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URL:https://www.templebetham.org/events/envisioning-a-better-future-a-conv
 ersation-with-daniel-sokatch-ceo-of-the-new-israel-fund/
SUMMARY:Envisioning A Better Future: A Conversation with Daniel Sokatch\, C
 EO of the New Israel Fund
DESCRIPTION:Temple De Hirsch Sinai - Bellevue Campus\n3850 156th Ave SE\nBe
 llevue\, WA 98006\n\nCo-sponsored by Congregation Beth Shalom\, Temple Bet
 h Am\, and Temple De Hirsch Sinai\n\nRegister here.\n\nWhen NIF's CEO Dani
 el Sokatch came to Seattle two years ago\, Israelis were in the thick of p
 rotesting Netanyahu's judicial overhaul and building Israel's pro-democrac
 y movement. All of that changed months later on October 7\, 2023.\n\nThe o
 ngoing crisis since October 7 has tested Israeli society like never before
 . This is an exceptionally painful time\, but the fight for Israel's threa
 tened democracy is vigorous. On the ground\, Israeli social change organiz
 ations and activists have been leading the charge to fight extremism\, def
 end civil and human rights\, and promote Jewish-Arab partnership. There is
  an alternative to Netanyahu's endless war\, and civil society is working 
 to offer and unite Israelis around a far-reaching\, courageous democratic 
 vision for Israel's future.\n\nJoin us to hear from Daniel Sokatch about t
 he challenges facing Israeli society and how NIF works to chart the course
  towards a better future for everyone in Israel and under its control.\n\n
 SPEAKER:\n\nDaniel J. Sokatch is the Chief Executive Officer of the New I
 srael Fund (NIF)\, the leading organization committed to equality and demo
 cracy for all Israelis. Before joining NIF\, Sokatch served as the Executi
 ve Director of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco\, the Peni
 nsula\, Marin and Sonoma Counties. Prior to his tenure at Federation\, he 
 served as the founding Executive Director of the Los Angeles based Progres
 sive Jewish Alliance. In recognition of his leadership\, Sokatch has been 
 named to the Forward newspaper's “Forward 50\,” an annual list of the 
 fifty leading Jewish decision-makers and opinion-shapers\, in 2002\, 2005\
 , 2008 and 2010. Daniel has an MA from the Fletcher School at Tufts Univer
 sity\, a JD from Boston College Law School\, and a BA from Brandeis Univer
 sity. He is married with two daughters and resides in San Francisco.\n\nMO
 DERATOR:\n\nRabbi Daniel A. Weiner believes passionately in building Juda
 ism for the 21st century and in healing the world through social justice. 
 Temple De Hirsch Sinai\, where he serves as the Senior Rabbi\, has grown t
 o more than 5000 members and 1\,600 families in two campuses in Seattle an
 d Bellevue since he took charge in 2001. He has served congregations in Ba
 ltimore\, Maryland and Harrisburg\, Pennsylvania. His innovations in worsh
 ip include producing “rabcasts” on video\, streaming services on the i
 nternet\, and leading a rock band in popular Rock Shabbat services.
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