The Barkai Center organized a conference for hundreds of university students at Ono College on the topic of community and the rabbinate. The conference was titled "The Rabbi, The Congregation and what is Between Them". The conference included a panel and TED style talks. The following speakers participated in the conference: the heads of the Barkai Center, Rabbis David Fine and Shlomo Sobol, Ronel Elkayam, Barkai's Executive Director, Rabbanit Shani Marzebach of the Barkai communities, the Chief Rabbi of the Police, the Chief Rabbi of the Prison Services and Rabbi Yuval Cherlow. The conference was moderated by the columnist, Yair Sherki. The goal of the conference was to encourage the younger generation as to the importance of community and community rabbis.