For American and Israeli Jews, ‘wrestling and hugging’ must go both ways
Today, a change is needed. We can no longer expect that Israelis will unconditionally embrace every American Jew who comes to Israel. As published in
The Zionist Question at the heart of Trump’s Latest Executive Order
President Trump is a gift to Israel Education. He has just signed an Executive Order to define Jews as a nationality. Exactly as Zionists have
Religion, Culture and Public Spaces – Matt Lipman
During the recent holiday season, I attended a public shofar blowing in a park in my hometown of Modiin. There are about ten parks throughout
Podcast: 148 – The New Israeli Jews – An Interview with Shmuel Rosner
Zionism’s founders wanted to change Jewish character and culture. In 2019, the data is in, and we can now see that they succeeded. (although not
A Free People?
Bein Adam L’Amo – Between a Jew and her People בין אדם לעמו Among the concepts that are available to describe the Jewish collective, none is more
VIDEO – Yonatan Ariel – The Jewish Guide to Plate-Spinning
As his JDOV talk, Yonatan Ariel presents his approach to Jewish Plate-spinning. How can I be an individual and part of a collective? What makes
Home and Away – Israelis living outside Israel
On Sunday November 10th in Jerusalem we asked: If Israel has changed radically in the past few decades, and Jewish identity has changed radically in the past few decades, and the transfer of information has changed radically too – how should Israel Education transform itself in response?
Freedom and Responsibility (Session IV)
How free is your family? To begin our conversation, here’s some classic Disney… (you might want to begin watching at 1:34) What do you think
Freedoms that Clash (Session V)
We have explored how our relationship to other Jews is based on more than the Torah and religion. We are a People, עם (Am), and
TalkSpace – Israel and the Diaspora – #8
In the contemporary scene, where Jews around the world are bound together by existential questions about the Jewish future, to what extent can the State
