9 Elul 5784 | 12/9/2024 | "Heichal Shlomo", 58 King George Street, Jerusalem
Guest of honor
Mr. Ophir Sofer
Minister of Aliya and Integration
Conference schedule
| 16:30 | doors open |
| 17:15 | Session 1 – Lectures |
| 18:00 | break |
| 18:15 | Session 2 – Panels |
| 19:15 | break |
| 19:30 | Session 3 – Panels |
| 20:30 | break – light dinner (sandwiches) |
| 21:00 | Joint plenary session – salute to the Olim in the war |
| 22:00 | Departure for the Selihot tour |
Conference participants
Russian
lecture
Dr. Pinchas Polonsky
Researcher of Rabbi Kook’s theology
Adv. Sofia Ron-Moria
Publicist and columnist in “Maariv”
Panel on the topic: The people of Israel at war: the spirit, the bravery and the concern
Shlomo Neeman
CEO of ‘Atidno’. Former head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha Council
Alex Caratchun
Deputy Mayor of Kiryat Shmona
Boris Volovik
Member of Kibbutz Nir Am’s emergency squad
Sergey Grankin
Israeli journalist, military reporter and documentary filmmaker
Moderator
Panel on the topic: Aliya - the next generation
Prof. Zeev Hanin
Ariel University
Bar-Ilan University
MK Zeev Elkin
The former Minister of Absorption
Alice Yefimov
Manager of the field of absorption, society and economy, the Million Lobby Association
Judith Weinstein-Gross
Director of Marketing and Community, Gebhaim Association
Moderator
Spanish
lecture
Dr. Gustavo Perednik
Doctor of Education, philosopher, writer and lecturer
Rabbi Eliyahu Birenbaum
Head of the Amiel Strauss Institute for the Training of Diaspora Rabbis (Or Torah Stone)
Panel on the topic: The people of Israel at war: the spirit, the bravery and the concern
Ronnie Kaplan
IDF spokesman in Spanish
Nataly Galil
A resident of Shtula, whose home was destroyed,
community manager of an evacuated settlement
Gabriel Ben Tesgal
Journalist, lecturer, director and founder of “The Other Side”
Moderator
Panel on the topic: Aliya - the next generation
Natalio Steiner
Journalist, teacher, lecturer, founder and director of the newspaper “Comunidades Plus”
Rabbi Michael Rubinstein
Community rabbi “Le Maan Achai ve Reai” Harish
Founder of Israel Chai organization to support soldiers’ families
Deborah Levy
La Casa Tel Aviv women’s movement
Rabbi Richard Kaufman
Rabbi and mentor. Founder of CoolAm, Israel For You, Tora-Day, Casa Latina
Moderator
Portuguese
Panel on the topic: The people of Israel at war: the spirit, the bravery and the concern
Rafael Rozenszajn
Spokesman for the IDF in Portuguese
Matias Brotero
International reporter in the Record newspaper
Gabriel Shorr
Guide, parachutist and lecturer
Rabbi Yaakov Zilberman
Rabbi of Or Yisrael Home Congregation in Ra’anana
Moderator
Panel on the topic: Aliya - the next generation
Osheria Stauber Freinowitz
Attorney and notary, specialist in immigrant affairs
Zvi Scheinbrom
Lawyer, mediator and notary
Claudia Ajbeszyc
Career consultant, Gvahim organization
Avraham Danilo Weissman
Community coordinator – Abayta Netanya
Moderator
Hebrew
lecture
MK Oded Forer
Chairman of the Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Committee
A session on the topic: "How do you welcome the immigrants?"
Sivan Goldstein - Heber
Deputy Director of the Ministry of Aliya and Integration
Gal Greenwald
Deputy Chairman of the World Zionist Organization
Nathanel Rotenberg
CEO Habayta
Lior Shmueli
VP Taglit
A session on the topic: "How do you strengthen the spirit of the immigrants and the people in war?"
Ezra Yachin
Lehi fighter
Rachelle Fraenkel
Halacha consultant, from the Yom Ahedut initiators
Jen Early
Founder of Beit Binyamin
Yosef Hoter
CEO Habayta
