Delegation to the USA - Jan 2024
Purpose of the trip
Maintaining public awareness in the US about the hostages that are still in Gaza. Participating in events for the hostages throughout the country and meeting with elected officials, influencers, Jewish communities, and more.
— January 12th
A rally in front of the United Nations marking the 100th day of the war.
Meeting with the Red Cross.
Meeting with the German ambassador to the UN.
— January 13th
Display of the hourglass at Times Square.
Meeting with Julianna Margulies.
‘Havdalah’ and meeting with the Jewish community at the JCC.
— January 14th
Participation at Run For Their Lives New York in Central Park.
Meeting at a Greek Orthodox Church, St. Nicholas Church.
Meeting with Progressives in Brooklyn.
— January 15th
Meeting with Jewish and Christian representatives from the black community.
— January 16th
We joined a delegation from the Ministry of Defense and met with members of the Congres and Senate.
Meeting with the German deputy ambassador to the US.
— January 17th
Meeting with Senator Bernie Sanders.
— January 18th
Meeting with Senator Markey and other members of Congress.
— January 19th
Yoga class in honor of Carmel Gat in Malibu.
Friday dinner at the home of entrepreneur and music producer Scooter Braun.
— January 20th
Meeting with the Jewish community at the synagogue of Beverly Hills.
— January 21st
Discussion at the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles.
Meeting with Hollywood actors in Ehud Bleiber’s home.
— January 22nd
Meeting with Dr. Irving Leibovitch, member of Agudat Yisrael.
Meeting with a member of the Los Angeles City Council, Nithya Raman.
Meeting with the film producer Matti Leshem.
Meeting with the influencer Moj.
— January 23rd
Maya’s meeting with a women’s group.
Meeting with Deborah Marcus from the Actors Agency CAA.
Meeting with Georgia Breit from Klutch.
Gili's interview with Fox News, and another local radio station.
— January 24th
Maya met with significant personalities in the Jewish community in Boston, at Temple Beth Zion.
Meeting with the Kraft family, businesspeople who are top officials of the sports world in the USA.
Meeting with the Governor of the State of Massachusetts.
Meeting with the finance minister of Massachusetts and other state legislators.
Hundreds of students came to our event at Tufts University.
Meeting with Charles (Chaz) Lattimore Howard, PhD, University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity & Community.
Meeting with Louis J. Soslowsky, Director of Basic Science Research, Associate Dean for Research Integration at the University of Pennsylvania.
Open Lunch and meeting with law students at UPenn students.
— January 25th
Meeting with 300 students of the Roxbury Latin School for boys.
Meeting with activists and volunteers of the J Street organization.
Interview with Gili for Boston Public Radio.
Meeting with Harvard students and faculty.
— January 26th
Meeting at Paul Weiss Rifkind law firm.
Interview with Gili for ABC.
Speech at the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in New York.
— January 27th
Shabbat at the Park East Synagogue and a meeting with the Jewish communities.
— January 28th
Participation at Run For Their Lives New York.
Meeting with Progressives in Brooklyn.
— January 29th
Meeting with the Prime Minister of Qatar regarding the pending deal.
Gili's interview with Akbar Shahid Ahmed from HuffPost.
Maya spoke at a National Woman's Party event.
— January 30th
Meeting with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.
Meeting with the Changemakers Group.
Meeting with the presidential delegate for hostage issues, Roger Carstens.
Gili and Maya participated and spoke at the conference of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA).
— January 31st
A very long day at the Capitol, in which Gili and Maya met with various members of Congress and the Senate:
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Rep. Dan Goldman, Rep. Jim McGovern, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Rep. Katie Porter, Senator Chris Van Hollen, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Senator Marco Rubio, Rep. Rosa Delauro, Senator Chris Murphy.
A JFNA event where many elected officials were present.
Meeting with the CEO of J Street, a pro-Israeli Jewish organization that seeks peace.
A meeting with JDCA, an organization that unites Jewish supporters of the Democratic Party.
