Sarah Hurwitz is the author of As a Jew, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Natan Notable Book Award and the National Jewish Book Award, and of Here All Along, a finalist for two Jewish literary prizes. She was a speechwriter for Hillary Clinton in 2008 and, at the White House, for Barack and Michelle Obama from 2009 to 2017. A Harvard graduate, she also serves as a volunteer chaplain.

Roberto Simon is a journalist, writer and international analyst who has worked at financial institutions, consulting firms and think tanks in the United States. He was an international politics reporter for O Estado de S. Paulo and a columnist for Folha de S.Paulo and Americas Quarterly. He is the author of O Brasil contra a democracia and holds a master’s in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Rachel Reichhardt is a soferet, a scribe of sacred Jewish scrolls, and the first and only woman to practice this craft in Latin America. She graduated in visual communication from FAAP, studied Hebrew at USP and Jewish education in Jerusalem. After more than 10 years of international training, she received her certificate from the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano Marshall T. Meyer. She took part in the Women’s Torah Project.

Rodney William Eugênio, or Pai Rodney de Oxóssi, is a babalorixá and anthropologist. He holds a PhD in social sciences from PUC-SP, is a columnist for Carta Capital and the author of works such as A bênção aos mais velhos and Apropriação cultural (translated into French). In 2019, he was named by MIPAD/UN one of the most influential people of African descent in the world. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the USP School of Medicine.

Dalia Schneider holds a law degree from PUC-SP and a postgraduate degree in Waldorf Education from Faculdade Rudolf Steiner. She has worked in Jewish education for almost two decades and is currently one of the coordinators of the Education Department at Comunidade Shalom – Sinagoga Masorti São Paulo. She is also a consultant to the Jewish Museum of São Paulo.

Marcelo D’Salete is a comics artist, illustrator and teacher, with a master’s in visual arts. He is the author of Cumbe, Angola Janga, Mukanda Tiodora and Luanda no terreiro, among others. He has received the Brazilian Jabuti, HQMix and Grampo awards, as well as the Eisner (USA) and the Rudolph Dirks (Germany). He has taken part in exhibitions in Brazil and abroad, in countries such as Angola, Mozambique, Portugal, the United States and Spain.

Nora Krug is an author and artist whose work has been published in 21 countries. Her work combines illustration, memory and visual narrative. Her book Heimat (Belonging) received the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2018, and Diary of an Invasion was included among the Most Beautiful German Books of 2024. She holds an MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from the School of Visual Arts and teaches at Parsons School of Design in New York.

Gabriela Franco is a journalist with 25 years of experience in culture and entertainment, at outlets such as MTV, HBO, Omelete, Folha de S.Paulo and the magazine Mundo dos Super-Heróis (an HQMIX award winner). With degrees in journalism, film and philosophy, she specialized in pop culture and comics at the Smithsonian Institution. She created MinasNerds, a portal focused on women who produce and consume pop culture.

Alexandre da Silva has been Brazil’s National Secretary for the Rights of Older Persons at the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship since 2023, and chairs the National Council for the Rights of Older Persons (CNDPI). A PhD in Public Health, physiotherapist and gerontology specialist, he has worked in care for older people for 30 years. His priority is tackling ageism and its intersections with racism, sexism, ableism and LGBTphobia.

Sharon Sanz Simon is a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist, professor at Rutgers (USA), where she directs the EngAGING lab, and researches factors for healthy aging. She holds a PhD from the USP School of Medicine, was a fellow at Harvard and did her postdoc at Columbia University. She has recently also devoted herself to science communication and fighting misinformation. In 2026 she published the book Longevidade Hoje (Fósforo).

Micheline Alves is a journalist and TV writer. She worked for twenty years in print publications and digital projects and was director of the magazines Trip and Tpm. A researcher and writer at TV Globo since 2015, she was part of the team of the show Amor e Sexo and is now a writer for the talk show Conversa com Bial.

Bruna Waitman is a writer. Her writing gave rise to Malca, her first novel, developed through a path of training and literary practice. She holds a degree in public administration from FGV, works in education and completed a postgraduate program in creative writing at Instituto Vera Cruz.

Oscar Nakasato is a university professor and writer. In 2010, he published his doctoral thesis on Japanese-Brazilian characters in fiction. His debut novel, Nihonjin (winner of the 2012 Jabuti Prize), was published in Mexico, Japan and Chile, and adapted into the animated feature film Eu e meu avô nihonjin. He is also the author of the novels Dois and Ojiichan.

Bianca Mantovani is a curator, researcher and cultural manager. She holds a master’s in Literature from USP, a specialization in Brazilian Studies from FESPSP and an extension course at FLACSO, Argentina. She has worked at institutions such as BMA, MCB and IMS, and curated FLIM, in São José dos Campos, from 2023 to 2025. She coordinates the cultural programming of the Jewish Museum of São Paulo and co-curates the Feira do Livro da Rocha.

