The role of culture for Israeli kids during war and at a time of national strife was the subject of a recent one-day conference at Jerusalem's Mandel Leadership Institute. The conference speakers included poets and authors, academics and educators, screenwriters and editors, including former Knesset member Ruth Calderon, Bedouin filmmaker Kaid Abu Latif, writer Amir Harish, psychoanalyst Merav Roth, and others.