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Plenary 1 – Sunday, November 8th from 2:00PM – 3:45PM
Plenary 2 – Monday, November 9th from 11:00AM – 1:30PM
Plenary 3 – Monday, November 9th from 4:30PM – 6:15PM
Plenary 4 – Tuesday, November 10th from 11:30AM – 12:45PM
Plenary 1
Sunday, November 8th from 2:00PM – 3:45PM
MODERATOR
David Horovitz
Founding Editor, The Times of Israel
SPEAKER
Rosalie Abella
Justice, Supreme Court of Canada
Debra Messing
Actress
David Gregory
Former Moderator, NBC News
Ambassador Dennis Ross
Counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Ashleigh Miller
Development Director, JEWISHcolorado
Samantha Dubrinsky
Director of Community Impact & Special Projects, The Jewish Federation of Birmingham
Seth Wong
Young Adult Department Chair, JEWISHcolorado
Janine Zacharia
Former Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Washington Post
Sandy Lenger
Co-Chair, GA 2015
Alan Solow
Co-Chair, GA 2015
Irwin Cotler
The Honourable Irwin Cotler, Former Member Canadian Parliament
Rabbi Mike Uram
Executive Director and Campus Rabbi, Hillel at the University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Rudo
Teen Engagement Coordinator, Jewish Family Services Baltimore
Jackson Rudo
Sixth Grader
Julia Nierenberg
American University
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
President & Dean Valley Beit Midrash
PERFORMER
Bill Todd
Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, Arranger and Educator
Tamir Shmerling
Musician
Wayne Tucker
Trumpeter, Composer & Arranger
Plenary 2
Monday, November 9th from 11:00AM – 1:30PM
SPEAKER
Leslie Wexner
Chairman and CEO, L Brands
Michael Ben-Aharon
Founder & CEO, Golda Strategies
Dan Pallotta
Philanthropic Pioneer
Jeremy Heimans
Co-Founder and CEO, Purpose.com
Ariella Cohen
Young Adult Division Board Member, Jewish Federation of Cincinnati
Harold Gernsbacher
National Campaign Chair, The Jewish Federations of North America
Natan Sharansky
Chairman of the Executive, The Jewish Agency for Israel
PERFORMER
Bill Todd
Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, Arranger and Educator
Tamir Shmerling
Musician
Wayne Tucker
Trumpeter, Composer & Arranger
Plenary 3
Monday, November 9th from 4:30PM – 6:15PM
SPEAKER
Molly Horwitz
Student, Stanford University
Sacha Reingewirtz
President, Union of French Jewish Students
Yehuda Kurtzer
President, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
David N. Saperstein
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
Isaac Herzog
Chairman of Labor Party & Leader of the Opposition, Israeli Knesset
Rabbi James Brandt
Chief Executive Officer, Jewish Community Federation of the East Bay
Michael Gizzi
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Illinois State University
Jennifer Teege
Author
Rabbi Shira Stutman
Director of Jewish Programming, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
PERFORMER
Bill Todd
Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, Arranger and Educator
Tamir Shmerling
Musician
Wayne Tucker
Trumpeter, Composer & Arranger
ASSIGNMENT TBD
Courtney Behar
Co-Chair, Mitzvah Committee, The Renaissance Group
Plenary 4
Tuesday, November 10th from 11:30AM – 12:45PM
SPEAKER
The Honourable John Baird
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
Michael Siegal
Chair, Board of Trustees, JFNA
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister
Denis McDonough
White House Chief of Staff
Meital Zur
Head of Medications Section, IDF
PERFORMER
Bill Todd
Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, Arranger and Educator
Tamir Shmerling
Musician
Wayne Tucker
Trumpeter, Composer & Arranger
Dori Gelb
Vocalist