Simone Bloom Nathan is the author of Eight Candles and a Tree, a children’s book for interfaith families.

Susan Katz Miller is an author and journalist who has written widely about multiple religious belonging. In 2013, she published Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family. Her book The Interfaith Family Journal was published in 2019.

Linda Feldman is the director of family education for the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Phoenix, which offers courses for interfaith couples.

Keith A. Mayes is a professor of African-American history at the University of Minnesota. He studies the significance and appeal of black holidays, including Kwanzaa.

Ellen Davis is the senior vice president for research and strategic initiatives for the National Retail Federation, which studies spending related to winter holidays.

Dianne Ashton is a professor of religion and American studies at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. She is the author of Hanukkah in America: A History.

Noah Efron is the program chairman for the graduate program in science, technology and society at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.

Manuel E. Cortes is a professor of biology at Bernardo O’Higgins University in Santiago, Chile. He has researched and written about the relationship between religion and science in the context of Catholic history.