This is the 2006 Forward 50 list of the fifty most influential Jewish-Americans published annually as an editorial opinion of The Forward newspaper. This year's list includes 51 entries. Top Picks * Arnold Eisen * Rahm Emanuel and Charles Schumer * Abraham Foxman * Ruth Messinger * Jon Stewart Politics * Elliott Abrams * Matt Brooks * Jane Harman * Joseph Lieberman * Debbie Wasserman Schultz Ideas & Activism * Jill Jacobs * Dennis Ross * Susan Tuchman * Mikey Weinstein Religion * Sharon Brous * Elliot Dorff * Richard Joel * Sharon Kleinbaum * Yehuda Krinsky * Irwin Kula * Dina Najman-Licht * Zalman Teitelbaum * Eric Yoffie Community * Wayne Firestone * Menachem Genack * David Harris * Malcolm Hoenlein * Nancy Kaufman * Howard Kohr * Steven Nasatir * Carole Solomon Culture * Sacha Baron Cohen * Aaron Bisman * Carolyn Hessel * Scarlett Johansson * Jeremy Piven * Philip Roth * Gary Shteyngart * Barbra Streisand * Elie Wiesel Sports * Jordan Farmar * Shawn Green Philantropy * Charles Bronfman and Roger Bennett * Jennie Rosenn * Alice Rosenwald * Lynn Schusterman * Carol Smokler * Ronald Stanton Law & Order * Jack Abramoff * Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman =="Plus One"== * George Allen
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