In February 2016, the 2nd Matanel Think Tank met in Pomezia, Italy to discuss the future of European Jewry. The attendees, professional or laypersons, serve their communities in the areas of research, planning, or rabbinical and educational guidance. Representing more than ten European countries, and diverse cultural backgrounds and religious denominations, they express a variety of points of view regarding the issues on the agenda of the Jewish people. This Matanel Paper makes available to the vast public a summary of the debates and the conclusions.
Here is the list of the participants :
Think Tank Participants
Albert Aflalo, Director of Hulya ASBL Luxembourg albert@hulya.lu
Joëlle Aflalo, Co-Founder of Matanel Foundation Luxembourg mail@matanel.org
Rabbi Chanan Atlas, Rabbi of the Yeshurun Hebrew Congregation in Cheadle London, UK rabbi@yeshurun.org.uk
Ethel Barylka, Founder and Director of “Women and Judaism” Madrid, Spain ethel.barylka@gmail.com
Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, Director of the Straus-Amiel Institute Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Turin Efrat, Israel rabanim@ots.org.il
Rabbi Shaya Boas, Director of Friends of Lauder Business School, Rabbi of the Ohel Abraham Synagogue Vienna, Austria Boas@friendsoflbs.org
Daniel Bodnar, President of Action and Protection Foundation Budapest, Hungary daniel.bodnar@tev.hu
Ami Bouganim,Matanel Foundation, Advisor Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Inter-Civilizational Dialog Netanya, Israel amib@012.net.il 153
Dr. Jonathan Boyd, Executive Director of the Institute for
Jewish Policy Research London, UK jboyd@jpr.org.uk
Prof. Robert Braun, Lauder Business School Vienna, Austria robert.braun@lbs.ac.at
Ilana Cicurel, CEO, Alliance Israelite Universelle, Member of the Crif and the FSJU Paris, France ilana.cicurel@aiu.org
Judith Darmon Wahnich, Centre Edmond Fleg – Paris Students’ House Paris, France jwahnich@gmail.com
Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Hanokh (Julien) Darmon, Author and Editor Paris, France juldarmon@yahoo.fr
Rabbi Eliezer Shai Di Martino, Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Trieste Trieste, Italy eliezershai@hotmail.com
Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, Chief Rabbi of Rome Rome, Italy riccardo.disegni@gmail.com
Eli Edelkopf, Director of the European Jewish Development Fund Milan, Italy eedelkopf@gmail.com
Rabbi Yehoshua Ellis, Rabbi of the Region and Emissary of Shavei Israel in Katowice, Poland, and Head of Youth Education and Outreach in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland katowice@shavei.org
Rabbi Daniel Epstein, Rabbi of the Cockfosters and N.Southgate, United Synagogue London, UK daniel@summit.co.il
Rebbetzen Ilana Epstein, Living and Learning Department of the United Synagogue, London, UK ilana@summit.co.il
Rabbi Meni Even-Israel, Executive Director of MILTA MANAGEMENT LTD and Overseer of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz’s institutions worldwide
Jerusalem, Israel m@miltaltd.com
Rabbi Nafi Haleva, Member of the Spiritual Council of the Turkish Rabbinate and Rabbi in the Ortakoy Ets HaHayim Synagogue Istanbul, Turkey
nafihaleva@gmail.com Rabbi Shlomo Koves, Rabbi of the Jewish Community
EMIH, Chief Jewish Chaplain of the Hungarian Defense Force Budapest, Hungary slomo@zsido.com
Rabbi Shimon Levin, Deputy Chief Rabbi of Moscow Moscow, Russia shimonlevin@gmail.com
Rabbi Dov Maimon, Jewish People Policy Institute Israel dovmaimon@gmail.com
Jonathan Megyeri, Founder of Brit Media Budapest, Hungary a.j.megyeri@gmail.com
Minos Moissis, President of the Jewish Community of Athens Athens, Greece president.athjcom@gmail.com
David Revcolevschi, Board Member of the Consistoire and of FSJU Paris, France drevco@free.fr
Jose Ruah, Member of the Interfaith Hospitals Chaplaincy Group in Portugal and the Jewish Community of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal jsruah@yahoo.com
Rachel Shabado, Director of the Centre for Rabbinic Excellence London, UK rachel@chiefrabbi.org
Barbara Spectre, Founding Director, Paideia, the European Institute for Jewish Studies Stockholm, Sweden barbara.spectre@paideia-eu.org
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Scholar, Thinker, Member of the Board of Directors of Matanel Foundation Jerusalem, Israel director@hashefa.com
Rabbi Ute Steyer, M.A., Rabbi of the Great Synagogue of Stockholm, Member of the Swedish Interreligious Council Stockholm, Sweden ute.steyer@jfst.se
Dr. Elijahu Tarantul, Rabbi’s Assistant at the Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich, Switzerland elijahutarantul@yahoo.de
Rabbi Debbie Young Somers, Educator at the Movement for Reform Judaism London, UK debbie_d_young@yahoo.co.uk

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