| Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
References |
| Sheldon Adelson |
Honorary |
Chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation; philanthropist; established the Adelson Family Foundation, which has been a large supporter of Yad Vashem and the Birthright Israel Foundation |
[1] |
| Michael Albert |
Mu Tau |
Political activist and economist; co-founder and co-editor of Z Magazine |
[1] |
| Irving Azoff |
Delta |
Chairman and founder of Azoff Music Management Group; former president of MCA Records; former executive chairman of Live Nation |
[1] |
| Herbert Baum |
Alpha Deuteron |
Former president of Quaker Oil |
[1] |
| Jason Bedrick |
Beta Epsilon |
Member of the New Hampshire state legislature |
[2] |
| Alan Baker |
Honorary |
Former Israeli Ambassador to Canada |
[1] |
| Alan Barry |
Upsilon Tau |
Former CEO of Masco Corporation |
[1] |
| Newton Becker |
Phi Deuteron |
Founder of Becker CPA Review Course |
[1] |
| Gary Bettman |
Beta |
Commissioner of National Hockey League |
[1] |
| Wolf Blitzer |
Upsilon Beta |
Journalist, author, CNN correspondent |
[3] |
| Dr. James Borin |
Epsilon Upsilon |
Former member of the US National Fencing Team |
[1] |
| Myles Brand |
Rho Pi |
President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (2002-2009); President of Indiana University (1994-2002); President of the University of Oregon (1989-1994) |
[1] |
| Rondae Hollis-Jefferson |
Honorary |
NBA player of the Brooklyn Nets |
[1] |
| James L. Brooks |
Alpha |
Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producer and director |
[1] |
| Matthew Brooks |
Lambda Beta |
Executive Director of the Republican Jewish Coalition |
[1] |
| Brian Chaplin |
Omega Epsilon |
Founder of EZ-Nite,[4] an app to help users with their nightlife |
[5] |
| Ken Chertow |
Pi Deuteron |
Former Olympic wrestler |
[1] |
| Brad Cohen |
Beta Upsilon |
Teacher, author, motivational speaker and subject of the film Front of the Class |
[1] |
| Jeff Cohen |
Chi Alpha |
Child actor (The Goonies) |
[1] |
| Rabbi Stanley Davids |
Tau Deuteron |
President of Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA)[6] |
[1] |
| Alan Dershowitz |
Honorary |
Lawyer, jurist, author, and political commentator |
[1] |
| Bob Diener |
Phi Gamma |
Founder of Hotels.com and Getaroom.com[7] |
[1][5] |
| Haim Divon |
Nu Kappa |
Former Israeli Ambassador to Canada |
[1] |
| Jay Feinberg |
Honorary |
Founder and Executive Director of the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation |
[1] |
| Ian Eagle |
Sigma Deuteron |
Sports broadcaster |
|
| Wayne Firestone |
Kappa Deuteron |
President and CEO of Hillel (2006-2013) |
[1] |
| Eric Fingerhut |
Omicron Deuteron, Honorary |
US Representative from Ohio (1993-1995); Ohio State Senator (1991-1992, 1999-2006); Chancellor of Ohio State Board of Regents (2007-2011); President and CEO of Hillel (2013-present) |
[1] |
| Richard H. Frank |
Delta |
Former president of Walt Disney Studios |
[1] |
| Steven Friedman |
Delta |
Executive producer of NBC Nightly News |
[1] |
| Art Garfunkel |
Iota |
Singer and composer |
[8] |
| Scott Garson |
Sigma Beta |
Head men's basketball coach at College of Idaho |
[9] |
| Frank Gehry |
Upsilon |
Architect of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain |
[1] |
| Adam Geller |
Omega |
Creator of Edthena,[10] a platform for online coaching |
[5] |
| Leonard Goldberg |
Gamma |
Former chairman of 20th Century Fox |
[1] |
| Neil Goldman |
Epsilon Upsilon |
Television writer and executive producer of Family Guy, Scrubs, and Worst Week |
[1] |
| Steve Goldman |
Delta |
Executive Vice President of Paramount Pictures |
[1] |
| Nathaniel Goldstein |
Alpha |
Former New York Attorney General |
[1] |
