Fireside Chat with Anna Kislanski, CEO of Israel’s Reform Movement
Monday, December 11, 7:00 pm
Holy Blossom Temple is excited to welcome back Anna Kislanski and David Bernstein, leaders in the Israeli Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ)!
Anna and David will share what the IMPJ has been doing to support Reform Congregations since October 7th, and how the Reform Movement in Israel is supporting the families of victims, survivors, and soldiers at this critical time. Anna and David will share their experiences of what is really going on in Israel right now, what our people are going through daily, and of course – what you can do to support our movement and our people. Please join us!
This program is generously sponsored by Harriette Laing and Family.
Anna Kislanski is an experienced educator and community specialist who, before she was appointed CEO of the Israel Reform Movement, spent the past decade as IMPJ Deputy Director General, oversaw the Congregational and Educational arms of the Reform Movement in Israel, and worked to support the growing network of Reform Congregations in Israel. Anna led and supervised the more than doubling of the IMPJ’s congregational presence which was 23 when she began in 2020, and is now 54.
Anna served as the Reform Movement’s Central Shlicha for URJ (2005-2009) and was selected by The Jewish Agency for Israel as the top professional Shaliach for 2006. She also worked for the School Twinning Program with the Tel Aviv Los Angeles Partnership in Curricula Development and as the Program Director for Congregation Or Hadash in Haifa, the Reform Movement’s largest congregation in the north of Israel.
Anna’s experience in education also draws from her work at MELITZ (The Institute for Jewish-Zionist Education) as a Program Director and Facilitator, developing programs for schools, youth and educators, as a Facilitator for the MICHAEL Program, and as a Training Director at the College of Management in Israel.
Anna has degrees in Middle Eastern Studies and Educational Counseling. She lives with her husband, Arthur, and their three children in Even Yehuda, Israel, and are founding members of Kehillat HaShachar, sister congregation of Holy Blossom Temple.
