Meet The World’s 25 Most Influential People On Twitter: Discussing Israel And Jewish Issues

The Washington director of the Jewish Federations of North America, William Daroff is ranked as the world’s most influential Twitter user on Jewish issues, the biggest influencers in the Jewish Twitterverse, by the 100-year-old Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), on a list that includes Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and noted journalists.

Israel’s Prime Minister was followed by Avi Mayer, Jewish Agency spokesman; Danny Ayalon, former Israeli ambassador to the United States; and Peter Lerner, Israel Defense Forces spokesman on list of “the 25 most influential people on “Jewish Twitter” – People who participate most in the Twitter discussion around Israel and Jewish issues.

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Here are the World’s 25 most influential people on Twitter — The go-to accounts to stay informed and up to date on Jewish issues:

Ranking#NameDesignationTwitter @
1William DaroffThe Washington director of the Jewish Federations of North America@Daroff
2Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael's Prime Minister@netanyahu
3Avi MayerJewish Agency spokesman@AviMayer
4Danny AyalonFormer Israeli ambassador to the U.S.@DannyAyalon
5Peter LernerIsrael Defense Forces spokesman@LTCPeterLerner
6Jeffrey GoldbergThe Atlantic correspondent@JeffreyGoldberg
7Ron DermerIsraeli ambassador to the U.S.@AmbDermer
8Dan ShapiroU.S. ambassador to Israel@AmbShapiro
9Rabbi Jason MillerRabbi, entrepreneur and writer@RabbiJasond
10Barak RavidHaaretz diplomatic correspondent@BarakRavid
11Esther KustanowitzEditorial director of Mayim Bialik’s Grok Nation and L.A. Jewish Journal contributing writer@EstherK
12Avital LeibovichAmerican Jewish Committee in Israel director@AvitalLeibovich
13Lahav HarkovThe Jerusalem Post Knesset correspondent@LahavHarkov
14Michael DicksonStandWithUs executive director@michaeldickson
15David HorovitzThe Times of Israel founding editor@davidhorovitz
16Arsen OstrovskyHuman rights lawyer and journalist@Ostrov_A
17Mark RegevIsraeli ambassador to the United Kingdom@MarkRegevPMO
18Rabbi Jonathan SacksRabbi, British lord and author@rabbisacks
19Shimon PeresFormer Israeli president and prime minister@PresidentPeres
20Yair RosenbergTablet magazine senior writer@Yair_Rosenberg
21Adam MilsteinIsraeli real estate investor and philanthropist@AdamMilstein
22Reuven RivlinIsraeli president@PresidentRuvi
23Khaled Abu ToamehArab-Israeli journalist@KhaledAbuToameh
24Peter BeinartThe Atlantic and National Journal contributor and Haaretz correspondent@PeterBeinart
25David HaivriIsraeli settler activist@haivri