Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel – Marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, advocating for civil rights.

Justice Louis Brandeis – First Jewish Supreme Court Justice, championed workers’ rights and free speech.

Julius Rosenwald – Philanthropist who funded schools for Black children in the South.

Rabbi Joachim Prinz – Spoke at the 1963 March on Washington, linking Jewish and Black struggles for justice.

Bella Abzug – Feminist, Congresswoman, and advocate for women’s rights and LGBTQ+ equality.

Hannah G. Solomon – Founder of the National Council of Jewish Women, promoting social justice.

Henry Kissinger – Nobel Prize-winning diplomat, former U.S. Secretary of State.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Supreme Court Justice, fought for gender equality and civil rights.

Joseph Lieberman – First Jewish candidate on a major party’s national ticket (Vice Presidential nominee in 2000).

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover – "Father of the Nuclear Navy," revolutionized submarine warfare.

Jonas Salk – Developed the polio vaccine, saving millions of lives.

Albert Einstein – German-Jewish refugee who became an American citizen, reshaped physics with the theory of relativity.

Richard Feynman – Brilliant physicist and Nobel Prize winner.

Baruch Blumberg – Discovered the hepatitis B virus and developed a vaccine.

Gertrude Elion – Pioneered chemotherapy drugs, Nobel Prize-winning scientist.

Elie Wiesel – Holocaust survivor, Nobel Laureate, and author of Night, a voice for human rights.

Hannah Senesh – Hungarian-born Jewish resistance fighter, parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe to save Jews.

Ben Ferencz – Nuremberg prosecutor, dedicated his life to justice and international human rights.

Steven Spielberg – Filmmaker who brought Jewish stories to the world, including Schindler’s List.

Arthur Miller – Playwright (The Crucible, Death of a Salesman), explored American identity.

Stan Lee – Creator of Marvel superheroes, incorporated themes of justice and diversity.

Emma Lazarus – Poet who wrote “The New Colossus” (“Give me your tired, your poor...”), inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.

Hank Greenberg – Baseball legend who stood against antisemitism.

Sandy Koufax – Refused to pitch on Yom Kippur, one of baseball’s greatest pitchers.

Aly Raisman – Olympic gymnast, used her platform to speak out against abuse.

Mark Spitz – Swimmer who won seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympics.