Jonah Platt is an entertainment multi-hyphenate and one of America’s most trusted voices in the modern conversation on Jewish culture and current events. He hosts the award-winning podcast Being Jewish with Jonah Platt and uses his platform (more than 250k combined followers on social media) to empower, educate, and explore issues affecting the Jewish community at home and abroad.

On stage, Platt offers balanced, well-informed, and deeply nuanced commentary and education on top-of-mind topics for Jewish and allied communities such as identity, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, contemporary antisemitism, the shifting American political climate, and the lack of positive Jewish representation in Hollywood. His poignant and affirming talks have received rave reviews from colleges, Jewish organizations and conferences, and arts-focused nonprofits across the country.

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A true entertainment multi-hyphenate, Platt has acted in prestige projects from Hollywood (Oscar-nominated Being the Ricardos) to Broadway (smash hit Wicked), written for several TV comedies, and is currently producing his first feature film, The Mensch, in which he will co-star alongside Ginnifer Goodwin. He is also a sought-after singer and musician, an award-winning vocal arranger, a director of improv and theater, and is currently co-writing the musical adaptation of Lois Lowry’s bestselling novel, The Giver.

Platt’s hit weekly podcast Being Jewish with Jonah Platt delivers deeply honest and personal conversations with notable Jews and non-Jewish allies alike, such as political analyst Van Jones, actors Josh Gad and Tiffany Haddish, Congressman Ritchie Torres, and business leader Sheryl Sandberg. One of the most viewed Jewish-themed programs in the world across audio, YouTube, and television, the podcast received a Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast, an RCC Wilbur Award for Best Audio/Visual Program, is a staple on Apple's Top 200, and ranks in the top 1% of podcasts listened to globally, reaching listeners in 136 countries on 6 continents.

Platt is a graduate of Jewish Federation’s Community Leadership Institute and New Leaders Project, the ADL’s Glass Leadership Institute, and Israel Policy Forum’s Bronfman Conveners. He sits on the boards of One Mitzvah A Day, The 8 Project, American Jewish University’s Maas Center, The Inheritance Theater Project, and is an associate of the Tel Aviv Institute. He is also the winner of California’s inaugural Community Excellence Award for Combatting Antisemitism and is currently studying for his Masters in Antisemitism Studies at Gratz College.

A highly engaged and vocal advocate for the Jewish community, Jonah Platt is a widely trusted source of analysis, comfort, and compassionate discourse around the world.