Toronto Negev Dinner 2026 | Friends of JNF Canada | Charitable Support for Israel - Canada helping Israel Friends of JNF Canada

Guest Speakers

Toronto Negev Dinner 2026

Toronto, ONTARIO Canada
Elisha Weisel

Chairman of the Board, The Elie Wiesel Foundationand son of Elie Wiesel 

Elisha Wiesel (born June 6, 1972) is an American businessman, hedge fund manager, social activist, and philanthropist. He is the only child of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. 

Wiesel spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, where he held various leadership roles before leaving in 2019. He is a Founding Partner and Chief Risk Officer of ClearAlpha Technologies, where he co-manages the Niche Plus fund. He also serves as Chairman of Entrio, an Israeli financial technology start-up, and is a member of the board of directors of FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solution provider dual-listed on NYSE and NASDAQ. 

He is the Chairman of The Elie Wiesel Foundation, where he is leading efforts to revitalize the Foundation’s mission and further his parents’ legacies as humanitarians and educators. Elisha also continues his father’s commitment to the Jewish people by speaking publicly against antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric. 

Wiesel’s father, Elie Wiesel, was a Holocaust survivor, author, professor, and human rights advocate who founded The Elie Wiesel Foundation with his wife, Marion Wiesel, also a Holocaust survivor. 

Raised in New York City, Elisha attended the Ramaz School, a Modern Orthodox yeshiva, and later Yale University, where he earned a B.S. in Computer Science. Following graduation, he received basic military training in Israel. He has two children with his wife, Lynn Bartner-Wiesel.


Ben Mulroney

Ben Mulroney
Celebrated Radio and Television Host


Ben Mulroney is regarded as one of Canada’s premier television and radio hosts. He is best known as the former co-host of CTV’s Your Morning and Etalk and host of Canadian Idol, which was the most watched English-language Canadian television show on record for the entirety of its six-season run. As a preeminent host, emcee, and interviewer, Mulroney infuses galas, conferences, and every event he’s involved in with his signature humour, charisma, and warm personality.

Despite being the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and earning a law degree from Laval University and a history degree from Duke University, Mulroney found his calling in show business, not politics.

Mulroney got his start as the Quebec City Correspondent for talktv's The Chatroom before joining CTV’s Canada AM as their entertainment reporter. He then joined Etalk from its inception, where he interviewed thousands of stars and reported from hundreds of red carpets, including the Oscars, the Golden Globes, the Emmys, and the Juno Awards. Mulroney has also appeared as a contributor on the weekend edition of ABC News’ Good Morning America andjoined Kelly Ripa as guest co-host twice on the popular daytime talk show, Live! With Kelly.

Today, Mulroney hosts The Ben Mulroney Show on 640 Toronto, a nationally syndicated talk show that focuses on politics, media, and other hot-button issues. He also works closely with Aurora Strategy Global, a fast-growing public affairs, government, and public relations firm, and is a strategic and communications advisor to several Canadian startups, including Trexity, HOVR, Midori-Bio, and TutorOcean.

 As an experienced event host, Mulroney works closely with several charitable organizations, including Cystic Fibrosis Canada and SickKids. In 2024, he hosted a fundraising “radiothon” in support of The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.