Virtual Session:
Wednesday September 18, 11:00-12:00 CET
Virtual Session:
Wednesday September 18, 11:00-12:00 CET
The first anniversary of October 7th is fast approaching, and many Jewish communities are preparing ceremonies and programmes to commemorate this difficult date.
If you are a professional involved in planning and/or running such a programme for your organisation, you may have encountered some of the following challenges:
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- The consequences of the 7/10 attack and the narratives are still evolving, and so what is the story we are telling?
- We don’t have any previous years’ experiences of this event to build on.
- Different community members or stakeholders may have varying ideas about the most appropriate way to commemorate this day.
- What should be the role of Israelis in the community and their involvement? Is it an opportunity, is it any different from any other event?
If any of these resonate with you, or if you are facing other challenges, you may find it helpful to spend an hour with peers from across Europe to:
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- Exchange some of the ideas and plans that you have for this anniversary.
- Share dilemmas and challenges that have arisen during the planning or promotion process and how you are dealing with them.
- Seek peer input within a facilitated framework.
Colin Bulka
Colin was born in London and was a youth and community worker and informal educator there in a variety of settings. Colin made Aliyah to Jerusalem in the 1990s and spent many years running gap year leadership programmes for Zionist youth movement. He returned three times to the UK since making Aliyah for specific roles, including as a Jewish Agency emissary, and as the programme director of JW3, London’s first JCC.
Colin holds an MA in Management of Youth and Community Work and Applied Anthropology and is a graduate of the Jerusalem Fellows Programme at the Mandel School of Educational Leadership.
Most of his thirty-five year plus career has been spent in the management of educational and community based organisations, in Europe and Israel, both as a middle manager and a senior manager. Colin has been Yesod Europe’s Programme Director since 2020.
To register for this session please click here.
Participants are requested to join from a computer rather than a mobile device and to turn on camera mode to fully participate in the session, including breakout room discussions. We also advise you to update to the latest version of Zoom in advance.
Priority will be given to Jewish community professionals living and working in Europe.
We will confirm your place within 3 working days.
Please be in touch with us at info@yesodeurope.eu with any questions.
