Jewish Leadership Conference Information

The Jewish Leadership Conference (JLC) aims to develop a new political and cultural vision for American Jewry, and to bring together Jews who believe that conservative ideas can help strengthen the Jewish people, the Jewish nation, and the American civic future. In December 2017 the JLC convened our inaugural conference on Jews and Conservatism, followed by ever larger gatherings of Jewish patriots in 2018 and 2019. Along with political leaders and rabbis, journalists and commentators, educators and activists, we came together in the belief that now is the time for American Jews to articulate and advance a new agenda: in defense of religious freedom, in favor of school choice, allied with Israel in a dangerous world, tough-minded in the global fight against anti-Semitism, and supportive of the traditional family. We invite everyone who is interested in these ideas to learn more about our core principles , watch videos from our 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 conferences, and read our inaugural essay from the May 2017 issue of Commentary Magazine, Jewish Conservatism: A Manifesto. If you are interested in learning more about the activities of the JLC, we encourage you to sign up for email updates . The JLC is a project of the Tikvah Fundto learn more about the Tikvah Fund, click here . Roger Hertog is the President of the Hertog Foundation and Chairman of the Tikvah Fund. One of the founding partners of the investment research and management firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., which he joined in 1968, Mr. Hertog served as the firms president before its merger with Alliance Capital Management in 2000. In 2006 he retired from the successor company, AllianceBernstein, and is currently vice-chairman emeritus. An alumnus of the City College of New York, Mr. Hertog was previously chairman of The New-York Historical Society and The Manhattan Institute; he has also served on the boards of the American Enterprise Institute, the New York Philharmonic, the New York Public Library, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, and the Washington ...