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The New Face(s) of American Jewish Life
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Senior Fellow, Hazon
Rabbi Sid Schwarz is a social entrepreneur, author and teacher. He is currently a Senior Fellow at Hazon. Rabbi Sid founded and led PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values for 21 years; its work centered on integrating Jewish learning, Jewish values and social responsibility...
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Sunday May 24, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Zoom
1:00pm EDT
The Secret Jews of Majorca
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Founder, Jewish Majorca
Dani Rotstein is a TV commercial producer, life-long Young Judaean, ROI member, NGF Alumnus, Rikud-aholic, and Limud Mallorca co-founder who recently created Jewish Majorca - a tourism company connecting the island's past with its present in hopes of building a brighter future. He...
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Sunday May 24, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Zoom
2:00pm EDT
A Jewish Journey in the White House and Beyond
Presenters
Obama Speechwriter
From 2009 to 2017, Sarah Hurwitz served as a White House speechwriter, first as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. Prior to serving in the Obama Administration, Sarah was chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton...
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Sunday May 24, 2020 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Zoom
3:00pm EDT
Blame the Jews: Conspiracy Theories and Dual Loyalties in Jewish History
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Senior Jewish Educator and Rabbi, North Carolina Hillel
Rabbi Melissa B. Simon is the Senior Jewish Educator and Rabbi at UNC-Chapel Hill, providing students with rabbinic support, facilitating students’ meaningful Jewish experiences and playing a central role in crafting the Jewish educational vision for UNC Hillel. Under Rabbi Melissa's...
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Sunday May 24, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Zoom
3:00pm EDT
It Started With a Box
Presenters
Genealogist, Ancestry.com
Janette Silverman manages a team of researchers at AncestryProGenealogists®, specializing in Eastern European & Jewish research. She has masters & doctorate degrees in Jewish studies from Spertus Institute. A longtime JewishGen volunteer, until recently was UkraineSIG coordinator...
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Sunday May 24, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Zoom
3:00pm EDT
The New Anti-Semitism and the Jewish Future
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Founding Rabbi / Spiritual Leader, Congregation Beth Tefillah
Rabbi Pinchas Allouche is the founding Rabbi of one of the most vibrant and fastest-growing synagogues in the United States, Congregation Beth Tefillah of Scottsdale, Arizona, where he resides with his wife, Esther, and nine children.He is a recognized rabbinic figure, a respected...
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Sunday May 24, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Zoom
4:00pm EDT
Ensuring the Future of Jewish Communal Institutions
Moderators
President, Shalom Hartman Insitute of North America
Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer is the President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. Yehuda is a leading thinker and author on the meaning of Israel to American Jews, on Jewish history and Jewish memory, and on questions of leadership and change in American Jewish life.Yehuda led...
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Executive Director, The Natan Fund
Felicia Herman is Director of the Aligned Grant Program for the Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund. She has been Executive Director of Natan, a giving circle that supports Jewish and Israeli social innovation, since 2005. Felicia is Founder and Chair of the Advisory Board of...
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Jewish Federations of North America
Shira joined the Jewish Federations of North America as its Chief of Staff in January 2020, where she oversees the strategy and implementation of the organization's core operations aimed at broadening the impact of the Federation system on the Jewish community in North America and...
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Sunday May 24, 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Zoom
4:00pm EDT
Richmond’s Rabbi: Dispatches From the Capital of the Confederacy
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Named one of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” by The Forward, Rabbi Michael Rose Knopf is the author of Thirty Days of Liberation: Pathways for Personal and Social Transformation Inspired by the Book of Exodus and the spiritual leader of Temple Beth-El in Richmond, Virginia...
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Sunday May 24, 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Zoom
4:00pm EDT