Session 1
Brave Conversations: How to Disagree Better to Build Together
Jewish communities — like so many others — are fracturing along fault lines where disagreement hardens into estrangement and the pressure to take sides crowds out nuance and genuine dialogue. Through hands-on activities and real scenarios, workshop participants will explore practical tools for engaging across difference with curiosity, care, and courage.
Session 2
Panel: Anti-semitism in contemporary society
Chaired by David Cohen, this panel explores anti-semitism in contemporary New Zealand, Australian, and British communities. The session will explore panelists' experiences of anti-Semitism, how this has morphed through time, and how we might combat it as a community and global society.
Joint session with
Session 3
Wounded Healers: Holocaust Survivor Psychiatrists and Psychologists in the Postwar World
What does it mean to heal — and can you ever truly heal — from unspeakable loss? This session tells the remarkable story of Holocaust survivor psychiatrists who helped fellow survivors rebuild their inner lives, while laying the foundations for our modern understanding of trauma, grief, and recovery.