Giovana Madalosso is the author of A teta racional, Tudo pode ser roubado, named best novel by the Manuel de Boaventura prize, and Suíte Tóquio, published in several countries, adapted for film and nominated for the Dublin Literary Award. She also wrote Batida só and Altos e baixos. She is a columnist for Folha de S.Paulo and one of the founders of the movement Um Grande Dia para as Escritoras.

Hila Blum is a novelist and literary editor. Born and raised in Jerusalem, she is the author of the bestsellers The Visit, a finalist for the Sapir Prize in 2012, and How to Love Your Daughter, winner of the 2021 Sapir Prize and translated into several languages. A literary editor for almost three decades, she also teaches fiction writing workshops.

Luara Calvi Anic is a journalist and editor-in-chief of Gama magazine, where she co-hosts the Podcast da Semana. She holds a master’s in communication sciences from ECA-USP and, throughout her career, has worked on various titles at Editora Abril.

Karl Schurster is a historian, professor and writer. He holds a PhD in Comparative History from UFRJ, teaches at UPE and UFPE, is a CNPq researcher and an advisor to Instituto Brasil-Israel. He studies topics such as the Holocaust and antisemitism. He is the author of books such as O antissemitismo prático and editor of Atlântico: A história de um oceano, winner of the 2014 Jabuti Prize in Human Sciences. He was a fellow at Yad Vashem.

Juliano Spyer holds a master’s and a PhD from the Department of Anthropology at University College London (UCL), where he was supervised by British anthropologist Daniel Miller. He is a columnist for Folha de S.Paulo, writing about religion, working classes, technology and society, in pieces that challenge stereotypes and reveal the complexity of contemporary phenomena.

Anita Efraim is a journalist with a master’s in Political Communication from Universidad de Chile. She contributes to Instituto Brasil-Israel, hosts the podcast “E eu com isso?” and is a football commentator on Canal GOAT.

Bernardo Ajzenberg is a writer, translator, editor, bookseller and journalist. He is the author of eleven books, such as A gaiola de Faraday, winner of the Brazilian Academy of Letters’ Fiction of the Year award in 2003, and Minha vida sem banho, winner of the 2014 Casa de las Américas prize. He has translated more than fifty works, receiving the Jabuti Prize for Purgatório, by Tomás Eloy Martínez, in 2010. He is a co-founder of the publishing house Seja Breve and of Sebo Tucambira.

Valérie Zenatti was born in France and spent her adolescence in Israel. A journalist and Hebrew teacher, she devotes herself to writing and translation, especially of the work of Aharon Appelfeld. She is the author of A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, which received several awards and has been translated in eighteen countries. She regularly takes part in activities in schools, libraries, hospitals and prisons.

Gabriela Longman is a curator, editor and journalist. She holds a master’s in Cultural History from EHESS-Paris and a PhD in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature from USP. She was a reporter for Folha de S.Paulo and has developed projects for institutions such as Sesc, Flip and Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. She is the author of Grafite. Labirintos do olhar and contributes to Folha de S.Paulo, Elle and Vogue, among other outlets.

Mariano Horenstein is an Argentine psychoanalyst and essayist, a member of FEPAL and a former Latin American representative on the IPA Board. He was editor-in-chief of Calibán – Revista Latinoamericana de Psicoanálisis and is part of the Geographies of Psychoanalysis group. Author of O divã e a bússola and Conversa infinita, he lectures at universities and psychoanalytic and cultural institutions in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Julián Fuks is a writer and literary critic with a PhD in Literary Theory from USP. He is the author of Procura do romance, A resistência (Resistance) and A ocupação, winner of the Jabuti, Oceanos, Saramago and Anna Seghers prizes. A columnist for UOL, his work has been translated into eleven languages and published in several countries.

Julia Rettmann is an architect, but instead of houses and buildings, what she really likes to design is gardens. That is why she has worked surrounded by ferns and other plants for more than ten years. A mother who loves stories, she debuted in children’s literature with O que a gente vai fazer?, a story that began when a frog appeared inside a suitcase in an apartment in São Paulo – and continued, reinvented, in the book.

Mariana Poppovic is a visual artist, illustrator and graphic designer. She graduated in Fashion Design from Faculdade Santa Marcelina and holds a master’s in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. She has exhibited in Portugal and Brazil and had work published in outlets such as Folha de S.Paulo and Caros Amigos. She co-authored a children’s book and creates illustrations, visual identities and graphic design projects.

Ilan Brenman is one of today’s most important children’s authors. A psychologist with a PhD in Education from USP, he has written more than eighty books published in Brazil and translated in more than eighteen countries. His works have received major distinctions, such as the Jabuti Prize and selection for The White Ravens. Ilan also gives talks and takes part in international festivals and gatherings.

Hélio Ziskind is a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and music producer, with a degree in Composition from USP. He co-founded the group Rumo in 1974 and became one of the greatest names in Brazilian children’s music, creating soundtracks for TV Cultura programs such as Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum and Cocoricó. Author of the hit “Hora do banho”, he won the Sharp Award with “A noite no castelo” and “Sono de gibi”.