Sessions during the program included:

Zionism in a “Post-Zionist” Era: Is a Re-Definition of the Roles of Israel and the Diaspora Warranted?
Models of Leadership in the Bible: Hannah and Samuel
Models of Leadership in the Bible: Moses
New Paradigms and Priorities for Jewish Cultural Life
The Transformation of Judaism in Contemporary Diaspora Jewish Life
Symbiosis and Creativity: A New View of Jewish Art
Raising Jewish Consciousness in the 21st Century: A Panel Discussion
Latin American Jewry: A Comparison With Other Diaspora Communities

The program continued its trend of including workshops on Jewish text, identity, and community, as well as Fellow-led discussion groups. Discussion groups included conversations such as What Can We Learn From One Another? and Combating Anti-Israel Activities and Anti-Semitism. Conversations continued outside the classroom well into the night, allowing Fellows to continue creating and strengthening connections.

Professor Haim Avni, Professor at the Institute for Contemporary Judaism, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Steven Bayme, Director of Contemporary Jewish Life, American Jewish Committee, New York, NY, USA
Professor Arnold Eisen, Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and Religion, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Dr. Daniel Fainstein, Dean of the Seminario Rabínico Latino Americano M.T. Meyer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Professor Benjamin Ish-Shalom, Rector, Beit Morasha, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Vivian Mann, Professor Emerita of Jewish Art and Visual Culture at The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY, USA
Dr. Rina Rosenberg, Private Psychologist, Jerusalem, Israel
Professor Shalom Rosenberg, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Thought, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi 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
Professor Manuel Tenenbaum, Executive Director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, Montevideo, Uruguay
Professor Jack Wertheimer, Joseph and Martha Mendelson Professor of American Jewish History, The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY, USA
Rabbi Dr. Felipe Yafe, Dean of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano Marshall T. Mayer, Buenos Aires, Argentina

A substantial part of the program was held with the exclusive participation of the Fellows. Three alumni of the NGF, Lynda Dave from Australia, Marcelo Ellenberg from Uruguay, and Jeni Friedman from Canada helped coordinate the program.

NGF 14 also saw the participation of three Fellows from Iran, who were warmly embraced and deeply embedded in all aspects of the program. A highlight of the NGF was a drum session led by Fellows from Argentina and Iran that welcomed a wonderful Shabbat experience, which included an outdoor service followed by a meal and song session led by Latin American Fellows in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino. The experience brought to the forefront the NGF’s unique ability to bring young Jewish professionals from all areas and from all over the world together through Jewish experiences.

Joaquin Mirkin, originally from Argentina and living in Madrid, described his experience at the fourteenth NGF as having “deeply impacted [me] in a sense to understand and propose better ways to influence and structure  [Jewish] institutions”.

Immediately following the 14th NGF, past participants of Latin American NGF programs were invited to participate in a 3-day regional NGF reunion, held entirely in Spanish. The reunion brought together 30 Fellows from 7 Latin American countries and included both academic sessions and personal and communal updates.