Bradley Burston and J.J. Goldberg have compiled a list of notable Jews across the political spectrum in this year’s U.S. Presidential campaign for Israeli newspaper, Haaretz. Many have appeared at the Y at one time or another and one name on the list belongs to a man who’s been dead for 153 years. (That’s influence!) Two of the heavyweights will bring their political expertise to the Y on October 30 for the talk, “How Should Jews Vote?”

Ed Koch: The former New York City mayor is still a gold standard for Jews of a certain age. He backed Bush in 2004 and Hillary Clinton during the primaries. Now he’s for Obama.

William Kristol: As editor of Rupert Murdoch’s Weekly Standard magazine, a New York Times columnist and a Fox News commentator, he is an extremely influential neoconservative voice.

Koch and Kristol will be joined by Forward editor Jane Eisner, former CNN anchor Aaron Brown and Rabbi Michael Lerner. 92Y Blog readers can receive a 50% discount by using the code VOTE when ordering online.