| Sheldon Good |
Delta |
International realtor; former World President of FIBICA |
[1] |
| Herb Gray |
Honorary |
Canada's first Jewish Cabinet member; Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (1997-2002); Chancellor of Carleton University (2008-2011) |
[1] |
| Sanford Grossman |
Iota Deuteron |
Director of NFL telecasts for Fox |
[1] |
| Patrick T. Harker |
Gamma |
President of University of Delaware; former dean of Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
[1] |
| David A. Harris |
Sigma |
Former Executive Director of the Israel on Campus Coalition |
[1] |
| Yoel Hasson |
Honorary |
Member of the Knesset, Kadima Party |
[11] |
| Russ Herman |
|
Former president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America |
[1] |
| David Horowitz |
Beta Upsilon |
Television personality, consumer advocate |
[1] |
| H. Robert Horvitz |
Mu Tau |
Nobel Prize winner in Medicine |
[1] |
| Winston Ibrahim |
Psi |
Founder of Hydros Bottle which makes water bottles for developing countries |
[5] |
| William Immerman |
Pi |
Former senior vice president for 20th Century Fox; film producer |
[1] |
| Allan Jaffe |
Gamma |
Family owner of New Orleans' Preservation Hall |
[1] |
| Richard Joel |
Alpha |
President of Yeshiva University; former International Director of Hillel |
[1] |
| Jake Jundef |
Sigma Beta |
Child actor (Brooklyn Bridge, Mannequin, Earth Girls Are Easy) |
[12] |
| Tomer Kagan |
Sigma Zeta |
Founder of Quixey, a search engine for apps |
[5] |
| Adam Kahan |
Pi Rho |
Former Executive Director and COO of the United Jewish Appeal—Federation of Greater New York |
[13] |
| Allyn Kilsheimer |
Kappa Deuteron |
Structural engineer who orchestrated the rebuilding of the Pentagon after the September 11 attacks |
[1] |
| Steve Koonin |
Omicron |
Former President of Turner Broadcasting; CEO and part-owner of the Atlanta Hawks |
[1] |
| Josh Kopelman |
Gamma |
Founder of TurnTide, an anti-spam company |
[5] |
| Matt Van Horn |
Upsilon Alpha |
Founder of Lyft, a ridesharing app |
[5] |
| Martin Leaf |
Delta |
Family owner and founder of Leaf Candies and Donruss Baseball Cards |
[1] |
| Michael A. Leven |
Eta Deuteron |
President and COO of Las Vegas Sands |
[14] |
| Jerry Lewis |
|
Comedian; Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association |
[3] |
| Richard Lewis |
Eta |
Actor, comedian |
[1] |
| Howard Lorber |
Alpha Epsilon |
CEO and President of Vector Group; Chairman of Nathan's Famous |
[1] |
| Daniel Magder |
Beta Chi |
Actor (Life With Derek) |
[15] |
| Josh Mandel |
Eta |
State Treasurer of Ohio; United States Senate candidate |
[1] |
| Alex Mann and Harold Mann |
Chi Alpha |
Founders of Clicktime.com |
[5] |
| Bernard Marcus |
Rho Upsilon |
Founder of Home Depot |
[16] |
| David Markin |
Beta Upsilon |
Former chairman of United States Tennis Association |
[1] |
| Steven Markowitz |
Gamma |
Rapper under the stage name "Hoodie Allen" |
[17] |
| Justin Mateen |
Upsilon |
Founder of Tinder, a dating app |
[5] |
| Perry Mendel |
Epsilon |
Founder of Kinder Care Day Care Centers |
[1] |
| Jesse Middleton |
Delta Rho |
Founder of WeWork Labs & Head of WeWork X at WeWork, a network of 90+ co-working spaces around the world |
[18] |
| Elan Miller |
Phi Gamma |
Creator of Glimpse, a dating app |
[5] |
| Justin Miller |
Upsilon Alpha |
Founder of Airenvy, a property rental service |
[19] |
| Charles C. Moskowitz |
Alpha |
Former president and treasurer of MGM Studios; fraternity founder |
[20] |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Iota |
United States Congressman, New York's 8th congressional district |
[1] |
| Ari Ne'eman |
Mu Delta |
Founder of Autistic Self Advocacy Network; first autistic presidential appointee |
[21][22] |
| Robert Novak |
