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Z3 Conference

Z3 Project Institute Director David Hazony (left) chats with Z3 Insitute Associate Fellow Benjamin Kerstein (center) and author Sarah Hurwitz before a packed room at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Z3 panel: Define your own Zionism — or someone else will

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 11, 2025November 11, 2025

Benjamin Kerstein and Sarah Hurwitz have each had a moment of reckoning. For Hurwitz, a former speechwriter for the Obamas who later became an author and commentator, it happened during […]

J. staff writer Emma Goss (right) moderated a Z3 Conference panel last year called “Why are the People of the Book Struggling to Tell a Story?” Goss will lead another discussion at this year's Z3. (Courtesy Z3)
Posted inBay Area

Z3 Conference in Palo Alto to tackle pressing questions facing world Jewry

by J. Staff October 29, 2025October 30, 2025
a man seated on stage speaks while flanked by three seated women who look on with interest
Posted inBay Area

Do the Jewish people need a rebrand?

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva November 20, 2024November 25, 2024
Four panelists sit on stage under a Z3 Conference sign
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Z3 Conference offers sober assessment of Jewish institutions, grassroots since Oct. 7

by Sue Fishkoff November 18, 2024November 18, 2024
Emotions ran high during the opening plenary of the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 5, 2023. (Photo/Scott Wall-Courtesy Oshman Family JCC)
Posted inNews

Feelings of loss and yearning for connection bring unity to Z3 conference 

by J. Staff November 8, 2023November 12, 2023
a man stands speaking at a podium. a banner in the background reads "A VIBRANT DIASPORA"
Posted inLocal Voice

At Z3, we have no time for false moral equivalence

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner November 2, 2023
(From left) Michael Koplow, Laura E. Adkins and Haviv Rettig Gur at the Z3 Conference in Palo Alto, Dec. 11,2022. (Photo/Saul Bromberger)
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Israeli politics take center stage at Z3 Conference

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 14, 2022December 20, 2022

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