Never Is Now 2024 Agenda

All Attendees Welcome

Mainstage Opening Session 

We suggest you arrive at 7:30am so you have time to go through security, check your bag and be seated by 8:30am for our 8:45am start. Please note that ADL will be implementing best practices in securing events to ensure that all of our guests and staff are safe.

Featuring Juju Chang, Abigail Pogrebin, Jonathan Greenblatt, President Isaac Herzog, Inor Kagno, Jared Kushner, Daniel Lifshitz, Deborah Lipstadt, Carole Nuriel, Ambassador Marina Rosenberg

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How Global Leaders are Fighting Antisemitism Together 

Speakers to Come

Featuring Susan Heller Pinto, Shimon Fogel, Alex Ryvchin, Marie van der Zyl, William C. Daroff

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Can Antisemitic and Other Hateful Content be Moderated on Social Media? 

CLE Session Materials

Featuring Jeffrey Abrams, Carrie Goldberg, Ellen P. Goodman, Koustubh “K.J.” Bagchi

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Healing Trauma: How to Address Internalized Antisemitism and Lessons for the Next Generation 

Featuring Ben M. Freeman, Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath

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Protecting Jewish Communities Against Swatting and other Antisemitic Threats 

Featuring Alex Friedfeld, Matthew J. Platkin, Ariella Loewenstein, Rabbi Rachel Steiner, Rebecca Ulam Weiner

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Are You Jewish? Diversity and Identity Within the Jewish Community 

Featuring Jon Cohen, Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein

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New Ways to Fight Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism on College Campuses 

Featuring Candice Perilstein, Miriam Tennenbaum, Thom Waye, Michael Waitz, Sarah Fried

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Harnessing Creativity: Combating Antisemitism Through Advertising 

Featuring Laura Chavoen, Jason Harris, Stacy Stuart, Tara Levine

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Lunch

Kosher Lunch

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Women’s Voices on Sexual Assault as a Weapon of War and Antisemitism: October 7^th and Beyond 

Featuring Jackie Subar, Meredith Jacobs, Sheila Katz, Carole Nuriel, Carly Pildis, Carol Ann Schwartz

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Advancing the Fight: How the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism Impacts You 

Featuring Dan Granot, Elizabeth Bloom, Samantha Joseph, Dr. Scott Lasensky

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The Stakes of AI: How AI is Changing the Landscape of Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism 

Featuring Yasmin Green, Deb Donig, Dr. Libby Hemphill

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The Unique Threats of Antisemitism on the Orthodox Community 

Featuring Sara Scheinbach, Devorah Halberstam, Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Rivkie Feiner

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The Power of Diverse Jewish Stories on Screen to Combat Antisemitism 

Featuring Deborah Camiel, Ben Cosgrove, Ginnifer Goodwin, Nina Tassler

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Challenging Antisemitism & Bias in the Workplace: Best Practices and Legal Remedies 

CLE Session Materials

Featuring Cheryl Drazin, Debbie L. Berman, Wendy Doernberg, Dani Nurik, Hindy Poupko

All Attendees Welcome

extremely Podcast: Live Recording 

Featuring Oren Segal, Jessica Reaves, Alex Dwek, Nuseir Yassin

All Attendees Welcome

Mainstage Afternoon Session 

Featuring Juju Chang, Abigail Pogrebin, Imam Abdullah Antepli, Shira Goodman, Jonathan Greenblatt, Dara Horn, Richard F. Moss, Marc Rowan, Dan Senor, Avi Weinstein, Eden Weisberg, Kaylee Werner, Rabbi David Wolpe, Nuseir Yassin

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The Fog of War Reporting: Journalists Examine Coverage of the Israel-Hamas War 

Featuring Deborah Camiel, Philissa Cramer, Jodi Rudoren, Ben Samuels

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College Track Opening Session

Join us, as we kick off our Inaugural College Track at Never is Now. Hear from ADL CEO and National Director, Jonathan Greenblatt, alongside other important voices, on how you can commit to combatting hate and antisemitism on your campus.

Featuring Adam Lehman

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Taking Antisemitism and Hate to Court 

CLE Session Materials

Featuring Justin Herdman, Letitia James, Alyza Lewin, James Pasch

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Is This Ok to Say?: The Impact of Words on the Jewish Experience 

Featuring Jillian Bontke, Darryl Coulon, Kiyomi Kowalski, Debbie Lechtman

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How to Keep the Memory of the Holocaust Alive in the Digital Age 

Featuring Melissa Mott, Tyler Goldberger, Montana Tucker, Alexandra Zapruder

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Empowering Allies in the Fight Against Extremism and Hate 

Featuring Remaya Campbell, Sarah Moore

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“COLLEYVILLE” Documentary First Look: What It Felt Like 

Featuring Cheryl Drazin, Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, Dani Menkin

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Voices Against Antisemitism: Influencers Shaping Change 

Featuring Eitan Bernath, Miriam Ezagui, Debbie Lechtman, Ariel Martin

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What Does it Really Mean? The Mainstreaming of Anti-Zionism and Anti-Israel Slogans Post-10/7 

Featuring Shaya Lerner, Oren Jacobson, Karen Milner

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Disinformation: How Social Media Shapes the 2024 Election 

Featuring Kendall Kosai, Eric Ebenstein, Yosef Getachew, Megan Shahi

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How 10/7 Changed My Experience as a Jew on Campus 

Featuring Rabbi Ron Fish, Hanna Veiler, Alexandra Brownstein, Tomer Witelson

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Incident to Action: How Regional Offices Respond to Antisemitism and Hate 

Featuring Aaron Ahlquist, Maoz Lauber, Eytan Davidson, Yael Hershfield

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Mainstage Closing Session 

Featuring Juju Chang, Abigail Pogrebin, Eitan Bernath, Dr. Albert Bourla, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Alex Edelman, Zarna Garg, Merrick B. Garland, Jonathan Greenblatt, Hen Mazzig, Ben Sax, Julie Sweet, Montana Tucker

All Attendees Welcome

Lunch and Networking

Kosher Lunch

College Track

College Track: How to Talk About Israel in Progressive Spaces Workshop and Lunch 

In this workshop with Project Shema, students will explore what is happening in the discourse right now in response to events in Israel. Participants will discuss what makes the conversation about Israel and Palestine and antisemitism so challenging in progressive spaces and will gain practical tips on how to engage in productive dialogue.

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High School Student Workshop

High School students will discuss the topics raised in the day's sessions and explore their role in challenging antisemitism and championing justice in their schools and communities.