LEVY FORUM for Open Discourse

Judge Roy Kalman Altman is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida and a renowned author. Recognized for his distinctive legal acumen, his recent book, Israel on Trial, brings his extensive judicial expertise to bear on complex questions of international law, history, and justice. 

Ilya Shapiro is a leading scholar of constitutional law, who currently serves as a Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies at the Manhattan Institute. A prominent voice in American legal discourse, he brings extensive expertise to public debates surrounding the judiciary, constitutional law, and the evolving role of the U.S. Supreme Court in modern American society. 

An internationally renowned author and human rights activist, Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Lady Ferguson), is a former member of the Dutch Parliament, a fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has dedicated her career to defending fundamental human rights and freedom of speech, writing extensively on the importance of Western values in human progress and the dangers of radical Islam, from which she escaped as a young woman. 

Dr. Wilfred McClay is a distinguished historian and educator who holds the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College. He is the author of the groundbreaking textbook, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. His scholarly work focuses on American history, cultural institutions, and the vital importance of accurately teaching the nation’s foundational narratives to the next generation.

His Eminence Cardinal Dolan is the former Archbishop of New York. Previously, he served as Archbishop of Milwaukee, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and chairman of Catholic Relief Services. In recognition of his contributions to Catholic-Jewish relations, he received the America Jewish Committee’s 2015 Isaiah Award for Exemplary Interreligious Leadership. 

Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik is director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University and rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel, the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. He has lectured throughout the U.S., Europe, and Israel on topics relating to Jewish theology, bioethics, wartime ethics, and Jewish-Christian relations. 

Daniel Diermeier is an internationally renowned political scientist, management scholar, and higher education leader. He is the ninth chancellor of Vanderbilt University and former provost of the University of Chicago. Celebrated for authoring multiple influential works, including Mission and Margin: A Practical Guide to University Finances and A Behavioral Theory of Elections, his championing of institutional neutrality and free expression has made him a leading voice in defending the core purpose of higher education. 

Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French philosopher, author, filmmaker, and intellectual. For over 50 years, he has covered the world’s “forgotten wars.” He is the director of many renowned documentaries, including four films on Russia’s barbaric war against Ukraine: Why Ukraine, Slava Ukraini, Glory to the Heroes and Our War. Celebrated for many important books, his Israel Alone was a crucial statement to the world following the massacre Hamas inflicted on Israel on October 7, 2023.