Task Force at the 2007 UJC General Assembly

The 2007 UJC General Assembly was held November 11-13 in Nashville, TN. Information on Task Force involvement is included on this page.

For more information on the 2007 UJC General Assembly, click here.

For more information on the events listed below, please contact info@iataskforce.org.

I. November 12th: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm -

UJC Workshop - Room: Canal E

• How to develop an allocations and supplemental giving strategy that ensures a secure, Jewish and democratic state of Israel with "social and political equality for all its inhabitants, Jews and Arabs alike."

Moderator

• Steve Schwager, Executive Vice President, JDC / Co-Chair, Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues

Session Participants

• Harriet Mouchly Weiss, Chair, Commission on the Jewish People, UJA-Federation of New York / Executive Committee, Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues
• Steven Nasatir, President, Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
• Gila Noam, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma

II. The Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality and Coexistence was featured at the following two UJC sessions:

November 11th: 8:00 am. - 2:00 pm

• Endowment Leadership Institute (ELI) - Each year ELI brings together hundreds of endowment lay and professional leaders to address timely issues in the field.

November 12th: 2:15 - 3:45 pm

• Session focused on new philanthropic vehicles in the federations and explores non-traditional funding methods