Yonathan Machlis
Ayala Dahan
Zachary Kauffman
On Dec. 9, 2025, The CJN teamed up with the Shalom Hartman Institute and two synagogues in Toronto—Beth Tzedec and Holy Blossom Temple—to host a live event called Pathways to Hope, a conversation with young Israeli changemakers.
The event featured young leaders from the Hartman Institute’s Hazon Leadership program, which mentors Israeli university students who are also active in their campus’s pro-democracy movement, among other social justice issues in Israel. Two of the students, Yonathan Machlis and Ayala Dahan, along with Hartman VP and Director of the Center for Israeli & Jewish Identity, Ronit Heyd, joined North Star producer Zachary Kauffman for a panel discussion about what gives them hope amid a challenging time for Israeli democracy. The panel also shares their vision for Israel’s future and what it means to enact democracy as the Jewish State heads towards an election in October.”
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