Video Library
Kyiv Jewish Forum 2023
DAY 1
Boris Lozhkin. Opening Remarks
President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine at the Kyiv Jewish Forum speaks about the bloodiest conflict of recent decades, that united all the Ukraine's friends into a powerful coalition.
Isaac Herzog. Opening Speech
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum, the President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog sent a message of peace and support to Ukraine.
Boris Johnson. Interview
In an interview at the Kyiv Jewish Forum, former Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson talks about the sympathy of the British for Ukrainians and the importance of international support for Ukraine's victory in the war.
Dmytro Kuleba
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, at the Kyiv Jewish Forum spoke about the similarities between the histories of Israel and Ukraine, as well as the potential for cooperation between the two states.
Oksana Markarova. Interview
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States, Oksana Markarova, spoke at the Kyiv Jewish Forum about hopes for continued bipartisan support from the United States.
Michael Brodsky. Interview
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Ukraine Michael Brodsky spoke at the Kyiv Jewish Forum about the aid that Israel is sending to the embattled Ukrainian people.
Eli Cohen
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel Eli Cohen promised at the Kyiv Jewish Forum to continue humanitarian support to Ukraine.
Marcy Kaptur. Interview
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), a member of the US House of Representatives from Ohio, speaks at the Kyiv Jewish Forum about the unity needed to defeat the threat to freedom-loving Ukrainians.
Stanley McChrystal. Interview
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum the former commander of the US and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, talks about the progress of the war and the technology that Ukraine needs to win the fight against Russia.
Tyler Cowen. Interview
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum, George Mason University economics professor Tyler Cowen analyzed the future of the Ukrainian nation, as well as the prospects for its defense of independence.
Panel: Maintaining bipartisan US support
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum speakers discussed the prospects of continuing bipartisan support from the US for Ukraine's fight for independence. Featuring Joseph Lieberman, United States Senator from Connecticut 1989-2013, Robert O'Brien, United States National Security Advisor, 2019-2021 and Andrew Mac, Partner, head of Washington D.C. office of the Asters Law Firm.
Panel: Ukraine as the Israel of Europe
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum guests spoke about the similarities of Ukraine's and Israeli fates and challenges. A panel features Bernard Henry Levi, Philosopher, public intellectual, author, and filmmaker, Josef Joffe, Distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford Universit and Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, Managing Director of AJC Europe.
DAY 2
Ben Hodges. Interview
Ex-commander of the US Army in Europe (2014-2017), on the importance of long-range weapons supplies to Ukraine, why Ukraine's victory will not be final without the de-occupation of Crimea, and on the threat of Russia's use of nuclear weapons.
Leon Panetta. Interview
United States Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), speaks about the chances for Ukraine to win the war in 2023 and what is needed to achieve this.
John Herbst. Interview
Interview of the US ambassador to Ukraine (2003-2006), senior director of the Eurasia Center of the Atlantic Council, John Herbst, about the bipartisan support of the Congress and the supply of arms to Ukraine.
Katharina von Schnurbein. Interview
European Commission Coordinator on combatting Antisemitism, at the Kyiv Jewish Forum refuted claims of Russian officials of the war as an act of "denazification" of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Rodnyanski. Interview
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum filmmaker Oleksandr Rodnyanski spoke about the Ukrainian identity, that unites freedom-loving people of different ethnic or religious background.
Andrey Stavnitser. Interview
Co-owner of TIS, founder of Superhumans, spoke at the Kyiv Jewish Forum about how business can help overcome the challenges of war.
Vadim Morokhovski. Interview
The chairman of the board of Vostok bank Vadym Morokhovski speaks at the Kyiv Jewish Forum about the plans to hold the world exhibition Expo-2030 in Odesa.
Panel: World Jewry's Role in Ukraine
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum experts discussed how invaluable support by global Jewish community helps Ukraine to withstand tha Russian aggression. Featuring Ksenia Svetlova, Former member of the Israeli Knesset, executive director of ROPES, and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, Natan Sharansky, Israeli politician, human rights activist, and David Harris, Former CEO of the AJC.
Panel: The Russian-Iranian Axis:
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum, experts discussed the strengthening of cooperation between Iran and Russia, as well as the Western world's response to this challenge. With the participation of Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, Emanuele Ottolenghi, Senior Fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, DC and Mark Levin, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of NCSEJ.
Panel: Ukrainian-centric post-war world
Experts at the Kyiv Jewish Forum discussed the new subjectivity of Ukraine and the trends set by the Ukrainian state in the international arena. Featuring Myhailo Podolyak, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Fedorin, Head of the Forbes Ukraine and Valerii Pekar, Vice President of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, President of the Euroindex Exhibition Company.
Panel: Ukraine after the war
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum, experts analyzed the principles by which Ukraine should function after victory in order to leave the consequences of the war in the past. Featuring Georgii Logvynskyi, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2017-2018), Moshe Reuven Azman, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Oleg Vishniakov, Honorary Consul of the State of Israel in Western Ukraine.
Panel: The New Ukraine
At the Kyiv Jewish Forum, experts discussed how the war will change the Ukrainian state and from whom Ukraine can take an example. Featuring Boris Lozhkin, President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, Khatia Dekanoidze, Chair of the 'Strength Is in Unity' (SIU) Faction at the Parliament of Georgia, Robert Singer, Chairman Center for Jewish Impact and Member of Governing Board of CAM and Borys Gudziak, Rector and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University.
Boris Lozhkin. Closing Remarks
The President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, Boris Lozhkin, summarized the results of the Kyiv Jewish Forum, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion.