Prof. Newman tells Rogel Alpher what it was like growing up in London, supporting ‘Spurs,’ founding the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University, and being labelled ‘anti-Israeli.’

Menachem and Yehudit Vinograd are the founders and producers of Israel’s Jacob’s Ladder Folk Festival. They share their journey from Leeds, England, with Rogel Alpher.

Sarah Kreimer is a veteran peace activist who has initiated countless projects aimed at developing Jewish-Arab cooperation and equal rights. She speaks about her personal struggles as well as the struggle for reconciliation and peace in the Middle East.

An American Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor, singer and musician whose career has spanned more than 65 years, Hal Linden now splits his time between performing and speaking on behalf of the Jewish National Fund.

Ofer Bronchtein, one of the only two Jewish Israelis ever to be awarded a Palestinian passport, serves today as the ambassador of the Palestinian Authority in Bern. He tells us about how he divides his time as well as his identity.

The latest project of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek, a seasoned and high-flying journalist, has taken him farther than all his previous ones: to the cradle of humanity. As part of the Out of Eden trek, he intends to spend seven years walking from Ethiopia to Argentina, in the footsteps of the first humans, in an attempt to re-enact the discovery of the world.

Investigative journalist Ilana Dayan has spent her life breaking glass ceilings — as the first female correspondent for Army Radio during the first Lebanon War; as a Yale-educated law professor; and as a documentarian for her award-winning show “Uvda.”