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  Laura Letton, CFRE

  Laura Letton joined ThinkTV/CET in 2017 and is the Major and Planned Giving Director.

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  Dan Virzi

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  Karen

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Participants

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  Andrew Goldberg - Viral Writer, Producer, Director

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  Written, produced and directed by Goldberg, and produced and edited by Diana Robinson, the 90-minute documentary -which had a short theatrical release earlier this year – visits four countries to speak first hand with victims, witnesses and anti-Semites. Interviewees include: Fomer US President Bill Clinton, Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, Journalists Fareed Zakaria and George Will, and Professor Deborah Lipstadt. The film is narrated in part by Julianna Margulies.

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  Marcy Paul, PhD, Q&A Moderator

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  Dr. Marcy L. Paul recently joined the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton as the Jewish Community Relations Director. After spending thirty years in academe, she’s excited to be in Dayton and take on these new responsibilities including advocacy and programming focusing on public policy at the local and national levels, social justice, understanding Israel, and Jewish education and outreach. Dr. Paul’s PhD, from Texas Woman’s University, was in Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies focusing in areas of social justice and equity in alignment with her upbringing in the Reform Jewish Movement. For the past several years, while living in Fort Worth, Texas she was involved in the Partnership2Gether (P2G) program, affiliated with the Jewish Federations of North America. Similar to a sister city initiative, 16 U.S. communities, including Fort Worth and Dayton, Budapest, Hungary, and the central region of the Western Galilee in Israel connect and build relationships between communities and collaborate on programs. As Director for Jewish Community Relations, Dr. Paul brings her different interests and expertise together and continues the work that she has done professionally and in a volunteer capacity since she was a youngster growing up in Evanston, Illinois.

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  Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz

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  Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz joined Temple Israel’s staff in 2003 and currently serves as the congregation’s first female Senior Rabbi. She delights in the array of responsibilities: leading services, preaching, officiating at lifecycle events, coordinating retreats, counseling, and providing pastoral care. Her passions for social justice and collaborative interfaith programming have led to involvement with Leaders for Equality and Action in Dayton (L.E.A.D.) and RAC Ohio – a collaboration of Reform Rabbis advocating social justice through legislature in Ohio. Originally from Overland Park, Kansas, Rabbi Bodney-Halasz attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where she received her undergraduate degree in Comparative Literary Studies with a focus on Hebrew Literature and Culture. She received her Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) and was ordained as a rabbi in 2007. Her rabbinic thesis was titled: “Breaking Ground: Biblical Archaeology and the Reform Rabbinate.” Rabbi Bodney-Halasz currently resides in Centerville with her husband Scott Halasz, a Dayton native, and their two sons.

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  Sarah Weiss

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  Sarah Weiss is the chief executive officer of the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center. She joined the staff of HHC in 2004. In 2007, Sarah became the executive director and has worked to formulate lasting partnerships with organizations and educational facilities locally, nationally and internationally. Sarah is a graduate of the Teaching the Holocaust and Antisemitism course at the esteemed Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Studies and is also a Lerner Fellow after participating in an advanced course sponsored by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous at Columbia University. She has lead and traveled on educational journeys to Poland and Israel with students and adults. In 2011-2017, Sarah took on the additional role as director of the Jewish Community Relations Council at the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. In this capacity, Sarah built bridges between the Jewish and non-Jewish communities as well as advocates on behalf of the Jewish community and Israel. She is the 2007 recipient of the Public Allies “Changemaker” award, the 2011 Weston Avodah award presented by the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, a 2012 YWCA Rising Star, and the 2013 recipient of the FBI’s Director’s Leadership Award. Sarah serves on the Ohio Holocaust Council and as Treasurer for the Association of Holocaust Organizations. Sarah brings a personal connection to this work as the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors.

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  Dan Virzi

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  Karen

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