March 10/11 AMERICAN LATINOS & JEWS WORKING TOGETHER ON MUTUAL CONCERNS: SHARED HERITAGE, VALUES & VISIONS Sunday, March 27, 2010 6:00 - 7:00 - Opening Dinner Registration of Participants Welcome & Leadership Dinner: Welcome/Greetings/Vision The Hon. Julián Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, Honorary Chair – Greetings Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg, Bridges Co-Chair Dr. David Altman, Netanya Academic College Shlomo Erdinast (Member of the Board of Trustees Netanya Academic College) makes presentation to Rabbi Scheinberg and Henry Cisneros Henry Cisneros, Bridges Co-Chair Remarks by WJC Convener – The Honorable Leticia Van De Putte, Texas State Senator 7:15 pm -8:30 pm Session I ________________________________________________________ Greetings from Israel & Introduction of Academy Award Winner Documentary “Strangers No More” Best Documentary Short Subject, 2010 Meir Shlomo, Consul General of Israel to the Southwest Light Entertainment by Latino Trio Monday, March 28, 2010 Session II - 8:00- 9:00 a.m. Education – Key Role to Tomorrow's Success Moderator: Dr. Tessa Martinez Pollack, President Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas Big Futures for The Young (K-12) Presenter: Maria “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Executive Director Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio, Texas Higher Education: Broadening Horizons for Cooperation Presenter: TBA The Commitment to Education Presenter: The Hon. Florence D. Shapiro, Texas State Senator, Chair Senate Education Committee Higher Education & Immigrant Absorption Presenter: Dr. David Altman, Senior Vice President, Netanya Academic College, Israel Session III - 9:15 am – 10:15 Immigration – Challenges and Opportunities – Integrating Newcomers - Points of Convergence Moderator: Eddie Aldrete, Vice President Public Affairs, International Bank of Commerce, San Antonio, Texas Hispanic-American Perspective, General Presenter: Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel, MALDEF Hispanic focus on one interesting case or program Presenter: The Hon. Trey Martinez Fisher, Texas State Representative, District 116 What has been the American Jewish experience Presenter: TBA What lessons has Israel learned & can contribute Presenter: TBA Session IV –10:15 – 11:15 The US & Israel: How Much Do We Know…Or Care? And Why Should We? Reviewing Demographic Trends Moderator: Charles Pulman, Netanya Academic College The US & Israel: How Much Do We Know…Or Care? And Why Should We? Presenter: The Hon. Roel Campos, Former Commissioner, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Release of New Hispanic Opinion Poll & Comparison to Previous One from 10 Years ago Presenter: - Marc Schneier, Founder and President, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding Latest research from focus groups in Miami/LA Presenter: Leah Soibel, Director, Spanish Media Program, The Israel Project Coffee - 11:15 – 11:30 am & Cake Session V - 11:30 am – 12:30 pm National Security - Developments & Trends in Foreign Policy Moderator: Raul Rodriguez, Founding & Manager Director, U.S. Mexico Foundation US-Israel Relations and Latest Developments in the Middle East Presenter: Brig. Gen. Baruch Spiegel (ret.), Netanya Academic College Options In The Face Of Iran's Nuclearization Presenter: Dr. Reuven Pedatzur, Academic Director S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue Latin America’s new role viz. Israel-Palestinian developments Presenter: Dr. Eduardo Kohn, B’nai Brith’s Director of Latin American Affairs Lunch - 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Mini-History: Case for Israel Moderator: TBA Keynote Speaker: The Hon. Henry Cisneros, Co-Chair Bridges & Pathways, former San Antonio Mayor and HUD Secretary Session VI - 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Work Session – Round Table discussion on issues discussed: Education, Immigration & National Security Table Co-Captains: one Latino & one Jewish to facilitate & report at the end of the day. Session VI3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Community Organizing and Foreign Policy Moderator: TBA What and how Jews have expressed their support for a strong and democratic Israel over the past 50 years: Crises & Achievements Presenter: Rabbi Irwin Katsof The growing awareness and involvement of Latinos in the US foreign affairs arena Presenters: Moctesuma Esparza, President Maya Pictures Sol Trujillo Session VII- 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm The Role of Faith in Forging Common Cause - Faith Based Latino-Jewish Relations Moderator: Diana Hagee, John Hagee Ministries Presenters: Pastor Eliezer Bonilla, General Secretary, National, Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) Father David Garcia, Senior Advisor Catholic Relief Services, Pastor St. Agnes Catholic Church Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President National Council of Young Israel American Jewish Leader Concluding Dinner 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Where Do We Go From Here? Henry Cisneros, Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg Captains’ Report from Round Table discussion.