Fellows were able to engage through a variety of seminars, workshops, and discussion groups led by faculty and Fellows.

Topics addressed during the program included:
Exile, Redemption, and Peoplehood in Contemporary Jewish Life and Thought
The Bible and Us: Women in The Bible
Post-Modernism and the Jewish Community
Klal Yisrael in the Jewish Canon: The Rabbinic Tradition and The Mystical Legacy
The Challenges and Responsibilities of Jewish Leadership in the 21st Century – A Panel Discussion

The program also included workshops on Jewish texts, identity, and community, as well as Fellow-led discussion groups.

Dr. Steven Bayme, Director of Contemporary Jewish Life, American Jewish Committee, New York, NY, USA
Professor Zvi Gitelman, Professor of Political Science and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Professor Benjamin Ish Shalom, Rector, Beit Morasha, Jerusalem, Israel
Professor Ada Rapaport-Albert, Professor of Jewish Studies, University College, London, England

Professor Shalom Rosenberg, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Thought, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Professor Jonathan Sarna, Professor of Jewish History, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, Dean, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Mrs. Yocheved Schacter, Clinical Psychologist, Boston, MA, USA
Professor Uri Simon, Professor of Bible, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

A highlight of the program was the increased participation of the Fellows in programming. Jeni Friedman, a rabbinical student from Jewish Theological Seminary in the USA led the planning and execution of the Shabbat program, as well as co-leading a workshop on tefillah with  Dr. Jacob J. Schacter. Barak Ben-Eliezer, a former officer of the Israeli Air Force, shared beautiful words of Torah during Shabbat.

Additionally, four Fellows from the former Soviet Union chose their Hebrew names following their experience during the Jewish Identity workshop with Dr. Rina Rosenberg. Dr. Jerry Hochbaum, then Executive Vice-President of the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture referred to the naming ceremony as “a marvelous metaphor of what the Nahum Goldmann Fellowship enterprise is all about, stimulating and motivating the Fellows to re-define themselves as Jews”.

The Fellows represented the cultural mosaic of the global Jewish community while simultaneously setting a fantastic example of lively and productive debate during a polarizing time in the world.