JDC at the 2010 GA in New Orleans

If you plan on attending the 2010 JFNA General Assembly in New Orleans, don't miss out on these sessions and plenaries.

JDC at the 2010 JFNA General Assembly and International Lion of Judah Conference

Sunday, November 7
12:15-1:45 pm
Stay at Your Own Risk? Jewish Communities in the Face of Peril
(Session designed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)

Speakers:   
Betty Kane, JDC Board Member
Jordana Horn, Jerusalem Post
Amir Shaviv, JDC, Special Operations
Jorge Shulman, JDC Latin America


12:15-1:45 pm
Do Jews Help Non-Jews? Love Your Neighbor as Thyself

Featured JDC Speaker: 
Will Recant, JDC-International Development Program


12:15-1:45 pm
Israel's Economic Gap: How Investing in Social change in Israel Can Strengthen Your Community

Featured JDC Speaker:
Dan Ben-David, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies


8:00-11:00 pm
FILM SCREENING: After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United
(Foundation for Jewish Culture Film Festival is co-sponsored by Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues and the JFNA Social Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality)

Speaker:
Roger Bennett, Documentary Filmmaker, After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United


Monday, November 8
10:45-12:00 pm
Overseas Plenary

Featured JDC Speakers:
Steve Schwager, CEO
Zsuzsa Fritz, JDC Hungary


4:00-5:30 pm
What's Jewish About Jewish Service Learning?
(Session designed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)

Speakers:
Rabbi Will Berkowitz, Repair the World
Rabbi Kenneth Brander, Yeshiva University
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Tufts University Hillel
Sarah Eisenman, JDC Next Generation and Service Initiatives


Tuesday, November 9
8:15-9:30 am
Creativity, Innovation, and Consciousness-Raising: New Approaches to Promoting the Strengths and Addressing the Needs of Individuals with Disabilities and their Families

Featured speaker:
JDC Board Member Jay Ruderman, President, Ruderman Family Foundation


8:15-9:30 am
Why Israeli Arabs are a Jewish Issue and What Federations Can Do to Ensure a Secure, Jewish and Democratic State of Israel
(Session designed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues)

Speakers:
Avishay Braverman, Ph.D. Minister of Minority Affairs, Government of Israel
Jeffrey Solomon, President, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies


9:45-11:00 am
The Adventure of Venture Philanthropy
(Session designed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)

Speakers:
Stuart Brown, JDC Board Member
Laura Spitzer, JDC Global Resource Development
Reuben Romirowsky, UJA-Federation of New York
Shlomo Dushi, Sheatufim
Galina Leytes, Israel Strategic Alternative Energy Foundation


9:45-11:00 am
Responsible for One Another: Why Overseas Giving Matters Today
(Session designed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Agency for Israel)

Speakers:
Skip Schrayer, JDC Board Member
Violetta Shmulenzon, JDC, former Ralph I. Goldman Fellow
Joy Sisisky, JDC, former Ralph I. Goldman Fellow
Seth Cohen, JAFI,
Shlomit, JAFI


2:00-3:30 pm
Why Empowering Israeli Women—Jewish and Arab—Is Important to Building a Peaceful and Prosperous Israel
(Session designed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues, which is co-chaired by JDC CEO Steve Schwager)

Moderator: 
Carol Smokler, Ph.D.  NWP Past President and Founding Chair, JFNA Social Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality and Shared Society

Speakers:
Alisa Doctoroff, Chair, UJA Federation of New York and Member of JFNA’s Social Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality and Shared Society
Ronit Segelman, Deputy Director, Parnership, Rashi Foundation
Vivian Silver, Co-Executive Director, Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development


Wednesday, November 10
8:45-9:45am, repeated 10:00-11:00am
From Crisis to Hope: Women on the Frontlines Share Their Experiences
(Session designed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)

JDC Speakers:
Irina (Ira) Lipsky, JDC represenative in Georgia, FSU
Anne Heyman, Founder, Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda and
Nela Hasic, JDC, Regional Director of the Women’s Health Empowerment Program in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro