Speaker Biographies

Jennifer Weinstock - Chai Philanthropy Series

Jennifer Weinstock has been applying her expertise as a development professional for more than 20 years with an emphasis on relationship-building strategies between donors and organizations. She is currently the Associate Head for External Relations at Gann Academy in Waltham.

Before comin…

Susie Essman - Chai in the Hub 2/3/18

Susie Essman has played the sassy Susie Greene for all nine seasons of the critically acclaimed HBO comedy series, Curb Your Enthusiasm. Her hilarious bouts of withering sarcasm and uninhibited insults have become her character’s trademark, and her streetwise vernacular is perfectly suited…

Jonathan S. Tobin - Left and Right, A CommUNITY Israel Dialogue

Jonathan S. Tobin is the award-winning Contributing Writer for National Review, the nation's pre-eminent conservative magazine of opinion and ideas. He is also the Editor of JNS.org and a Columnist for the New York Post and Israel Hayom, the Jewish state’s largest daily newspaper. In his w…

J.J. Goldberg - Left and Right, CommUNITY Israel Dialogue

J.J. Goldberg is editor at large and senior commentator at the Jewish Daily Forward. He was the Forward’s editor in chief from 2000 to 2007. In the past he has served as U.S. Bureau Chief of The Jerusalem Report and Managing Editor of the New York Jewish Week.

His books include "Jewish Po…

Irving Fox, M.D., C.M. - CJP Health Professions Breakfast 12/03/17

Irving Fox, M.D., C.M., is the Distinguished Medical Fellow of Clinical Development at Takeda Pharmaceuticals International. In 1990, Dr. Fox became the Vice President for Clinical Research at Biogen, where his team achieved marketing authorization for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. In…