Meet our 2026 Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Founder & President
The Tell Institute
Senior Fellow
Shalom Hartman Institute
Founder & Director
Free Mind Foundation
Musical Guests
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Alon Ohel
Musician
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Zusha
Musicians
Conference Speakers
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Rabbi Daniel Septimus
Executive Director
Center for Jewish Peoplehood JCC Association of North America -
Becca Goldstein
Shlichah
Ivri Movement & Co-Founder, Big Jewish Gathering -
Benjamin Richman
Shaliach, Ivri Movement
Founder, OpenLev -
Ariela Ronay-Jinich
Founder & Executive Director
Olamim - Latin Jewish Belonging for Families -
Sharon Leslie
Founding Executive Director
Blue Compass -
Micki Weinberg
Founder
SHIUR -
Lahav Harkov
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Dr. Shivi Greenfield
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Haley Geffen
Film Director
Coed Studios -
Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Benjamin Kerstein
Z3 Institute Associate Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Jonathan Jacoby
President
The Nexus Project -
Izabella Tabarovsky
Z3 Institute Senior Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Asaf Elia-Shalev
Editor in Chief
J. The Jewish News of California -
Meg Keene
Executive Editor
Meg Keene Books | Wicked Son -
Ron Weinreich
Founder and CEO
TEVANUA -
Dr. David Bryfman
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Maia Zelkha
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Rabbi Joseph Schwartz
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Miriam Awad Morad
Researcher
Education Policy Program - The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) -
Adam Louis-Klein
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Dr. Logan Levkoff
Host, The Sexy Side of Zionism
Program & Strategic Partnerships Lead, HonestReporting -
Roee Azizi
Founder and Executive Director
Hinenu -
Shlomit Levy Bard
Artist & Curator
(RE)Defining Zionism & The Kol Project -
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Mimi Kravetz
Chief Impact & Growth Officer
Jewish Federations of North America -
Seth Mandel
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Betzy Lynch
CEO
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center and the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture -
Ezra Balser
Senior Base Rabbi
Luba and Bernard Friedman Base Loop/Metro Chicago Hillel -
Kara Jesella
Z3 Institute Adjunct Fellow
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Omer Shalev
Vice President of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Mosaic United -
Rabbi Amitai Fraiman
Founding Director
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Daniel Klein
CEO
Jewish Silicon Valley -
Ron Gerstenfeld
The Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest
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Zack Bodner
President & CEO
Oshman Family JCC -
Dr. David Hazony
Director of the Institute
The Z3 Project, OFJCC -
Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz
Co-Director
Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education -
Reuven Taub
Co-Founder & CEO
Alenu (On-Us) - The Founding Grandchildren -
Yahal Porat
Director
Cultural Judaism Unit, Zionist Enterprises Department, WZO
Teen Summit
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Mika Sternberg
Israeli Sailor
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Avigail Moradzadeh
Student
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Matthew Cowan
Social Media Education Manager
TalkIsrael Foundation -
Mia Katz
Student
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Robbie Feldman
Student
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Lara Walklet
Teen Engagement Manager
OFJCC -
Nirit Freikorn
Head of School
Beged Kefet Hebrew Language School, OFJCC -
Omer Genud
Student
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Tal Zilberstein Paz
Principal
Beged Kefet Hebrew Language School, OFJCC