Roya Hakakian, an Iranian Jewish refugee to America, published an essay titled "Letter to an Anti-Zionist Idealist" in the summer 2023 issue of Sapir.

Harpo Marx, famous for his silence in the Marx Brothers comedy act, once tried to save his German Jewish aunt, Helene Schickler, from Europe during World War II.

Stephen Klein, a Jewish refugee who fled Austria during the Nazi regime, demonstrated that economic success in America does not preclude Torah observance.