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The European Jewish Fund & Leadel Young Leaders Forum

The European Jewish Fund & Leadel Young Leaders Forum. Empowering Young Leadership in Europe. The 2014 Young Leader’s Cohort consists of fifteen selected elected representatives of European Jewry. The Goals.

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The European Jewish Fund & Leadel Young Leaders Forum

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  1. The European Jewish Fund & Leadel Young Leaders Forum

  2. Empowering Young Leadership in Europe The 2014 Young Leader’s Cohort consists of fifteen selected elected representatives of European Jewry

  3. The Goals • Generate activity, partnerships &cooperation between the different European Jewish communities • Explore new ways of attracting young people to Jewish Life • Provide opportunities for professional and managerial enrichment

  4. The London Meeting: 21.1.2014 Participants’Origin: Finland, Czech Republic, Germany, UK, Denmark, Romania & Lithuania Venue: The JHub, JW3 Community Center- JHub inspires and supports positive social change in the British Jewish Community and beyond

  5. The Participants Petr Papousek- Czech Republic President, Federation of Jewish Communities Yaron Nadbornik- Finland President, Jewish Community of Helsinki Silviu Vexler- Romania Advisor, President of FEDROM

  6. Simon Gurevicius- Lithuania Executive Director Philipp Stricharz- Germany Vice President, Jewish Community of Hamburg Noga Zivan- UK Member of the Board of Deputies Michael Gelvan- Denmark Vice President, Jewish Community of Copenhagen

  7. Others- Jeremie Haddad- France: Vice President, EEIF | Member of CRIF Marina Lecarteva- Moldova: Executive Director Aleksander Oscar- Bulgaria: President, Jewish Community of Sofia | Vice Chairman, Jewish Community of Bulgaria Luciana Friedmann- Romania: President, Jewish Community of Timisoara Jana Nichota- Macedonia: Secretary General Martin Kornfeld- Slovakia: Executive President Daniel Bogunovic- Serbia: VP, Jewish Community of Belgrade

  8. The Forum- Modus Operandi • Meetings:4 times in the 2014 calendar year • Sharing & exchanging ideas: brainstorm, share & build • Affecting change- Project Implementation: for the long run + for the short term (showing success) • Developing needed skills & tools: Fundraising, Strategic Thinking, communications etc • Online Collaboration: Throughout the year • New members: identifying other elected members of the non represented communities in the forum

  9. Current Status: Needs & Challenges • Assimilation • Small Communities- what can we offer? • Gap between generations & origins • Lack of resources • The community can be perceived as old, not relevant and too political • Lack of connection to Jewish content & tradition • Growing need in younger generation’s involvement

  10. Insights- What Should We Do • In the European Jewish landscape: • Pan European Perspective: Learning from other communities • Creating atmosphere for change: cooperation of all agents in the community • Creating new and relevant platforms for young people’s involvement: Innovative thinkingand creativity

  11. Suggested Projects • Adopting & adjusting models- Bringing Moishe Houses and JHub to the community | sending representatives to the Project Incubator • Empowering young elected level: Campaign calling for young people to become politically influential • European JHub- using Paidea as an existing platform • Developing professional tools and networks in Europe- LEADEL • Delegation- getting to know the other European communities | Inspiration- models of successful young people & projects

  12. Thank You

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