Opening Remarks

Malcolm Hoenlein - Executive Vice Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Opening Remarks

Brian Lurie - President, Alfred and Hanna Fromm Fund

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

History of Jewish Arab Relations in Israel and the Status of the Arab Citizens of Israel

Dr. Elie Rekhess - Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies; Director, Konrad Adenauer Program on Jewish-Arab Cooperation in Israel, Tel-Aviv University

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

History of Jewish Arab Relations in Israel and the Status of the Arab Citizens of Israel

Dr. Thabet Abu Ras - Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University; Director, Joint Distribution Committee/New Israel Fund, Abu Basma Initiative

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

The Jewish Responsibility and Awareness of Civic Equality in Israel - Opening Remarks

John Ruskay - Executive Vice-President and CEO, UJA-Federation of New York

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

The Jewish Responsibility and Awareness of Civic Equality in Israel

Abraham Foxman - National Director, Anti-Defamation League

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

The Jewish Responsibility and Awareness of Civic Equality in Israel

Shira Herzog - Executive Vice President, The Kahanoff Foundation

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

The Jewish Responsibility and Awareness of Civic Equality in Israel

Rabbi Naftali Rothenberg - Senior Research Fellow, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel; and Rabbi of Har Adar, Israel

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Critical Issues Facing Israel's Citizens - Opening Remarks

Larry Garber - Chief Executive Officer, New Israel Fund

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Critical Issues Facing Israel's Citizens – Empowerment of Women

Amal Elsana Alh'jooj - Director, The Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Critical Issues Facing Israel's Citizens – Leadership Development

Professor Jihad El-Sana - First Bedouin Fulbright Fellow, Ben Gurion University and Advisor to Givat Haviva Educational Services

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Critical Issues Facing Israel's Citizens – Social Services

Professor Jack Habib - Director, The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Critical Issues Facing Israel's Citizens – Economic Development and Cooperation

Helmi Kittani - Co-Director, Center for Jewish and Arab Economic Development

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Critical Issues Facing Israel's Citizens – Education

Ami Nahshon - President and CEO, The Abraham Fund Initiatives

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Film Clip: Sons of Sakhnin

Jeff Solomon - President, The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Town Hall Forum [Part 1]

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Town Hall Forum [Part 2]

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Town Hall Forum [Part 3]

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Town Hall Forum [Part 4]

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Town Hall Forum [Part 5]

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Closing Remarks

Howard Rieger - President and CEO, United Jewish Communities

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

Closing Remarks

Steve Schwager - Executive Vice-President, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

VOICE Forum: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy - April 26, 2006 (New York)

The Abraham Fund - Keeping the Promise

The Abraham Fund works towards peaceful coexistence and equality between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens. This video chronicles a few of the many Abraham Fund initiatives that are working towards these goals. For more information on The Abraham Fund Initiatives, click here.