Ammiel Hirsch is the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City. The Jerusalem Post named him among “The 50 Most Influential Jews of the Year.” City & State praised him as “the borough’s most influential voice” for Manhattan’s more than 300,000 Jews and The New York Observer named him among “New […]

Mira Rivera is associate rabbi and director of pastoral care at Romemu in New York City. She serves as a rabbi and mentor at Ammud: the Jews of Color Torah Academy and actively supports LUNAR: the Asian-Jewish Film Project.  She has co-chaired the rabbinical council of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and continues to […]

Amy Adamczyk is professor of sociology at John Jay College in New York City. Her research includes religion, deviance and crime, sociological theory, sexuality and health.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan describes itself as a living memorial to the Holocaust, with the express aim of educating diverse visitors about Jewish life before, during and after the Holocaust. Press contact is Kate Brickman.

Faiza Patel is senior director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program and an expert on government surveillance, especially its targeting of minority communities; domestic terrorism; and the impact of technology on civil rights and civil liberties.

Fahd Ahmed is executive director of DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) in New York City. Coming from Pakistan as an undocumented immigrant in 1991, he has been a grassroots organizer on the issues of racial profiling, immigrant justice, police accountability and national security for over a decade.

Rachel Levinson-Waldman serves as managing director of the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program, which seeks to advance effective national security policies that respect constitutional values and the rule of law.

Hina Shamsi is director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project, which is dedicated to ensuring that U.S. national security policies and practices comply with the Constitution, civil liberties and human rights.

Xiangnong (George) Wang is a staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute, with a focus on privacy and security.