Digital Leaders for Progressive Judaism

The World Union For Progressive Judaism is offering a program to develop “Digital Leaders”, who will learn about the values of progressive Judaism and how to share them on social media.  The program includes leadership training with time in Israel.

Click here for more information.

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Shaping the Israel We Want: Mobilization Rooted in Compassion and Responsibility

A half-day event with Israeli and diaspora Jewish leaders as we delve into the role Canadian Jews have in shaping the future we want to see in Israel. A future centered on peace and democratic renewal, grounded in courage, compassion, and the Jewish values that define us.

Toronto – April 12, 2026 – 1pm – 5pm – Get Tickets – Location: The Quay, 100 Queens Quay East

Ottawa – April 14, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm – RSVP Now – Location: Soloway Jewish Community Centre, 21 Nadolny Sachs Private

Montreal – April 15, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm – RSVP Now – Location: Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, 4100 Sherbrooke St W

Click here for more information.

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Israel Dialogues

April 16 – Religious Dimensions of the Middle East Conflict: Actors and Opportunities

Rabbi Daniel Roth, Director of Mosaica

Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth is the director of Mosaica, an Israeli NGO advancing community mediation and dialogue in Israel. Roth’s work focuses on the network of insider religious mediators who help prevent, mitigate, and mediate crisis situations throughout Israel, the Middle East, and beyond. Roth also works to connect religious leaders to the national network of community mediation and dialogue centers throughout Israel including in the Arab sector and in mixed Jewish-Arab cities and areas, which Mosaica professionally supports through a tender of the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs.

April 30 – The Inverted Funnel of Information and the Creation of a False Consensus: The Case of the ‘Genocide’ Allegations in Gaza

Dr. Danny Orbach

Dr. Danny Orbach is an  Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specializes in military history, political assassinations and coups, military adventurism, illegal orders, dynamics of military atrocities and the history of intelligence and espionage. His books were translated to numerous languages, including Thai, Japanese, Hebrew, French, Hungarian, Italian and Spanish. Orbach is currently writing a history of Jus in Bello (the rules of armed conflict) in the Imperial Japanese Army. Dr. Orbach will lecture on one of the most oft repeated libels of the last few years, that Israel committed a genocide.

This is an online program.  Register here

Click here for recordings of past sessions.

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Israel in Depth – Reform Day of Learning

May 17, 2026 from 12 to 5 PM ET on zoom

This is an opportunity for congregational lay leaders and professionals to hear from experts, ask big questions, and connect with others who are working in similar spaces. This half-day training was developed for this moment, to address the challenges and responsibilities facing the Jewish community in a post-October 7 world.

This session will draw on material created for the ARZA Canada curriculum for Israel – Navigating Shared Spaces.

This is an opportunity for those seeking deeper grounding, moral clarity, and leadership and educational tools for engaging Israel in a complex time through a Reform Movement lens!

Register here.  Cost is US$36.