Delta |
Columnist, pundit and Crossfire panelist |
[23][24] |
| Louis Nizer |
Iota |
Lawyer, novelist |
[1] |
| Mike Pesca |
Epsilon |
National Public Radio correspondent |
[25] |
| Michael Politz |
Sigma Pi |
Media conglomerate owner; television host; owner of Food & Beverage Magazine |
|
| Jim Pollak |
Beta Iota |
1992 Olympian; 1990 Goodwill Games gold medalist; four-time US National Champion in cycling |
[1] |
| Ron Popeil |
Delta |
Inventor; infomercial producer; owner of Ronco Industries |
[1] |
| Stanley B. Prusiner |
Gamma |
Nobel Prize winner in Medicine |
[1] |
| Jerry Reinsdorf |
Kappa Deuteron |
Owner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox |
[1] |
| Adam Richman |
Epsilon |
Star of Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel |
[1] |
| Sam Rothberg |
Beta Upsilon |
Creator of Israel Bonds |
[1] |
| Abe Saperstein |
Delta |
Former owner of the Harlem Globetrotters |
[1] |
| Eduardo Saverin |
Eta Psi |
Brazilian internet entrepreneur and investor; co-founder of Facebook |
[26] |
| Alexander Schindler |
Epsilon Deuteron |
Former president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations |
[1] |
| Alan Schulman |
Alpha |
Former CEO of Ecolab |
[20] |
| Michael Schwerner |
Beta |
Civil rights worker killed on June 21, 1964, depicted in Mississippi Burning |
[1] |
| Andy Schwartz |
Xi Deuteron |
Writer, Scrubs |
|
| Zac Sebo |
Omicron Upsilon |
Founder of Citizen Sync, which makes apps for municipalities[27] |
[5] |
| Evan Serpick |
Iota |
Music critic for Rolling Stone |
|
| Samuel H. Shapiro |
Delta |
Former Governor of Illinois |
[1] |
| Rabbi Levi Shemtov |
|
Director of Washington, D.C. Chabad |
[1] |
| Fred Silverman |
Sigma Deuteron |
Producer; former president of NBC Television |
[1] |
| Chet Simmons |
Kappa Deuteron |
Former president of ESPN |
[1] |
| Paul Simon |
Kappa Chi |
Singer, composer |
[8] |
| Randy and Jason Sklar |
Omega Deuteron |
Actors, comedians; hosts of Cheap Seats on ESPN Classic |
[1] |
| Jeremy Smith |
Delta |
Creator of SpotHero, a parking app[28] |
[5] |
| Jack Stahl |
Epsilon |
President of Revlon; former president of Coca-Cola |
[1] |
| Steve Stone |
Phi Deuteron |
Cy Young Winner 1980; Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox TV color analyst |
[1] |
| David Suissa |
Honorary |
Writer; President of The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles |
[29] |
| Yosef Tarshish (Joe Tarsh) |
Upsilon Kappa Zeta |
President of the Union of Jewish Students of the UK & Ireland 2013-14 |
|
| John E. Wallace, Jr. |
Rho Deuteron |
New Jersey Supreme Court Justice, appointed May 20, 2003 |
|
| Sanford I. Weill |
Beta |
Co-chairman of Citigroup |
[1] |
| Josh Weinstein |
Pi Tau |
Founder of YouAreTV, an interactive video platform[30] |
[5] |
| Matt Weitzman |
Sigma Pi |
Co-creator and Co-Executive Producer of American Dad! |
[1] |
| Adam Wexler |
Omicron |
Creator of GoRankem[31] and Insightpool[32] |
[1] |
| Gene Wilder |
Iota Upsilon |
Actor, producer, and director |
[1] |
| Walter Winchell |
Lambda Deuteron |
Gossip columnist, radio personality |
[1] |
| Scott Wolf |
Kappa Deuteron |
Actor |
[1] |
| Michael Yormark |
Delta Deuteron |
President of Roc Nation Sports |
[1] |
| H. Albert Young |
Rho Deuteron |
Former Delaware Attorney General |
[1] |
| Sam Zell |
Omega Deuteron |
Real estate entrepreneur; co-founder and chairman of Equity International; owner of the Tribune Company |
[1] |
| Mark Zuckerberg |
Eta Psi |
Founder of Facebook |
[33] |
| Danny Sprung |
Delta |
Masters, Recreation Sport & Tourism |
[1] |
| Zach Tyler Eisen |
Sigma Deuteron |
Actor and voice actor; voice of Aang on Avatar: The Last Airbender (currently an undergraduate brother, not yet alumnus) |
[34] |