Hakhel 2021 E-Summit
Eager to Connect with Community Leaders Such as yourself after this Crazy year?
Hakhel’s e-Summit is the place for you!
24 hours of virtual schmoozing, networking and learning.
All time zones, all of the world, from your couch!
An opportunity to explore Israel’s vast network of intentional
communities and build a common Jewish future
7th Global Intentional Communities e-Summit
The Hakhel e-Summit will be the place where our network comes alive, ideas are exchanged, and networks are built. The e-Summit will ignite our global network, allowing expertise in community-building and related disciplines to flow through, and awakening us to our larger, common purpose so that we return to our home communities confident, engaged, and energized.
We will run for 24 hours without stopping in order to hit all the time zones that our communities hail from across 5 continents. The e-Summit will kick off with Havdalah on Saturday night, May 1st, after which the clock starts ticking! Each session will be an hour in length for 24 sessions in total, organized into three mini-conferences:
The Power of the Jewish Social Network.
Promoting Togetherness and Connection in Challenging Times.
The Job Market and Young Adults after COVID-19.
These topics will be tackled through plenaries, workshops, interactive networking opportunities — with the last hour in every block for eating, socializing, and entertainment, so you will get to know your fellow community-builders while you fuel your body and mind!
Below please find the master schedule of events. Following that, you will find links to the schedule broken down by time zone so you can see which sessions would be most convenient for you (though feel free to participate at any hour!)
Register NowMaster Schedule
Times are presented in various time zones:
Eastern Australia (AEST), Central Europe (CET), Israel (IDT), Eastern US/Canada (EDT) and Pacific US/Canada (PDT).
Many of the sessions are presented twice throughout the 24 hour period, so that participants can join from all of the world.
Schedule broken down by time zone
Australia (AEST) | Central European Time (CET) | East Coast (EST) | West Coast (PST)
Saturday, May 1:
7pm AEST: Havdalah in Australia
10pm CET: Havdalah in Europe
9pm EDT: Havdalah on the East Coast
Sunday, May 2:
The Power of the Jewish Social Network
Hour 1 7pm Sat PDT / 10pm Sat EDT / 12pm AEST:
Plenary:Dr. William J. Metcalf: Jewish (and other) intentional communities in Australia
Hour 2 8pm Sat PDT / 11pm Sat EDT / 1pm AEST:
Welcome to your Subnetwork: Your personal social network within Hakhel
Hour 3 9pm Sat PDT / 2pm AEST:
Hands On: Gary Samowitz: Sharpening your craft as a community builder
Hour 4 10pm Sat PDT / 3pm AEST:
SOCIAL TIME with stand-up comedy by Michael Shafar
Promoting Togetherness and Connection in Challenging Times
Hour 5 8am CET / 9am IDT / 4pm AEST:
Plenary: Dr. Sara Shadmi: What is it in a community that helps us overcome loneliness and how can we have more of that?
Hour 6 9am CET / 10am IDT / 5pm AEST:
Beit Midrash: Eran Shafir: What do traditional and modern Jewish texts say about Belonging and Loneliness?
Hour 7 10am CET / 11am IDT / 6pm AEST:
In the spot light: Hakhel’s sister communities’ project – Bonding and bridging distances
Hour 8 11am CET / 12pm IDT / 7pm AEST:
SOCIAL TIME Dani Rotstein will take us on a virtual tour of Jewish Mallorca
The Job Market and Young Adults after COVID-19
Hour 9 12pm CET / 1pm IDT / 8pm AEST:
Plenary: Howard Rosen: Thinking proactively to address the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the economy
Hour 10 1pm CET/ 2pm IDT / 9pm AEST:
Case studies from Hakhel’s communities: From an individual challenge to a communal challenge
Hour 11 2pm CET / 3pm IDT / 10pm AEST:
Hands On: Yael Sherby-Hurwitz, Mariano Schlimovich, Assaf Luxembourg: Exploring practical skills for the job market
Hour 12 3pm CET / 4pm IDT / 11pm AEST:
SOCIAL TIME with guest performer Neta Weiner
The Power of the Jewish Social Network
Hour 13 7am PDT / 10am EDT / 4pm CET / 5pm IDT:
Plenary: Jonathan Dekel-Chen, Naama Klar, Nigel Savage: Are social networks a key to the Jewish people’s past… and future?
Hour 14 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 5pm CET / 6pm IDT:
Welcome to your Subnetwork: Your personal social network within Hakhel
Hour 15 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 6pm CET / 7pm IDT:
Hands On: Noa Asher-Berkeley, Tal Bassali, Anva Ratzon Sharpening your craft as a community builder
Hour 16 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 7pm CET / 8pm IDT:
SOCIAL TIME 9th Street: Short documentary screening of “D I S T A N C E” & Q&A
Promoting Togetherness and Connection in Challenging Times
Hour 17 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 8pm CET / 9pm IDT:
Plenary: Aharon Ariel Lavi: Diving deeper into how a community can be a timely and powerful response
Hour 18 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT / 9pm CET / 10pm IDT:
Beit Midrash: Joshua Krug: What do sources of Jewish wisdom have to say about ways we can fight loneliness and attain belonging in community?
Hour 19 1pm PDT / 4pm EDT / 10pm CET /11 pm IDT:
In the spot light: Hakhel’s sister communities’ project – Bonding and bridging distances
Hour 20 2pm PDT / 5pm EDT / 11pm CET:
SOCIAL TIME Kat Romanow: What’s the fuss about Montreal Jewish bagels and make-your-own schmear competition
The Job Market and Young Adults after COVID-19
Hour 21 3pm PDT / 6pm EDT:
Plenary: Thinking proactively to address the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the economy
Hour 22 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT:
Case studies from Hakhel’s communities: From an individual challenge to a communal challenge
Hour 23 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT:
Hands On: Yuri Kruman: Future-Proofing Your Career
Hour 24 6pm PDT / 9pm EDT:
SOCIAL TIME Robert Bettman: Virtual exhibition tour: Jewish Authenticity and Identity joined by curator Ori Z. Soltes and exhibiting artists Karen Warshal, Barry Goldstein, Peter Sprung, Gail Rebhan, and Bonnie Zuckerman.
