Chelsea London Lloyd
Chelsea London Lloyd is an actor and comedian who appears as Emma Foster on Shifting Gears (ABC) as Tim Allen + Kat Denning’s grief counselor. TV credits include Ballard (MGM,) (HBO, Dir. Bill Hader) and Schooled (ABC) as well as national commercials with Mekanism, KC5, PrettyBird, etc., most notably in her 3-part Wayfair campaign with Kelly Clarkson. When she is not performing, you will find her volunteering as a grief counselor, DJ’ing Bat Mitzvahs and hosting her comedic grief podcast, Dying of Laughter. Because #YODO, you only die once. Lloyd holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Southern California.
Elise Allen
Elise Allen is an Emmy Award nominated TV writer and NY Times Bestselling author who specializes in kids’ and family entertainment across all genres. Notable credits include Dinosaur Train, Sid the Science Kid, and the Gabby Duran and the Unsittables book series. She hails from Philly (Go Birds!) and has never met a dog she didn’t stop to pet, whether or not it was appropriate to do so.
Shmuel Hoffman
Born and raised in East Berlin, Shmuel began his career as a violist, performing with European orchestras and touring with Yo-Yo Ma after winning the Jeunesses Musicales International competition, before transitioning to film while exploring Jewish observance. He founded a production company and has created award-winning commercial and Oscar© qualifying documentary films for institutions such as the United States Holocaust Museum, Museum of Tolerance, Harvard University, Lexus, and MTV. A frequent speaker at the United Nations on Jewish identity and interfaith dialogue, he also serves on the Israeli President’s Voice of the People global council.
Lily Henley
Lily is a singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist working at the intersection of Sephardi Ladino and American folk music. Her album Oras Dezaoradas (2022, Lior Editions Paris) was named Album of the Year by Hey Alma and featured in The Guardian and Songlines Magazine. A Fulbright award winner and Carnegie Hall Musical Explorers artist, she has received support from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, the New Jewish Culture Fellowship, the New York Foundation of Arts, and held residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, JArts Boston, and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. Lily tours regularly across the US and abroad, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Ethnomusicology at Harvard University.
Justin Goldner
Justin Goldner is a composer, producer, and session musician whose work spans Grammy-, Tony-, and Golden Globe–winning projects with artists across a range of genres. A restless traveler and language junkie, music has taken him to 73 countries in search of exchange and connection with communities from a mélange of traditions. Justin weaves Yiddish language and heritage into contemporary life through original songs and collaboration with other artists who bring fresh vitality to their own cultural idioms.
@jusgold1, @peripatetish
Michelle Miriam
Michelle Miriam is a filmmaker, songwriter, and digital storyteller. A creative force behind multiple YouTube channels, she’s grown audiences of over 8 million subscribers and 2 billion views across platforms. Michelle’s work lives at the intersection of film, music, and internet culture; blending emotional storytelling with viral strategy.
Avraham “Abe” Fuzaylov
Avraham Fuzaylov is a digital creator and cultural storyteller based in Queens, NY. He is the founder of Bukharian Bites, a short-form series that preserves Bukharian Jewish heritage through food-centered storytelling and voiceover-driven reels. His work brings visibility to a community rarely seen in mainstream Jewish media, blending tradition, emotion, and narrative to connect past and present.
Ryan Turkienicz
Ryan Turkienicz has over a decade of experience in entrepreneurial businesses, as well as a diverse background in the arts as both a professional musician and a freelance writer. After October 7th he along with this brother Eric Turkienicz – a Canadian Comedy Award nominated sketch comedian and satirist – cofounded The Daily Brine, a satire news page with the goal of fighting antisemitism on social media using comedy.
Flo Low
Flo Low is the founder and Executive Director of BAMAH, a cultural dialogue and exchange organization that works with artists from Israel to design experiences that inspire and connect people and communities across cultures. Under her leadership, the organization has made partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) a core priority. Previously, she served as Associate General Manager of the La Jolla Playhouse; Associate Manager of the Yale School of Drama, and producer of the animated documentary shorts “Four Minutes from the Frontlines,” and of a reading tour of COME MY BELOVED, a play about the shared history and future of Black and Jewish communities in the United States.
David Brown
David Asher Brown is a composer, speaker, and video-maker. His content focuses on breaking down and sharing music from around the world, as well as disability advocacy.