Your Daily Phil: Jewish groups mobilize in wake of Ukraine flooding


Jerusalem-born, Academy Award-winning actress, producer and director Natalie Portman…
FRIDAY: Former executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, Walter J. Levy … 30 years journalist at CBS, who then became founding director of the Shorenstein Center at Harvard, now fellow at GWU, Marvin Kalb … retired Israeli diplomat who served as ambassador to Italy and France and World Chairman of Keren Hayesod, Aviezer “Avi” Pazner… Author, Lecturer and Social Activist, Letty Cottin Pogrebin… Co-Founder of Saatchi & Saatchi, Charles Saatchi… Diplomat and Shakespearean historian, Kenneth Adelman… Founder and Chairman of Commonwealth Financial Network and Chairman by Southworth Development, Joseph Deitch … Professional mediator and longtime syndicated advisory columnist, Wendy J. Belzberg … Israel’s former Secretary of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister Benny Gantz … Canadian journalist, film producer and television personality, Steven Hillel Paikin … Producer, director, playwright and screenwriter, Aaron Benjamin Sorkin…Former lead singer of Israeli pop-rock band Mashina, Yuval Banay…CEO of Jewish Women’s International, Meredith Jacobs…CEO of Major, Lindsey & Africa, Craig Appelbaum…EVP of Jewish Funders Network, Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu…Screenwriter, Director and Producer, Hayden Schlossberg… Founder and CEO of Delve LLC, Previously Jewish White House liaison of Bush 43, Jeff Berkowitz… Co-founder of Swish Beverages, David Oliver Cohen… Producer, Writer and Director, Rafi Fine… Multimedia artist known for her work in photography, makeup, hairstyling and textile crafts, Anna Marie Tendler… Founder and Chair of the Israel Tech Challenge, Raphael Ouzan… Director of the Yale Journalism Initiative, Haley Cohen Gilliland… Assistant Assistant to Jeff Solnet, Secretary of Strategic Communications at the US Department of Homeland Security … NHL Edmonton Oilers hockey player and bestselling children’s book author Zachary Martin Hyman … Founder and CEO of Team Brotherly Love and The Fine Companies Daniel Fine … Future Commonwealth of Massachusetts Congresswoman Emilia Levy …
SATURDAY: Author of award-winning books about her experiences before, during and after the Holocaust, Aranka Davidowitz Siegal…Emmy-winning television journalist and author Jeff Greenfield…Physical Therapist at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Andrea Sachs…Cathy Farbstein Miller…Senior Director of Communications for Encore[dot]org, Stefanie Weiss… Former Attorney General and then-Governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer… Director of Business Development at Evergreen Benefits Group, Avi H. Goldfeder… Blogger and columnist for Chicago Sun TimesNeil Steinberg.. Film, TV and Stage Actress, Gina Gershon… Actress and Sister of Comedian Sarah Silverman, Laura Silverman… Israeli Film and TV Actress, Avital Abergel… Veteran of 9 NFL seasons as an offensive tackle, Mike Rosenthal… Director of strategic partnerships at the Birthright Israel Foundation and Director of Church Education at the New York Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Rabbi Daniel Kraus … Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, Yascha Mounk … Host on Israel’s Channel 13 News, Matan Hodorov … publisher of The New York SunDovid Efune…CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, Tyler Gregory…Singer, composer and entertainer, Simcha Leiner…Belgian singer and songwriter known as “Blanche”, Ellie Blanche Delvaux…CEO of Encounter, Yona Shem-Tov…
SUNDAY: Heir to British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, minister in two UK governments under Prime Ministers Major and Thatcher, Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury… Chief Executive of New York-based government regulator Citizens Union, Elisabeth A. “Betsy” Gotbaum… Columbus, Ohio-based retail mogul and philanthropist , Chairman of American Eagle Outfitters, Value City Department Stores, DSW and others, Jay Schottenstein … Member of the Knesset for the Agudat Yisrael faction of the United Torah Judaism Party, Meir Porush … MLB New York Mets owner Steven A. Cohen … Former President and National Board Member of AIPAC, he is Senior Advisor to the Governor of Illinois. JB Pritzker, Lee Rosenberg … Member of the Knesset for Shas Party, now Secretary of Labor, Yoav Ben -Tzur … New Windsor, NY, Attorney, Barry Wolf Friedman … Political activist and former Illinois State Representative, Lauren Beth Gash … Partner at the DC office of the global consulting firm Brunswick Group, Michael J. Schoenfeld…President of J Street , Jeremy Ben-Ami…Deputy Director of the CIA and actor with a cameo appearance in “Game of Thrones”, David S. Cohen…President and Executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda, former Jewish White House liaison, Matt Nosanchuk… Founder of Shabbat[dot]com, Rabbi Benzion Zvi Klatzko… Dean of Yeshiva[dot]net and noted speaker, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (YY) Jacobson… Treasury Director at District of Columbia City Council, Jennifer Budoff… Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist, Nicol Raidman… Director of Communications and Programming at Academic Engagement Network, Raeefa Shams… actress, performance artist and filmmaker , Shia LaBeouf… Olympic medalist in canoe slalom, Jessica Esther “Jess” Fox… Israeli lawyer and CEO of the Dualis Social Venture Fund, Dana Naor… Jennifer Rubin…