Conference: Driving Change, Securing Peace

Program At-a-Glance

Sunday, October 25

7:00pm    Opening Session: Israel and 21st Century American Jewry

9:30pm    Dessert Reception

Monday, October 26


9:00am     Plenary Session: The Role of the U.S. in the Middle East

10:45am   Concurrent Sessions:

  • Israel’s Social and Domestic Challenges – Yes, They Also Exist
  • Where Have All the Israeli Peace Activists Gone?
  • The American Left and Israel
  • How Christians, Muslims and Jews Can Work Together for Two States
  • New Israel Fund Presents: Setting the Stage for Peace: The Fight for Democratic Values
  • J Street and Theater J Present: Culture as a Tool for Change: Popular Media

12:30pm    Lunch

1:45pm      Plenary Session: Jewish Community Town Hall

3:30pm      Concurrent Sessions: 

  • Iran: Is Diplomacy Working?
  • Engaging the Jewish Progressive/Social Justice Movement on Israel
  • Human Rights in Israel
  • Preaching to the Non-Converted: How We Stop Talking to Ourselves
  • Palestinian Economic Development: Path to Peace or Diversion?
  • J Street and Theater J Present: Culture as a Tool for Change: Spoken Word

5:00pm      Concurrent 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
  • Israel on Campus
  • The Maze: Navigating Foreign and National Security Policy Through the Knesset
  • The Need for a Regional Comprehensive Approach to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  • The View from the Hill: Congress and the U.S.-Israel Relationship
  • J Street and Theater J Present: Culture as a Tool for Change: Storytelling

 8:00pm      Rocking the Status Quo Party featuring Soulico

Tuesday, October 27


9:00am      Concurrent Breakfast Sessions:

  • An Israeli-Palestinian Peace Deal in 24 Months: How to Get it Done
  • What Does It Mean To Be Pro-Israel?
  • Brit Tzedek v’Shalom Presents: The Power of Grassroots Organizing: A Political Force for the Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace Movement
  • Brit Tzedek Rabbinic Cabinet Session – Dancing on the Head of a Pin: The Role of Rabbis in the Pro-Peace Movement
  • J Street and Theater J Present: Culture as a Tool for Change: Short Film


10:30am      Plenary Session: TBD

12:15pm      Lunch on own

1:30pm        Concurrent Sessions:

  • Rabbis for Human Rights of North America Presents: Text Study: What’s Jewish About J Street?
  • Palestinian Perspectives: Looking Forward
  • What’s Next? Analysis and Advice for the President from Washington Insiders
  • Shifting the Conversation: Jewish Community Dynamics and the Israel Conversation
  • Messaging "Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace"
  • J Street and Theater J Present: Culture as a Tool for Change: Documentary Film


3:00pm      Closing Plenary Session: Why Two States?

6:30pm      Reception


7:30pm      J Street Gala Dinner

Wednesday, October 28 – Lobby Day on Capitol Hill

8:00am      Hill Briefing (Grand Hyatt)


10:00am    Hill Visits


2:00pm      Closing Gathering