s Berlin office, she has also worked as staff writer and editor at the New York Jewish Week. She has won numerous awards from the New York Press Association and the American Jewish Press […]

Jonathan has been Executive Director of JPR since 2010, having previously held research and policy positions at the JDC International Centre for Community Development in London and Paris, the Jewish Agency in London and New York, and the UK-based UJIA and Holocaust Educational Trust.

Sarah Hurwitz served as a White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017, first as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. Hurwitz is the author of Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life—in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There), which […]

Daniel Schwammenthal is the editor of The Jewish Chronicle. Before joining the JC in February 2025, he headed the American Jewish Committee’s EU office in Brussels. He previously served as an editorial writer and op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels and Amsterdam, and earlier worked as a correspondent for Dow Jones Newswires […]