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7:30-8:30am • UIA Meeting (Breakfast) 7:30-10:00am Jewish Agency Executive 7:30-8:30am LCE/Jewish Agency SMT Meeting (by invitation) Breakfast (by invitation) Breakfast 8:30-9:30am • Orientation for New Members 8:30-10:00am • Marketing & Communications • Comptrollers’ Committee 9:30-10:45am Opening Board Plenary 10:00-11:30am Administrative • Task Force on Anti-Semitism • Information Technology • MK Ayelet Shaked, Minister of Justice Administrative Committees • Assets & Liabilities Committee • Overview of Major Challenges, Committees • Masa Subcommittee Natan Sharansky • FRD & Community Services 9:30-10:30am Coordinating Committee: Government of Israel / The Jewish 11:00am-12:30pm • Activism & Partnerships (Activism) Agency – WZO (by invitation) Program • Aliyah & Rescue 12:00-1:00pm Meeting of the Jewish Agency Government Secretariat Committees Executive with the President of the 10:00am Transportation to the Knesset State of Israel (by invitation – for 1:00-2:00pm • Programs Members of the Executive only) 11:00am-12:00pm Meetings with Members of the B&F • Operational & Support Knesset in the Framework of the Subcommittees • Allocations 12:30-2:00pm • Small Jewish Communities Caucus for Strengthening the Administrative • Assembly Planning Jewish World (pre-registration • Audit 2:00-3:00pm Lunch Break Committees required) • MAKOM – Content Subcommittee 3:00-4:30pm • Israel Engagement 12:00-1:00pm Special Plenary hosted by the Program • Activism & Partnerships Speaker of the Knesset, MK Yoel 2:00-3:00pm Lunch Break (Yuli) Edelstein Committees (Partnerships) Greetings: • Russian Speaking Jewry • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 3:15-4:45pm • Strategy & Planning 4:45-5:30pm • Budget and Finance Committee • Natan Sharansky Administrative • Companies Subcommittee • MK David Bitan Committees • Insurance • MK Dr. Nachman Shai 5:30-6:30pm • Government Relations Co-Chairs of the Caucus Government Relations Briefing on the Chagall Hall Meetings with MK’s on November 1 (for 5:15pm Transportation to Binyaney Ha’Uma those who registered in advance) 1:00pm Transportation to the Hotel 6:30-8:00pm 1:30-2:30pm Luncheon • Ethiopian National Project Honoring Outgoing Deputy Chair Administrative • Unity of the Jewish People 6:00pm VIP Reception Hosted by Masa Committees of the Executive, Rany Trainin • Task Force on Campus Israel Israel Engagement 7:30pm Masa Israel Mega Event 3:00-4:30pm Closing Board Plenary Binyaney Ha’Uma • 2017 Budget - Discussion and 8:00-9:00pm • Zionist Caucus Approval Draft #2, September 26.

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