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2024 trip

Join Us for Kaleidoscope 2   24

Sunday March 3 - Thursday March 7, 2024

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Themes for March 2024:

  • post - October 7 scenarios for Israel and the region

  • the civil society response to the crisis

  • reducing friction and healing fractures within Israeli society

  • grooming a new generation of leadership

  • business, technology and social action in the current environment

2024 Speakers*

​*Illustrative, subject to revision and confirmation​​​​

Draft Program Outline*

Sunday, March 3

Kaleidoscope: overview of Israel at a critical juncture

Jerusalem

  • political, legal and military briefings by leading experts 

  • visits to key sites within West and East Jerusalem

  • participation in field work reducing tensions on the ‘seam line’

  • dinner with a diverse panel of journalists at Jerusalem Press Club 

Monday, March 4

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Stethoscope: listening to fears & hopes of diverse communities 

Jerusalem

  • interactive discussion with haredi, settler, secular, Christian and Muslim leaders 

  • engage in selected projects of the Jerusalem Intercultural Center

  • dinner with Yossi Klein Halevi and Professor Mohammed Dajani

Tuesday, March 5

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Gyroscope: the twists and turns of the Gaza War

Negev

  • in-depth strategic review of the region
    site tours of kibbutzim near Gaza border and Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon

  • several options for hands-on volunteer activities 

  • dinner with Bedouin community and A New Dawn in the Negev

Wednesday, March 6

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Microscope: social action, business technology 

Tel Aviv

  • visit Brothers and Sisters in Arms (Achim Laneshek) headquarters and meet leaders

    • active participation in selected social action projects

  • lunch panel discussion with prominent entrepreneurs and investors

    • site visits to leading AI companies

  • film-makers panel with surprise film screening

Thursday, March 7

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Telescope: the future is now

Tel Aviv

  • meet with leaders of the future through The Kinasnu Fellowship

  • exploring cultural Tel Aviv of the moment

    • food samplings at the Sarona Market 

  • simulation exercise: Israel and Diaspora: a new relationship? 

  • closing banquet with Idan Raichel, Shlomo Artzi or similar icon:

    • October 7 and the future in story and song 

​*Illustrative, subject to revision and confirmation​​​​

Contacts

Contacts

Stephen Pincus

Mark Finkelstein

Deon Kibel

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