MONDAY, OCTOBER 26
8:00am - Briefing for Hill Team Leaders (Lafayette Park/Farragut Square)
9:00am to 10:30am - BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- AMERICANS FOR PEACE NOW PRESENTS: West Bank Settlements: Obstacles on the Road to Peace - A View From the Ground and From the Diplomatic Arena (Lafayette Park/Farragut Square)
Akiva Eldar, Chief Political Columnist and Editorial Writer, Ha'aretz
Scott Lasensky, Senior Research Associate, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of Peace
Hagit Ofran, Director, Settlement Watch, a project of Peace Now
Moderator: Ori Nir, Spokesman, Americans For Peace Now
- The Maze: Navigating Foreign and National Security Policy Through the Knesset (Constitution CD)
Ami Ayalon, Former Member of Knesset; Former Head of the Shin Bet
Shlomo Molla, Member of Knesset (Kadima)
Yuli Tamir, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset (Labor); Former Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Moderator: Colette Avital, Former Israeli Consul General in New York; Former Member of Knesset (Labor)
- The Need for a Regional Comprehensive Approach to the Israeli Palestinian Conflict (Independence HI)
Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, Ambassador of Jordan
Shlomo Ben Ami, Former Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs and Public Security
Alvaro de Soto, Former Chief Middle East Envoy, United Nations
Moderator: Ambassador Phillip Wilcox, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace; former U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem
- Examining the Jewish Social Justice/Israel Divide (Independence FG)
Alana Alpert, Rabbinical student, Hebrew College; Former Recipient, 2008 AJWS Dvar Tzedek Torah Commentary: Lisa Goldberg Memorial Writers' Fellowship
Elissa Barrett, Executive Director, Progressive Jewish Alliance
Jacob Feinspan, Executive Director, Jews United for Justice
Moderator: Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Program Director, The Nathan Cummings Foundation
- THEATER J AND J STREET PRESENT: Culture as a Tool For Change - Theater (McPherson Square)
Ari Roth, Artistic Director, Theater J
Actors from Theater J
10:45am to 12:15pm - BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- The American Left and Israel (Independence HI)
J.J. Goldberg, Editorial Director, The Forward
Michelle Goldberg, Author, Kingdom Coming
Ezra Klein, Staff Reporter, The Washington Post
Moderator: Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor, The Nation
- Where Has Israeli Peace Activism Gone? (Independence CD)
Dana Agmon, Director of Major Gifts, OneVoice
Ronit Avni, Founder and Executive Director, Just Vision
Hagit Ofran, Director, Settlement Watch, a project of Peace Now
Moderator: Didi Remez, Senior Partner, BenOr Consulting
- Israel's Social and Domestic Challenges - Yes, They Also Exist (Independence FG)
Nitzan Horowitz, Member of Knesset (New Movement - Meretz)
Amir Peretz, Member of Knesset (Labor); Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
Meir Sheetrit, Member of Knesset (Kadima); Former Finance Minister; Former Interior Minister
Moderator: Avshalom Vilan, Former Member of Knesset (Meretz)
- How Jews, Christians and Muslims Can Work Together For Peace (Lafayette Park/Farragut Square)
Greg Khalil, President and Co-Founder, The Kairos Project
Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Mark Pelavin, Associate Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Maureen Shea, Former Director, Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations; Former Churches For Middle East Peace Chair
Moderator: Ron Young, Co-Founder, National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace
- NEW ISRAEL FUND PRESENTS: Setting the Stage for Peace: The Fight for Democratic Values (Franklin Square)
Hagai El-Ad, Executive Director, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Akiva Eldar, Chief Political Columnist and Editorial Writer, Ha'aretz
Rachel Liel, Executive Director, New Israel Fund Israel
Moderator: Larry Garber, Former CEO, New Israel Fund
- THEATER J AND J STREET PRESENT: Culture as a Tool for Change - Popular Media (McPherson Square)
John Marks, President and Founder, Search for Common Ground
12:30pm to 1:30pm - LUNCH
1:30pm to 3:15pm - PLENARY SESSION: Jewish Community Town Hall (Independence Ballroom)
Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director, J Street
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President, The Union for Reform Judaism
Moderator: Jane Eisner, Editor, The Forward
3:30pm to 4:45pm - BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Iran: Is Diplomacy Working? (Lafayette Park/Farragut Square)
Hillary Mann Leverett, CEO, STRATEGA
Trita Parsi, Founder and President, National Iranian American Council
Brian Finlay, Senior Associate, The Henry L. Stimson Center
Moderator: Toni G. Verstandig, Director of Middle East Programs, The Aspen Institute
- Human Rights in Israel (Independence FG)
Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Executive Director, Rabbis for Human Rights
Oded Na'aman, Breaking the Silence
Uri Zaki, USA Representative, B'tselem
Professor David Kretzmer, Emeritus Professor of International Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Co-Chair, Executive Board, B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Moderator: Aaron Back, Director, Ford Israel Fund
- How We Stop Talking to Ourselves: Innovative Ways to Broaden the Conversation (Constitution CD)
Ronit Avni, Founder and Executive Director, Just Vision
Malka Fenyvesi, Director of Interfaith Programming/NewGround Co-Director, Progressive Jewish Alliance
Rabbi Melissa Weintraub, Co-founder and Co-Executive Director, Encounter
Moderator: Shawn Landres, Co-Founder and CEO, Jumpstart
- Israel on Campus (Franklin Square)
Ralph Hexter, President, Hampshire College
Aimee Mayer, Member, J Street U Student Board of Directors; President, University of Maryland J Street U
David Shneer, Associate Professor of History; Director, Program in Jewish Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder
Dr. Bernard Steinberg, President and Executive Director, Harvard Hillel
Moderator: Chaya Rubin, Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Yeshiva University
- Palestinian Economic Development: Path to Peace or Diversion? (Independence HI)
C. Ross Anthony, Ph.D., Senior Economist, RAND Corporation
Bassim Khoury, Minister of National Economy, Palestinian Authority
Ron Pundak, Director General, Peres Center for Peace
Douglas Suisman, Principal Architect, Suisman Urban Design
Moderator: Bernard Avishai, Business Consultant; Author
- THEATER J AND J STREET PRESENT: Culture as a Tool for Change - Storytelling - A Land Twice Promised (McPherson Square)
Noa Baum, Storyteller
5:00pm to 6:15pm - PLENARY SESSION: View From the Hill: Congress and the US-Israel Relationship (Independence Ballroom)
Representative Charles Boustany (LA-07)
Representative Bob Filner (CA-51)
Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
Representative Steven Cohen (TN-09)
Representative Jared Polis (CO-02)
Moderator: Bob Franken, Former CNN Correspondent
8:00pm - Rocking the Status Quo Party (Independence Ballroom)
Featuring Music by Soulico
Open to all participants
8:00pm - Reception in Celebration of Brit Tzedek v' Shalom (Lafayette Park/Farragut Square)
Open to all participants