This marks the group's first time participating in Climate Week NYC as it gains experience hosting large events

In the coming weeks, families of victims will come to plant a sapling in memory of their loved ones in the 'Iron Swords Forest' outside Kibbutz Beeri

In early October, Katz stepped down as CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, which she led for over six years

'We are planning in the next coming month[s to] give them the most tools, the playbooks, to help people to commune,' Beri Rozenberg, co-director of the ROI Community, tells eJP

The event, which also included Emmy Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman and former hostage Sasha Troufanov, follows a leadership transition at Americans for Ben-Gurion University