You are invited to attend this year’s virtual Biennial Community Gathering!

November 17, 2021
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. EST

This online gathering is invitation-only! RSVP to confirm your participation at
hjweinbergfoundation.org/gathering.

Everyone who RSVPs will receive a special “thank you” from the Foundation!

The possibility of any in-person attendance will not be decided until much closer to the event. Even if some level of attendance becomes feasible, the number of attendees will be strictly limited.

We encourage as many of the Foundation’s friends as possible to share the experience live online, including a conversation with Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive O­fficer of Pfizer, as well as remarks by Dr. Erica Brown, award-winning author and Jewish educator.

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FEATURED SPEAKERS

Dr. Albert BourlaDr. Albert Bourla
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer

As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Albert Bourla leads Pfizer in its purpose: breakthroughs that change patients’ lives, with a focus on driving the scientific and commercial innovation needed to have a transformational impact on human health.

Dr. Bourla’s inspirational story includes his parents’ remarkable Holocaust survival story in Greece, as well as his recent leadership in implementing Israel’s highly-successful COVID vaccination program.

 

Dr. Erica BrownDr. Erica Brown
Director, Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership at The George Washington University

Dr. Brown was a Jerusalem Fellow, is a faculty member of the Wexner Foundation, an Avi Chai Fellow, and the recipient of the 2009 Covenant Award for her work in education. She is the author of 12 books on leadership, the Hebrew Bible and spirituality, and has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Tablet, The Jewish Review of Books, and the New York Jewish Week, as well as several blogs.

 

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