Breakout Round Two

Sunday, November 1

  • New Zionist Frontiers

    Arrillaga Family Pavilion
    1st Floor

    Roee Azizi, Reuven Taub, Ariela Ronay-Jinich
    Moderated by Betzy Lynch

    Compare three forms of Jewish authorship after sovereignty: Roee on place/community rebuilding, Reuven on Israeli refounding/internalized sovereignty, and Ariela on Diaspora communal authorship, with Betzy translating the examples into institutional judgment.

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    Sun Nov 1 | 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM PST
    Breakout Round 2

  • What Are We Educating Jews to Become?

    Freidenrich Conference Center
    4th Floor

    Dr. David Bryfman, Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath, Yahal Porat
    Moderated by Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz

    Ezra opens with a short research framing: the Zionist/anti-Zionist binary does not adequately describe how many American Jews relate to Israel and Jewish life. He then interrogates David, Samantha, and Yahal around the central question: if these are the Jews we are educating, what are we trying to form, and what does success look like? David brings the institutional/big-tent tension and contested boundaries; Samantha brings North American educational formation; Yahal brings what Israel can generate culturally and educationally for Diaspora Jewish life.

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    Sun Nov 1 | 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM PST
    Breakout Round 2

  • Does the Horseshoe Explain Antisemitism?

    Seiler Family Gymnasium

    Seth Mandel, Jonathan Jacoby
    Moderated by Lahav Harkov

    Test what the horseshoe framework clarifies or obscures about contemporary antisemitism and anti-Zionism, with particular emphasis on meaningful distinctions and own-side accountability rather than artificial symmetry.

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    Sun Nov 1 | 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM PST
    Breakout Round 2

  • If We Will It, Can We Still Dream Together?

    G-103

    Rabbi Joseph Schwartz

    Interactive workshop using a five-part Worlds of Meaning framework — US, DREAM, NIGHTMARE, MEMORY, THEM — to map divergent Jewish worlds around Israel, Zionism, and peoplehood and test how much our dreams diverge and whether a shared future remains possible.

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    Sun Nov 1 | 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM PST
    Breakout Round 2

  • What Does Zionism Mean to You?

    G-100

    Shlomit Levy Bard

    Interactive workshop built around Shlomit Levy Bard’s (RE)Defining Zionism portraits and personal definitions. Participants encounter contrasting answers, including ones they may disagree with, and try to understand how each person got there before responding.

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    Sun Nov 1 | 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM PST
    Breakout Round 2

  • Make Jewish Culture

    Arrillaga Family Pavilion
    2nd Floor

    Becca Goldstein, Ben Richman

    Participatory Ivri workshop built around doing rather than discussing: creating, practicing and sharing Jewish culture together.

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    Sun Nov 1 | 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM PST
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