Aside from day-time internship placements, our seminar series brings together prominent professionals and communal leaders with the group, thereby facilitating a meaningful level of engagement with Jewry’s largest and most diverse and vibrant community.
Following the four weeks in New York, the group will travel to Washington DC to meet and hear from some of the most influential policy-makers in the corridors of power who will address questions relating to the application of Judaism in contemporary public policy and the modern world.
Our renowned speakers, along with our in-house educational faculty, provide a thought-provoking analysis of Jewish perspectives on leadership and modernity offering a holistic approach to effective leadership both within the community and beyond.
Past FJL Participants
While there are many British Jews in positions of responsibility and prominence in the UK, only a handful are involved seriously at a communal level. FJL is playing an essential role in nurturing the next generation of Jewish leaders needed to strengthen our institutions and address important challenges.
Jamie Black, Pro-Israel activist, Cambridge graduate
I am now back in London and thrilled to have the FJL alumni network offering social, business and Jewish themed events. To have finished university but still have an incredible set of connections and opportunities is immensely valuable on both a personal and professional level.
Max Steinberg, Nottingham graduate, now at Talisman
Past Speakers
ELLIOTT
ABRAMS
Deputy National Security Advisor under George W Bush (2005-09)
AMBASSADOR
IDO AHARONI
Professor at the NYU School of International Relations
NAOMI
BAUM
COO of the ACEEE
IRINA
BOKOVA
Director-General of UNESCO
ERICA
BROWN
Writer & educator. Scholar in Residence at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
KEN
COOPER
Global Head of HR at Bloomberg, NY
AMBASSADOR
NORM EISEN
U.S. Ambassador to Czech Republic (2011-14)
MARK
GERSON
Co-founder & Chairman of the Gerson Lehman Group
NATHAN
GOLD
Executive Director & Financial Advisor of JP Morgan Securities
BROOKE
GOLDSTEIN
Director, The Lawfare Project
MALCOLM
HOENLEIN
Executive Vice-Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Organizations
MARK
ISAKOWITZ
Chief of Staff to Senator Rob Portman & former President at Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock
NANCY
JACOBSON
Democratic Party fundraiser; Co-founder, No-Labels
TOM
KAHN
Former Democratic Staff Director, House Budget Committee
WILLIAM
KRISTOL
Founder & Editor of The Weekly Standard & former Chief of Staff to Vice-President Dan Quayle
SEN. JOE
LIEBERMAN
Former US Senator & Democratic nominee for Vice-President in 2000 election
DANIEL
LOEB
Founder & Chief Executive of Third Point LLC
ANNE
NEUBERGER
Chief Risk Officer of the NSA
MATT
NOSANCHUK
Former Special Assistance to President Obama
HARRY
ROTHENBERG
Partner at The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP
MICHAEL
STEINHARDT
Founder of Steinhardt, Fine, Berkowitz & Co & Chairman of Taglit-Birthright Israel
ANDREW
TISCH
Co-chairman of The Loews Corporation
TEVI
TROY
CEO of the American Health Policy Institute & former advisor at the White House
KEN
WEINSTEIN
President & CEO of the Hudson Institute
CHANAN
WEISSMANN
Special Advisor, U.S. Department of State & former Jewish Liaison at the White House