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AJ2026

On March 4, 2026, Reut USA, in collaboration with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, and media partner eJewish Philanthropy co-led the second conference on American Jewry titled "A Decade of Renewal of American Jewry" with the participation of more than 80 select thought leaders, lay leaders, rabbis, scholars, philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and activists from across the Jewish religious and political spectrum in America. 

Panels

  • Lessons from the History of Great Diasporas and American Jewry - The Interwar Period

  • The 11-Point Agenda of a Great Diaspora

  • Round Tables on Challenges and Opportunities

    • 1: National Security of a Great Diaspora:

    • 2: Education and Leadership

    • 3: A Decade of Institutional Renewal

    • 4: America’s 250th Anniversary and Jewish Contribution to America

    • 5: Institutional renewal

  • The National Security of American Jewry

  • Institutional Renewal

  • Educating and Leading a Great Diaspora

  • America’s 250th Celebration and Jewish Contribution to America

  • Future Perfect: Priorities for a Decade of Renewal of American Jewry

Participants

  • Dana Adler, Doctoral Student, Florida Atlantic University 

  • Rabbi Rachel Ain, Sutton Place Synagogue

  • Rabbi Julia Appel, Sr. Director of Programs, CLAL - The National Jewish Center for Learning & Leadership

  • Melissa Arden, Chief Planning Officer, Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County

  • Omri Attar, Chief Impact Officer, AJMA

  • Rabbi Jeremy Barras, Senior Rabbi, Temple Beth Am, Miami, Florida

  • Shula Bahat, CEO, American Friends of Anu Museum

  • Ethan Bazak, Student, Florida International University

  • Shelley Benizri, Director, Israeli Division, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz 

  • David Bernstein, Founder & CEO, North American Values Institute

  • Bob Berrin, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Maayan Blum, VP Community Impact, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Michael Bohnen, President, Adelson Family Foundation

  • David Brand, President & CEO, Alliance for Global Good CEO

  • Tara Brown - CEO Momentum

  • Dr. David Bryfman, CEO, The Jewish Education Project

  • Prof. Sarah Bunin-Benor, Hebrew Union College

  • Sandy Cardin, Founder, Global Jewry

  • Phil Darivoff, Chairman Emeritus, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

  • Jay Deitcher, E-Jewish Philanthropy

  • Jessie Dowsakul, CEO, Columbia Jewish Federation

  • Nicole Erdfrocht, Senior Director, Philanthropic Engagement, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Tila Falic Levi, Community Educational and Political advocate

  • Alex Friedman, Co-President, Harvard Jewish Law Student Association

  • Dr. Eva Fogelman, Co-Founder Second Generation of Holocaust Survivors, Hidden Child Foundation, Jewish Foundation for the Righteous

  • Daniel Fujita, Entrepreneur and Lay Leader, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Dr. Misha Galperin, Philanthropic advisor

  • Bobby Gilbert, Committee Member, Jewish Agency for Israel

  • Brooke Goldstein, Executive director & Founder, The Lawfare Project

  • Josephine Gon, Executive Director, Palm Beach Center to Combat Antisemitism & Hatred

  • Prof. Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin, Professor, Cardozo School of Law

  • Shelley Greenspan, Former White House Jewish Liaison

  • Betty Grinstein, President, American Friends of Ono Academic College

  • Gidi Grinstein, Founder and President, Reut USA

  • Larry Gross, Chairman YPO Tribe

  • Amir Hayun, Lay Leader, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Michael Hoffman, President & CEO, Palm Beach Jewish Federation

  • Nancy Jacobson, Founder & CEO No Labels

  • David Judah, CEO, Vision 2048

  • Justine Judah, CMO, Vision 2048

  • Adina Kanefield, CEO National Library of Israel, USA

  • Alison Katz Wolfson, Director, The Lawfare Project

  • Scott Kaufman, President and CEO - Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Moshe Klein, Founder of  The Jewish Diaspora Project

  • Rachel Kohn, E-Jewish Philanthropy

  • Rabbi Principal Binni Krauss, Principal, SAR Academy

  • Rabbi Daniel Kraus, VP, Birthright Israel Foundation and Director of Community Education, Kehilath Jeshurun

  • Mark B. Kravitz, President, Jenco Properties

  • Bruce Lane, Co-Founder, Meridian Group

  • Michelle Labgold, Chief Planning Officer, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Michele Lee Fine, WIZO / Women's Intl Zionist Organization & Chair, UJA Business Leaders Form, The Lawfare Project

  • Kerry Leigh Miller, Managing Partner, IDA Ventures

  • Michael Leven, Founder Jewish Future Promise

  • Jeffrey Levin, Executive Vice President, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Moshe Levi

  • Rabbi Eli Mayerfeld, CEO, The Zekelman Holocaust Center (Detroit)

  • Norman Lipoff, Tax Lawyer, Greenberg Traurig

  • Michael Morgenstern, Head of Startups at Airwallex, Investor at Magnet

  • Eli Ovits

  • Mark Penn

  • Steve Price, CEO, 25Madison

  • Tina Price, Marcus Foundation / Jewish Funders Network

  • Enrico Ravenna, Executive Director, Jewish Federation of Arkansas

  • Amb. Dennis Ross, Washington Institute

  • Prof. Jonathan Sarna, Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University

  • Rabbi Charles Savenor, Executive Director, Civic Spirit

  • Prof. Leonard Saxe, Professor, Brandeis University

  • Josh Sayles

  • Barak Sella, Harvard Kennedy School

  • Edun Sela, CEO, Reut USA

  • Dana Sender-Mola

  • Lily Serviansky, Chair of the Board, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 

  • Jennifer Schwarz, Former Exec Director & Advisor EcoMotion Community

  • Brian Siegal, Regional Director, AJC Miami and Broward

  • Ari Simon, Tambourine 

  • Prof. David Shapiro, Professor Emeritus, Nova Southeastern University

  • Dr. Laura Shaw Frank, AJC VP, Center for Education Advocacy

  • Prof. Ira Sheskin, Professor, University of Miami

  • Ted Sokolsky, President, Ted Sokolsky Consulting

  • Jacob Solomon, CEO Emeritus, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  • Dr. Jeff Solomon, President Emeritus, Bronfman Foundation

  • Brian Spivak, Founder & CEO, Barzel Media

  • Rabbi David Steinhardt, Shalom Hartman Senior Faculty

  • Caryl Stern, Executive Director, LionTree Foundation

  • Dan Tadmor, CEO, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

  • Denise Tamir, Founder, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Israeli Division, Campaign Chair

  • Ofer Tamir, President, The Riviera Parliament

  • Zohar Vloski, Global Executive Director of Zionist Education, Jewish National Fund

  • Lenore Walker, Psychologist, VOP Delegate

  • Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, Founder, Zionist Rabbinic Coalition

  • David Yarus, Jewish Future Agency

  • Isabel Wolfson Zelig, Co-President, Harvard Jewish Law Student Association

  • Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar, Executive Director, Center for Advancement of Jewish Education, Miami

Documents

​Below are documents and summaries of the discussions and insights from the AJ2026 conference​ (click to download)

  • Conference summary (here).

  • One-pager see (here).

Videos

Gidi's AJ2026 opening remarks 

A special greeting for AJ2026 from Israeli President Isaac Herzog

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