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Leadership Conference - Day 1

Sunday, August 28th 2022

OPENING PLENARY: HERZL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Moderator: Hila Korach, Journalist and television news anchor

OPENING AND GREETINGS: Yaakov Hagoel, Chairman of the World Zionist Organization

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Special interview: LEGACY TRANSFORMATION

Baroness Ariane De Rothschild, President of the board of the Edmond de Rothschild Group

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Keynote: HERZL'S TWO BIG IDEAS: ONE THAT CHANGED THE PAST AND THE OTHER THAT WILL CHANGE THE FUTURE:

Dr. Micah Goodman, Bestselling Author

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THEODOR HERZL: FROM VISION TO REALITY

Moderator: Aliza Lavie, Former MK, writer, and Chairperson, The Israel Film Council & Founder, J12 educational technology venture

Gil Troy, American Historian and Author of ‘The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland'

Dr. Motti Friedman, Director & Research Institute for Zionism, JNF

Rabbi David Wolpe, The Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple

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Lecture: ISRAEL 2048 - HERZL'S VISION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Roni Flamer, CEO and Co-Founder, Or Movement Panel

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Discussion: UNITY AND SOLIDARITY WITHIN THE JEWISH PEOPLE

Prof. Yedidia Stern, President, The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) & Professor of law, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Andrés Spokoiny, President & CEO, Jewish Funders Network

Dr. Ruth Calderon, Educator, Founder and president, Alma & Home for Hebrew Culture Faculty, Mandel leadership center

Batgalim Shaer, Founder & Chairwomen, Sonshine Organization

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Keynote Lecture: THE COMPLEX BUSINESS OF LIVING THE ZIONIST DREAM

Danna Azrieli, Chairwoman, Azrieli Group and Azrieli Foundation, Israel

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PLENARY: LEADERSHIP SESSION

Moderator: Hila Korach, Journalist and television news anchor

Lecture: Rabbi Azman, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine

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A 21ST CENTURY ZIONISM FOR A 21ST CENTURY JEWISH PEOPLE

Opening: Gael Grunewald, Deputy Chairman and Head of the Department of Education, World Zionist Organization

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Discussion: Adv. Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz, Director of the Jacobs center in the Israel Democracy Institute

Michael Soberman, Senior Educational Consultant with the iCenter

Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor, The Jewish Theological Seminary

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Lecture: BUILDING TOMORROW'S LEADERSHIP: Moshe Vigdor, Director General, Mandel Foundation Israel

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LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION IN THE PERIPHERY

Moderator: Hana Rado, Social Business, Entrepreneur and Chairperson, Supersonas & Group19

Tal Ohana, Mayor of Yeruham, Israel

David Sherez, Social leader & entrepreneur

Prof. Yifat Bitton, President of Achva Academic College

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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS CREATING THE FUTURE 

Opening: Tova Dorfman, Deputy Chairwoman, WZO & Chairwoman, Department for Israel and Holocaust Commemoration Worldwide

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Dr. Hadas Malada-Matsree, Co-Founder, Ethiopia's Health Forum of Israel

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Tomer Levy, Founder, and CEO, Sign Now

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Sharon Barak, Founder, and CTO, Solutum

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Closing Lecture: THE INTEGRATION OR ISOLATION OF THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX - AN EXISTENTIAL QUESTION FOR ISRAEL'S FUTURE:

Dr. Gilad Malach, Director of the Ultra-Orthodox program, Israel Democracy Institute

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