Alternative Futures 2006

Wye Plantation Alternative Futures Brainstorming - June 2006

Project Director: Ambassador Avi Gil, former Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Assitants: Ms Einat Wilf

This project is designed to outline various possible scenarios for the future of the Jewish people in the coming decades, up to 2025. These scenarios will help articulate policy recommendations and practical measures that can be undertaken by the Jewish people today to avoid perilous situations and catalyze favorable future developments. The assumption underlying this approach is that the future of the Jewish people rests in the interaction between a number of key "dimensions", including demography, geo-political developments, Jewish identity and relations between Israel and the Diaspora, spiritual creativity, and institutional structures and leadership. Working groups comprised of leading experts from Israel and abroad, will be formed to evaluate the relevant research and elaborate the dimensions. The findings of the working groups will be presented at an international conference of Jewish leaders, decision makers, scientists, artists, and opinion leaders. The papers, proceedings and conclusions of the conference will be integrated into a comprehensive document that will serve as the basis for a series of strategic policy planning papers.

Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
Prof. Irwin Cotler
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat
Ms. Rachel Fish
Prof. Ruth Gavison
Ms. Nicole Guedj
Mr. Robert Hertog
Dr. Bernardo Kliksberg
Dr. Charles Krauthammer
Mr. Sallai Meridor
Prof. Steven Popper
Prof. Sheizaf Refaeli
Prof. Jehuda Reinharz
Mr. Natan Sharansky
Mr. Michael Steinhardt

From JPPPI:

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Prof. Yehezkel Dror
Mr. Avinoam Bar Yosef
Mr. Avi Gil
Prof. Sergio DellaPergola
Prof. Chaim Waxman
Prof. Emmanuel Sivan
Dr. Shalom Wald

Wye Plantation Jewish Leadership Brainstorming - June 2006

Rabbi Dr. David Ellenson - President of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Mrs. Maxyne Finkelstein - Executive Vice President of UIA Federations Canada
Mr. Wayne L. Firestone - International President of Hillel
Mr. Abraham Foxman - National director of Anti-Defamation League
Mr. Neil B. Goldstein - Executive Director of the American Jewish Congress
Mr. David Harris - Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee
Mr. Malcolm Hoenlein - Executive Vice-President of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
Mr. Steve Hoffman - President of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, JPPPI Board member
Mr. Howard Kohr - Executive Director of AIPAC
Mr. Daniel Liwerant - Co Chairman Immigration and Absorption Committee and Member of the Executive of JAFI
Mr. Israel Maimon - Israeli Government Secretary
Mr. Dan Mariaschin - Executive Vice President of B`nai Brith International
Dr. Steve Nasatir - President of the Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago, JPPPI Board member
Mr. Stanley Plotnick - President of UIA Federations Canada
Mr. Howard Rieger - President of the UJC
Mr. Steve Schwager - Director General of the JDC
Mr. Harold Tanner - Chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
Mr. Moshe Vigdor - Director General of JAFI
Rabbi Dr. Tzvi H. Weinreb - Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union

From JPPPI:

Ambassador Dennis Ross - Chairman of the Board of Directors
Professor Yehezkel Dror - Founding President
Mr. Avinoam Bar Yosef - Director General
Ambassador Avi Gil - Senior Fellow
Professor Sergio DellaPergola - Senior Fellow
Professor Emmanuel Sivan - Senior Fellow
Professor Chaim Waxman - Senior Fellow
Dr. Shalom Wald - Senior Fellow
Mr. Yogev Karasenti
Ita Alcalay

Related Documents

wye participants list (1.7 Mb)