
Program
Israel Social Cohesion Summit 2019 | November 5th
MC: Doria Lampel, KAN 11, Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
8:15 - 9:00
Registration
9:15 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15
Isaac Herzog, Chairman of the Executive, The Jewish Agency for Israel:
Interview with Zvika Klein, Journalist, Makor Rishon
Ken Jacobson, Deputy National Director, ADL
Carole Nuriel, Director, ADL Israel
Daniel Atar, KKL-JNF World Chairman
Lt. Gen. (res.) MK Benny Gantz, Blue and White Chairman
11:15 - 11:45
Coffee break
11:45 - 12:45
Simultaneous panels
One-on-One: Leading Politicians with Senior Journalists:
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni, Head, United Torah Judaism, Chair, Finance Committee with Shirit Avitan Cohen, Political Correspondent, Makor Rishon
MK Nitzan Horwitz, Chair, The New Right with Daphna Liel, Knesset Correspondent, Channel 12 News
MK Ayelet Shaked, Chairman, The New Right with Amichai Attali, Knesset’s reporter, Yedioth Ahronoth

Panel #1: Shared Living – What does it mean to me?
A joint Panel with the Dov Lautman Forum on Education Policy
*The panel participants are partners and members in the Dov Lautman Forum steering committee.
Moderator: Tammy Hoffman, PhD, Head, Project for Education for Democratic Values Policy, The Israel Democracy Institute; Lecturer, The Kibbutzim College of Education
Participants:
Merav Alush-Levron, PhD, Scholar of Cultural Studies and a social activist; The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, TAU
Orly Goldklang, Deputy Editor, Makor Rishon
Rabbi Yisrael Tzishinsky, Founder and Chairman of the Refua Vesimcha association
Prof. Muhammad Isawi, PhD, Chairman of the Board and former Founding President, Al-Qasimi College
Yael Ne’eman, CEO, Lautman Foundation
12:45 – 1:30
Lunch
1:30 - 3:15
Spotlight:
The Transgender community in Israel
Elisha Alexander, Founding Director of Ma'avarim
The African Community in Israel
Usumain Baraka, Social activist, CEO,
ASO - African Students Organization
Israeli Society as seen from the outside
Amb. Dani Dayan, Consul General of Israel in New York
Closing plenary session:
Gender Separation in Israel 2019: Discrimination or Accommodation?
Moderator:
Linoy Bar-Geffen, Journalist, TV host, and radio broadcaster
Participants:
Rabbanit Adina Bar Shalom, Founder, Haredi College of Jerusalem and recipient of the Israel Prize
Yisahi Lapidot , Artist and Singer, ACUM Award Winner
MK Merav Michaeli, Labo Party
Carmel Shama Hacohen, Mayor of Ramat Gan
The program is subject to change