--- description: Find out why Jonathan Greenblatt is one of the 100 most influential people of 2025. title: Jonathan Greenblatt: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadce9fd06c3cd51c/6998c5c11f67093be2f564a7/time100-2025-jonathan-greenblatt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 16, 2025 # Jonathan Greenblatt by Van Jones  WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage during the 2024 ADL “In Concert Against Hate” at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on November 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage during the 2024 ADL “In Concert Against Hate” at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on November 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League)Jemal Countess—Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League Protecting the Jewish people has never been an easy job. But when threats escalated, Jonathan Greenblatt transformed the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) into an indispensable shield. In 2024 alone, the ADL briefed 17,000 law-­enforcement officers, analyzed 10 million extremist messages, and processed 17,000 antisemitic incident reports. It’s helped federal agencies and tech companies, and provided education materials for children. Greenblatt has [challenged antisemitism](https://time.com/6958957/growing-antisemitism-young-americans/ "undefined") on both sides of the aisle, and maintained his commitment to civil rights. After pushing for a campus crackdown on antisemitism, he spoke out against deporting student protesters. His critics have come from both left and right. But so have the threats to Jewish safety. In a moment that demands operational excellence and moral clarity, Greenblatt delivers both. _Jones, a political commentator, is the founder of DreamMachine.org_ Jonathan Greenblatt Is on the 2025 TIME100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273815/jonathan-greenblatt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273815/jonathan-greenblatt/"},"headline":"Jonathan Greenblatt","datePublished":"2025-04-16T10:30:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:46:39.318Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273815/jonathan-greenblatt/","keywords":["TIME100","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","T100Titans2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadce9fd06c3cd51c/6998c5c11f67093be2f564a7/time100-2025-jonathan-greenblatt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadce9fd06c3cd51c/6998c5c11f67093be2f564a7/time100-2025-jonathan-greenblatt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273815/jonathan-greenblatt/","name":"Jonathan Greenblatt"}}]}] ```