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This document provides information about the World Council of Israelis Abroad Conference taking place from January 18-20, 2011 in Toronto, Canada. The conference will discuss building Israeli communities abroad, relationships between Israeli and Jewish communities, and the connection between Israelis living overseas and the state of Israel. It includes the schedule, locations, speakers, and topics to be covered each day. The conference is organized by the World Council of Israelis Abroad and sponsored by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.

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Conference Program

This document provides information about the World Council of Israelis Abroad Conference taking place from January 18-20, 2011 in Toronto, Canada. The conference will discuss building Israeli communities abroad, relationships between Israeli and Jewish communities, and the connection between Israelis living overseas and the state of Israel. It includes the schedule, locations, speakers, and topics to be covered each day. The conference is organized by the World Council of Israelis Abroad and sponsored by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.

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Welcome to the first World Council of Israelis Abroad Conference

Dates and Locations:

January 18, 2011 3:00pm – 10:00pm Beth Emeth Synagogue


100 Idler Street, Toronto

January 19, 2011 8:45am – 3:00pm Beth Emeth Synagogue


100 Idler Street, Toronto

3:30pm – 6:30pm Sherman Campus | Lipa Green


4600 Bathurst Street, Toronto

January 20, 2011 8:45am – 2:30pm Beth Emeth Synagogue


100 Elder Street, Toronto

Sponsored by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto


Conference Program:

Tuesday
January 18 Location: Beth Emeth Synagogue

3:00 – 3:30 pm Reception


3:30 – 4:30 pm Opening ceremony

 Gil Blutrich – Welcome greeting comments from the “World Council


of Israelis Abroad” Committee
 MK Yuli Yoel Edelstein - Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora
Affairs - Israel
 Ted Sokolsky - President & CEO - UJA Federation of Toronto
 Amir Gissin – Consul General of Israel in Toronto
 Menachem Kohen - “Mishelanu” – Chairman
 Elizabeth Wolf – Chair of the Board
 Gil Palter – Campaign Chair 2012 - UJA Federation of Toronto

4:30 – 5:00 pm    Intermission

5:00 – 7:00 pm   Pillar 1: Building an Israeli Community Abroad –Israeli organizations


around the world

 Gidi Grinstein - President and Founder of Reut Institute - Israel


 Menachem Kohen - Israeli Centre - Melbourne
 Anat Koren – Alondon Magazine - London
 Jennie Star - Tarbuton – Israel Cultural Center - San Diego
 Eldad Goldfarb - JCCGV - Vancouver
 Daniella Givon - JCCGV - Vancouver
 Yehuda Freilich - Israel Link - Chicago
 Vered Glickman - Israeli Culture Centre- Budapest
 Ilan Weiss - Israeli Organization - Berlin
 Ron East - Canada Sheli - Winnipeg
 Ran Mesterman – "The UJA Israeli Forum" – Toronto

7:00 – 7:15 pm Intermission

7:15 – 7:45 pm From the Myth of Return to the Mainstreaming of the Israeli
Community
Professor Rina Cohen – York University, Toronto

7:45 – 10:00 pm Dinner and Entertainment - The Israeli- Canadian Projects:


Kachol-Lavan, Mifgash, Shevet Hermon
Wednesday
January 19 Location: Beth Emeth Synagogue

8:45 – 9:15 am Reception

9:15 – 11:15 am Pillar 2: The relationships between the Israeli and Jewish
Communities and how to move forward?

 Ted Sokolsky – President & CEO UJA Federation - Toronto


 Menachem Kohen – Israeli Centre – Melbourne
 Jennie Star - Tarbuton – Israel Cultural Center - San Diego
 Anat Koren – Alondon Magazine – London
 If’at Eilon- Heiber - Israel and overseas department, JFGV –
Vancouver
 Yehuda Freilich - Israel Link – Chicago
 Ron East - Canada Sheli – Winnipeg
 Vered Glickman - Israeli Culture Centre- Budapest
 Ilan Weiss - Israeli Organization – Berlin

11:15 – 11:30 am Intermission

11:30 – 12:00 pm First and second generation Israeli emigrants and their perceptions
of the local Jewish communities: North America and Europe
comparison
Dr. Lilach Lev Ari- Oranim - Academic College of Education and Bar Ilan
University

12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch

12:45 – 2:30 pm Pillar 3: The relationship between the State of Israel and the Israelis
abroad

 Mk Yuli Yoel Edelstein - Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora


Affairs - Israel
 Amir Gissin - Consul General of Israel in Toronto
 Professor Gidi Koren - University of Toronto and University of
Western Ontario, Toronto
 Rafi Hadad – Tzofim – North America
 Geoffrey Druker - Israel advocacy consultant, JFGV - Vancouver
 Israel Pupko – NGO “Mishelanu” - Israel

2:30 – 3:00 pm Israeli Identification and Attachment to Homeland among Israelis


Abroad
Dr. Uzi Rebhun - The A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry
and The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

3:00 – 3:30 pm Transfer to Sherman Campus – Lipa Green Centre


Breaking to Location: Sherman Campus - Lipa Green Centre
workshops
3:30 – 6:30 pm 1. Education and Identity of the Second Generation
Chairs: Sara Dobner & Israel Pupko

2. Business, Social and Professional Involvement In Israel


Chairs: Gil Blutrich & Gidi Koren

3. Community Building and Cultural Identity


Chair: Ran Mesterman & Menachem Cohen

6:30 – 7:15 pm Dinner for out of town guests

Thursday Location: Beth Emeth Synagogue


January 20
8:45 – 9:15 am Assembly

9:15 – 10:00 am Presentation of working committees

1. Education and Identity of the Second Generation


2. Business, Social and professional involvement In Israel
3. Community Building and Cultural Identity

10:00 – 11:30 Putting it all together – Reflections, lessons and next steps

 Sara Dobner – "The UJA Israeli Forum" - Transformation of identity


– the Israeli-Jewish dilemma
 Rabbi Israel Landa – Preserving the Jewish Identity
 Nadia Prigat – “Habait Haisraeli”
 Hasia Israeli - Chief program officer &Head of North America
delegation -Future relations with the Jewish Agency for Israel
 Israel Pupko - “Mishelanu” – Opening dialog for the future
 Rafi Hadad – Tzofim – The young of today the future of tomorrow

11:30 – 11:45 Intermission

11:45 – 12:15 Closing ceremony

 Ted Sokolsky - President & CEO UJA Federation of Toronto


 Gil Blutrich – Thank you from the “World Council of Israelis Abroad”
Committee

12:15 – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 pm Natan Sharansky – Chairman of the Executive, Jewish Agency For Israel
(JAFI)
World Council of Israelis abroad Conference Committee:
Ran Mesterman
Sara Dobner
Rina Cohan
Gidi Koren
Gil Blutrich

World Council of Israelis Abroad Conference Professionals:


Nella Feldsher
Orit Ben-Or
Galya Sarner
Israel Pupko

World Council of Israelis Abroad Conference Coordinator:


Orit Ben-Or

Special thank you to Ted Sokolsky, President & CEO - UJA


Federation of Toronto

Sponsored by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

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