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The Conversation

Jewish in America

2006 National

Location

Wye River, MD

Participants

  • Dan Ahdoot
    Comedian; Last Comic Standing finalist · NY
  • Harlene Winnick Appelman
    Executive Director, The Covenant Foundation · NY
  • Sam Ball
    Filmmaker · CA
  • Kenneth Brander
    Inaugural Dean, Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future · FL
  • Rachel Brodie
    Executive Director, Jewish Milestones · CA
  • Michael Brooks
    Executive Director, University of Michigan Hillel · MI
  • Sharon Brous
    Founding rabbi of IKAR · CA
  • Erica Brown
    Scholar-in-Residence, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · MD
  • Sender Cohen
    Partner, Venn Capital, NY; KCPS Capital, Israel · NY
  • Menachem Creditor
    Co-founder of Keshet Rabbis
    The Alliance of Gay-Friendly Conservative Rabbis · MA
  • Nathan Diament
    Director of Public Policy, OU · DC
  • Ariela Dubler
    Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School · NY
  • Sandi DuBowski
    Director, “Trembling Before G-d” · NY
  • Kari Dunn
    Executive Director, President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation · DC
  • Dan Ehrenkrantz
    President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College · PA
  • Lisa Eisen
    National Program Director, Schusterman Foundation · DC
  • Ruth Andrew Ellenson
    Author; editor, “The Modern Jewish Girls’ Guide to Guilt” · CA
  • Rob Eshman
    Editor, Jewish Journal of Los Angeles · CA
  • Wayne L · Firestone
    President/CEO, Hillel · DC
  • Pearl Gluck
    Filmmaker; professor of Yiddish, Rutgers University · NY
  • Ari Goldman
    Author, professor of journalism, Columbia University · NY
  • Dov Greeberg
    Executive Director, Stanford University’s Rohr Chabbad House · CA
  • Simon Greer
    President/CEO, Jewish Fund for Justice/The Shefa Fund · NY
  • Matthew Grossman
    Executive Director, B’nai B’rith Youth Organization · DC
  • Michael Hammer
    Founder, high technology firms; author, “Reengineering the Corporation” · MA
  • Stuart Himmelfarb
    Director, Berrie Fellows Leadership Program · NJ
  • Rae Janvey
    Consultant and advisor to Jewish leaders and organizations · NY
  • Danny Krifcher
    Board President, JTA: The Global News Service of the Jewish People · MD
  • Amichai Lau-Lavie
    Founder/artistic director, Storahtelling: Jewish Ritual Theater Revived · NY
  • Morlie Levin
    Executive Director, Hadassah · NY
  • Naomi Levy
    Founder/Spiritual Leader of Nashuva: A Soulful Community of Prayer in Action · CA
  • Rebecca Lieberman
    Independent consultant with expertise in philanthropic and non-profit sectors · NY
  • Deborah Meyer
    Executive Director, Moving Traditions · PA
  • Jennifer Meyerhoff
    Activist, strategist for Jewish institutions · MD
  • Tova Mirvis
    Novelist · MA
  • Leon Morris
    Director, Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning; author, rabbi · NY
  • Pamela Nadell
    Director of Jewish Studies Program, American University; history professor · DC
  • Michael Paley
    Rabbi, director of Jewish resource center of UJA-Federation of New York · NY
  • Julia Pimsleur
    Development Director at Echoing Green, providing seed funding mentorships to social entrepreneurs; documentary producer · NY
  • Marcella Kanfer Rolnick
    New Ventures Director, GOJO Industries; President/Chair, Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation · IA
  • Gary Rosenblatt
    Editor/Publisher of The Jewish Week · NY
  • Hannah Rosenthal
    Executive Director, Chicago Foundation for Women · Il ·
  • Leonard Saxe
    Professor of Social Policy/Director of Brandeis Steinhardt Institute for Social Research · MA
  • Basya Schechter
    Pharoah’s Daughter · NY
  • Lacey Schwartz
    Film and documentary director/producer; attorney · NY
  • Rochelle Shoretz
    Executive Director, Sharsheret, for young Jewish women fighting breast cancer · NJ
  • Jerry Silverman
    President of Foundation for Jewish Camping · NY
  • Daniel Sokatch
    Executive Director, Progressive Jewish Alliance · CA
  • Peter Stein
    Executive Director, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival · CA
  • Gil Troy
    History professor, McGill University; lecturer, author · Canada
  • Ari Wallach
    Director of Brand and Product Development at Seed Media Group · NY
  • Rami Wernik
    Acting Dean, Fingerhut School of Education, University of Judaism · CA
  • Jenny Wiener
    Co-founder, Jewcy Media Group; owner/operator, Arts Nova · NY
  • Ruth Wisse
    Professor, Yiddish and Comparative Literature, Harvard University · MA

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