
Jewish Parents Assembly
Program
Jewish or Zionist? Pick One
Your Child’s Resilience is in Your Hands, Your Story

Naya Lekht
Scholar, Jerusalem Post / JNF Zionist global visionary leader
Identity: Broader, Deeper and Longer than Your Children Are Being Taught

Douglas Novotny
Clinical Psychologist, FAIR and Your Positive Sum
Between Sovereign and Stranger: Universalism & Particularism in Jewish Texts

Amitai Fraiman
Rabbi, Founding Director of Z3
Once Upon a Time…

Yafit Shriki Magidish
Chief Jewish Learning Officer, JCC East Bay
Through the Looking Glass of Technology

Jonathan Haidt
(Not in-person. Chavruta study based on his address to Jewish Parent Forum)
Author and Social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business
Jews in High (School) Places

Leonid Katz
(Student Panel Moderator)
Physician, Jewish Parent, Student, Activist
Parent Focus Group

Anna Aronov
(Focus Group Lead)
Parent, Executive Coach, ADONATA
Antisemitism in K-12 Curriculum: How Did It Get There and How Do We Get It Out?

Elina Kaplan
President and Co-Founder, Alliance for Constructive Ethnic Studies
Combatting Online Antisemitism

Oleg Ivanov
Executive Director, NorCal StandWithUs
L’Chaim!

Dovber Berkowitz
Rabbi, Educator, Kosher Vintner
Jewish Identity Through Art: Crafting Your Family Blessing

Shelley Zak
Physician, Parent of Positively-Identifying Jewish Adults
Jewish Scouting – a Tradition Every Parent Can Love!

Mila Wichter
Founder, Contra Costa Jewish Day School; Founder, Limmud Bay Area; Founder, RootZ
Why Jewish Identity Beats Every Trophy

Masha Merkulova
Founder, Club Z
G_d in the Life of a Child

Shimon Margolin
Rabbi, Co-Founder of Russian-Speaking Jewish Community of SF Bay Area
Encountering antisemitism and Anti-Zionism in K-12? Best practice advice

Valerie Rutenberg
StandWithUs Northern California High School Manager
Encountering antisemitism and Anti-Zionism in K-12? Best practice advice

Shachar-Lee Yaakobovitz
StandWithUs, Sr Northwest Campus Regional Manager
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