12:30
Registration. Welcome coffee and snacks
13:00
Official Opening
Welcoming speeches:
Alla Jakobson
Attorney at law, chairman of the Jewish Community of Estonia
Kaja Kallas
Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia
Ernest Herzog
Executive Director of Operations, World Jewish Congress
Efraim Shmuel Kot
Chief Rabbi of Estonia
14:10
Panel discussion «Estonia and Israel - friends and partners. 30 years of diplomatic relations»
Hagit Ben Yaakov
Ambassador of Israel to Estonia and Finland
Veikko Kala
Ambassador of Estonia to Israel
Moderator: Ilja Ban
Media expert
14:55
Coffee break
Music performance by Karina German
15:20
«From Charity to Empowerment: The Role of Philanthropy in Supporting the Jewish Community of Estonia, the State of Israel, and beyond»
Ariel Zwang
CEO, American Jewish JOINT Distribution Committee
15:40
«The re-establishing of the Jewish community in Estonia and the help of neighbouring states»
Gideon Bolotowsky
Honorary Chairman of the Helsinki Jewish Community
15:50
«Supporting Israel in Baltic states for 100 years»
Uri Oholy
Keren HaYesod, regional director
16:05
Ceremony in honour of Philanthropist Mr. Alexander Kofkin
16:10
«Progressive educational approaches in the Jewish tradition»
Dr Alex Sinclair
Chief Content Officer, Educating for Impact
16:25
«History of my family»
Timofei Lipavski
Student
16:35
Panel discussion. «The strategy of preventing antisemitism»
Ringo Ringvee
Ministry of the Interior
Ernest Herzog
World Jewish Congress
Mare Oja
Ministry of Education and Research
Moderator: Gennadi Gramberg
Head of the Estonian Jewish Museum
17:20
«We are united by freedom»
David Vseviov
Historian