JTA hired a consulting firm to determine the most influential Twitter users in the Jewish world. It used an algorithm where the top 1000 individuals were (somehow) identified and then the ones who most influenced the others on the list went to the top of the list.
Here is the list:
- William Daroff, The Jewish Federations of North America’s Washington office director, @Daroff
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, @netanyahu
- Avi Mayer, Jewish Agency spokesman, @AviMayer
- Danny Ayalon, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., @DannyAyalon
- Peter Lerner, Israel Defense Forces spokesman, @LTCPeterLerner
- Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic correspondent, @JeffreyGoldberg
- Ron Dermer, Israeli ambassador to the U.S., @AmbDermer
- Dan Shapiro, U.S. ambassador to Israel, @AmbShapiro
- Rabbi Jason Miller, rabbi, entrepreneur and writer, @RabbiJason
- Barak Ravid, Haaretz diplomatic correspondent, @BarakRavid
- Esther Kustanowitz, editorial director of Mayim Bialik’s Grok Nation and L.A. Jewish Journal contributing writer, @EstherK
- Avital Leibovich, American Jewish Committee in Israel director, @AvitalLeibovich
- Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post Knesset correspondent, @LahavHarkov
- Michael Dickson, StandWithUs executive director, @michaeldickson
- David Horovitz, The Times of Israel founding editor, @davidhorovitz
- Arsen Ostrovsky, human rights lawyer and journalist, @Ostrov_A
- Mark Regev, Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, @MarkRegevPMO
- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, rabbi, British lord and author, @rabbisacks
- Shimon Peres, former Israeli president and prime minister, @PresidentPeres
- Yair Rosenberg, Tablet magazine senior writer, @Yair_Rosenberg
- Adam Milstein, Israeli real estate investor and philanthropist, @AdamMilstein
- Reuven Rivlin, Israeli president, @PresidentRuvi
- Khaled Abu Toameh, Arab-Israeli journalist, @KhaledAbuToameh
- Peter Beinart, The Atlantic and National Journal contributor and Haaretz correspondent,@PeterBeinart
- David Haivri, Israeli settler activist, @haivri
Of those, I have more Twitter followers than six of them.
I am followed by eleven of them.
And I am blocked by one, Peter Beinart.
So apparently I have a fair amount of influence on the influencers. However, as Yair Rosenberg noted:
Of course, as any true Elder of Zion knows, the real mark of being one of the "most influential Jews" is not appearing on any list, anywhere— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) March 27, 2016
Exactly.
Anyway, this is a good list of people to follow.
JTA also published a list of 25 "guest stars" whose criteria are fuzzy, but they are worth checking out.
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