JNF National Conference 2018

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25

 

1:00 – 8:00 pm

Conference Registration Available

 

10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Makor Retreat (By Invitation)

 

1:00 – 2:00 pm

JNF National Board of Trustees Meeting (By Invitation)

 

5:00 – 6:30 pm

JNF Israel Partners Meeting

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26

 

8:30 – 10:00 am

JNF Community Presidents Breakfast Meeting (By Invitation)

 

3:00 – 6:00 pm

Conference Registration Available

 

9:00 – 10:30 am

Israel Experience Task Force Meeting

 

9:30 am – 1:00 pm

JNFuture Summit

 

9:30 – 11:30 am

Disabilities Task Force Meeting

 

10:00 – 11:00 am

Arad Task Force Meeting

 

10:00 – 11:30 am

Go North West Task Force Meeting

 

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Yerucham Task Force Meeting

 

10:00 am – 12: 00 pm

Gaza Envelope Task Force Meeting

 

10:15 – 12:00 pm

Arava Task Force Meeting

 

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Women for Israel Luncheon (Reservations Required)

Connecting American Jewry, Israel and the International Media over the Next 70 Years

Speaker: Captain (Res.) Libby Weiss, Former IDF Spokesperson

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12:00 – 2:00 pm

JNF IN ISRAEL EXPO

 

2:00 – 4:00 pm

Opening Plenary

Featuring: Marlee Matlin, Academy Award Winning Actress and Activist: A Personal Story

Ronald S. Lauder, Chairman of the Board, Emeritus

Special Presentation of JNF Heritage Award to Andrew P. Klein

 

4:15 – 5:15 pm

College Summit Opening

 

4:15 – 5:15 pm

Housing Fund Committee Meeting

 

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Kabbalat Shabbat Services

 

6:30 pm

Shabbat Dinner (Reservations Required)

 

7:45 – 9:00 pm

Keynote Speaker

Holocaust Denial: A Personal Perspective

Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University

 

9:00 pm

Oneg Shabbat Dessert Reception

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27

 

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Conference Registration Available

 

8:00 – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast Available

 

9:00 am

Shabbat Services

 

9:00 – 10:00 am

Small Communities Meeting

 

9:00 – 10:00 am

Arts and Entertainment Task Force Meeting

 

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Water Task Force Meeting

 

10:30 am – 1:00 pm

Sapphire and Chai Society Program and Lunch

Leadership: Decidedly More Female

Speaker: Phyllis Kaminsky, President of Kaminsky Associates, International Consulting Firm

 

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Shabbat Lunch

 

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Plenary: Israel’s New Battlefield: Communications Strategies for Fighting Delegitimization

Speaker: Nathan E. Miller, President, Miller Ink

 

2:00 – 5:00 pm

JNF IN ISRAEL EXPO

 

2:15 – 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

The New Wave of Pioneers

Moderator: Stephanie Kelman, National Chair, JNFuture

Featuring: Captain (Res.) Libby Weiss, Former IDF Spokesperson

 

Parashat VaYera: Reconciling the (almost) Sacrifice of Isaac and Exile of Ishmael

A theological reading of conflict and resolution

Speaker: Rabbi Leor Sinai, Co-CEO, Alexander Muss High School in Israel

 

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Friends of Green Horizons (FOGH) Youth Movement Meeting: Our Children and Our Future

 

 

3:45 – 4:45 pm

Plenary: Disarmed: Unconventional Lessons from the World’s Only One-Armed Special Forces Sharpshooter

Speaker: Izzy Ezagui, Author and Former IDF Commander

 

5:00 – 6:00 pm

College Summit Partner Breakouts

5:30 – 7:00 pm

Major Donors Reception (By Invitation)

 

6:10 – 6:30 pm

College Summit Havdalah

 

7:30 – 9:30 pm

College Summit Party

 

8:00 – 11:00 pm

JNFuture Party

Wasted Grain (Scottsdale)

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28

 

7:00 am – 7:00 pm

Conference Registration Available

 

7:00 – 8:45 am

Breakfast Available

 

7:30 am – 4:00 pm

JNF IN ISRAEL EXPO

 

7:30 – 8:30 am

Go North East Task Force Meeting

 

7:30 – 8:30 am

Fire and Rescue Task Force Meeting

 

8:00 – 9:00 am

Makom Task Force Meeting

 

9:00 – 9:45 am

Plenary: The David and the Goliath: Jews in the 21^st Century

Speaker: Bari Weiss, Writer and Editor, The New York Times Op-Ed Page

 

9:50 – 11:10 am

JNF Joint Institute for Global Food, Energy, and Water Initiative Meeting: An Academic and Research Virtual College with the University of Arizona and the Arava Valley

 

10:00 – 11:00 am

Concurrent Sessions

Go North!: Building the Galilee for the 21st Century and Beyond

The Challenges and Opportunities in Building an Inclusive Society

 

10:00 – 11:00 am

College Summit: Regional Breakouts

 

11:15 am – 12:45 pm

Plenary: Jewish National Fund Continuum: From Birth to the Boardroom

 

12:45 – 1:45 pm

Lunch Available

 

2:00 – 3:15 pm

Plenary: Israel Water Challenges and Opportunities

Chair: Bob Lembke, President, United Water and Sanitation District

Moderator: Ben Perlman, Founder and President, Smart Water Group

Presenters: Yehuda Kaploun, President, WaterGen USA

Noa Zer, Director of Resource Development, Central Arava Regional Council

Dr. Sharon Megdal, Director, Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), The University of Arizona

Dr. Clive Lipchin, Director of the Center for Transboundary Water Management, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

 

2:00 – 3:00 pm

College Summit Closing

 

3:30 – 4:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Go North!: Building the Galilee for the 21st Century and Beyond

Blueprint Negev: From Vision to Fruition and What Comes Next

 

4:30 – 5:30 pm

Plenary

Chop and Chat Face-Off Cooking Competition….Israeli Style

Featuring: Jamie Geller, American-Born Israeli Food Writer, Celebrity Chef

Lior Lev Sercarz, Chef and Owner of La Boite

 

6:30 pm

Dinner/Gala: Celebrating Israel@70

Featuring: Lior Suchard, World Renowned Master Mentalist

Capaim Band