Agenda

Tuesday | October 28th

10:00 Delegate Registration

12:00 Gathering and refreshments

13:00 Plenary session No. 1 – Opening Plenary
Ussishkin Hall
Chairwoman: Debbie Isaac
Vice Chairman: Moises Mitrani

14:00 Plenary session No. 2 – “Honorary Fellows” Plenary
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Isaac Barchichat
Vice Chairman: Moshe Hachamon

14:30 Break

15:00 plenary session No. 3- Panels | (In parallel: Constitution Committee in Room 9 - Nahum Sokolow Hall)

• Between Progressivism and Antisemitism
The Teddy Hall
Chairwomen: Elina Bardach-Yalov
Vice Chairwoman: Denise Jozsef
Moderator: Yuna Leibzon, Journalist and anchor Channel 12 News

Participants:
• Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz, The Jewish Theological Seminary
• Adv. Jeremy Leibler, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia
• Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Sigal, Vice President for International Affairs, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Tali Barsh-Gottlieb, CEO of the Israeli Opera

• Zionism on Social Media
Hall 3 – Golda Meir
Chairman: Michael Uston
Vice Chairwoman: Maayan Dalal Mizrahi
Moderator: Zvika Klein, Editor in Chief, The Jerusalem Post

Participants:
• Yara Kapuscziuk, Social Media Manager of Meretz Argentina, Lawyer, Board Member of the Argentine Zionist Organization (OSA), and Delegate to the Zionist Congress
• Dor Lev, Program & Social Media Education Manager, TalkIsrael
• Lior Weintraub, Head of Public Policy, TikTok Israel; former Chief of Staff and Spokesperson of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, and CEO of The Israel Project

• Women and Zionism
Hall 4 – Henrietta Szold
Chairwoman: Carol Ann Schwartz
Vice Chairwoman: Inna Zilbergertz‏
Moderator: Galit Gutman, Media Personality

Participants:
• Hana Rado, Social Business Entrepreneur, Founder and Leader of Group19
• Shoshana Dweck, Co-Chair of ARZENU, Executive Board Member of URJ and Women of Reform Judaism.
• Dr. Claudia De Benedetti, Executive Member of Maccabi World Union and Member of the Board of Trustees, Italy
• Prof. Yifat Biton, President of Achva Academic College and Chair of the Council of Academic Colleges
• Ela Shani, Survivor of the Be’eri Massacre, age 16

16:15 Free time

19:00 Dinner

20:30 Opening Evening
Ussishkin Hall

Wednesday | October 29th

Breakfast at the hotel

07:30 Meetings of Parties and Organizations

09:00 Plenary session No. 4 – "Zionism 20.48"
Cahirman: Raymond Forado
Vice Chairwomen: Anat Vidor
Election of the new Executive, as proposed by the Standing Committee.
(If no proposal is submitted, a “Beit Midrash” and Round Tables will be held, led by Prof. Gil Troy.)

10:15 Congress Committees

Committee 1: Sovereignty and Borders
Hall 1 – Herzl
Chairman: Marat Ressin
Vice Chairman: Andres Waisleder

Committee 2: Language and Cultural Identity
Hall 2 – Menachem Begin
Chairman: Danny Lamm
Vice Chairman: Menachem Shem Tov

Committee 3: Pluralism, Social Justice, and Jewish Unity
Hall 3 – Golda Meir
Chairman: Rabbi Saadia Elhadad
Vice Chairman: Mark Levenson

Committee 4: Accountability and Transparency
Hall 4 – Henrietta Szold
Chairman: Abramam Elharar
Vice Chairman: David Dormont

Committee 5: Social and National Policy
Hall 5 – Yitzhak Rabin
Chairwoman: Nomi Colton-Max
Vice Chairwoman: Elina Bardach-Yalov

Committee 6: Resilience and Healing
Hall 6 – Ben-Gurion
Chairman: Chaim Meisels
Vice Chairwoman: Tamar Rabin-Laufer

Committee 7: Combating Antisemitism
Hall 7 – Dulzin A
Chairwoman: Chana Shields
Vice Chairman: Rabbi Carlos Tapiero

Committee 8: Education and Memory
Hall 8 – Dulzin B
Chairman: Peleg Reshef
Vice Chairman: Rabbi Shlomo Elhadad

Committee 9: Constitution Committee
Hall 9 – Nahum Sokolow

Committee 10: Leadership and Empowerment
Hall 10 – Hannah Szenes
Chairwoman: Silvia Kleinberg
Vice Chairman: Josh Cohen

The Committee for Drafting the Proposed Decision
Chairwoman: Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg
Vice Chairwoman: Adi Samssoon

13:30 Packed Lunch | (Closed Committee: Drafting Committee for Resolutions)

13:45 Departure for Tours:

• “Envelope of Hope” – Tours of the Gaza Envelope
• “Heroes Against Their Will” – Rehabilitation Tours in Central Israel
• “Heart of the People, Heart of the Nation” – Between Culture and Life in Jerusalem

Dispersal afterward