Rabbi Wolff Gold

(1889, Sczcyczyin, Poland-1956). Jewish Rabbi and Signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. A fervent Zionist. Ordained Rabbi, 1906. Rabbi of Juteka, Poland. Emigrated to the United States, 1907. Served congregations in Chicago, Scranton, Williamsburg, San Francisco, and New York. Founder, Torah v'Da'as yeshivah. Member, Zionist General Council, 1923. President, American Mizrachi, 1932-1935. Settled in Palestine, 1935. Member, Jewish Delegation to the United Nations, 1946. One of two "official" rabbis who signed the Declaration of Independence of Israel, 1948. Director, Israeli Department for Torah Education and Culture, 1951.

Nahum Goldmann

(July 10, 1895-Wisznewo, Lithuania-August 29, 1982, Bad Reichenhall, Germany). Jewish Communal Leader and President, World Jewish Congress, 1951-1977. Journalist. Publisher and Editor, Encyclopaedia Judaica. Jewish Agency Representative, League of Nations, 1934. Chairman, World Jewish Congress, 1936, President, 1951-1977. President, World Zionist Organization, 1956-1958. Author of Memories, Ou Va Israel? and Le Paradoxe Juif.

Joseph Goldstein

(1944, New York-Alive). Buddhist Teacher and Co-Founder, Insight Meditation Society. Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand, 1960s. One of the first vipassana teachers in America. Co-Founder and Guiding Teacher, Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Massachusetts, 1975. Author of The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation (1983); Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (1987); Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom (1994); The Path of Insight Meditation (Co-Author, 1995); One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism (2002). Founder, The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Massachusetts, 1989. Co-Founder, IMS Forest Refuge, 1998.

Reverend Peter John Gomes

(1942, Boston, Massachusetts-Alive). Protestant Minister, Theologian and Educator. Ordained Minister, Baptist Church. Director of Freshman Studies, Tuskegee Institute. Assistant Minister, The Memorial Church, Harvard University, 1970-1974. Pusey Minister, The Memorial Church, Harvard University, 1974-Current. Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Harvard University, 1974-Current. Holds 33 honorary degrees. Widely regarded as one of America's most distinguished preachers. Participated in the Inaugurations of Ronald Wilson Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush. Noted author. A self-acknowledged celebate homosexual and advocate for gay rights.

Most Reverend Auxiliary Bishop Jose Horacio Gomez

(December 26, 1951, Monterrey, California-Alive). Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado. Ordained Priest, Opus Dei, August 15, 1978. Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado, January 23, 2001-Current.

(December 12, 1932, Dalugama, Sri Lanka-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2002-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, February 3, 1958. Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Titular Bishop of Mulia, April 9, 1968. Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, November 2, 1995. Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 6, 2002-Current.

Most Reverend Archbishop Edvaldo Goncalves Amaral, S.D.B.

(May 25, 1927, Recife, Brazil-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Maceio, Brazil, 1985-2002. Ordained Priest, Order of Salesians of St. John Bosco, Roman Catholic Church, December 8, 1954. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju, Brazil, February 15, 1975. Bishop of Pamaiba, Brazil, September 2, 1980. Archbishop of Maceio, Brazil, October 24, 1985. Retired, July 3, 2002.