קִרְאִי לִי: בָּבֶל. זֶה יוֹתֵר מִיּוֹבֵל מְצַמֵּחַ אֲנִי נְהָרוֹת וְגָלוּת. קִרְאִי לִי: יָם. מְקַנֵּן בִּי חֲשָׁשׁ מְסֻיָּם שֶׁאֲנִי שֵׁפֶל וְגֵאוּת וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁתִּקְרְאִי לִי עַם?
Last August, I had the privilege of attending the international conference marking the 125th anniversary of the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland. What an
The Western Wall Crisis as a Surprise in Israel-Diaspora Relations Five years ago, on the morning of June 25, 2017, the Israeli government shelved
It was spring 2002; I was a sophomore in college. I was horrified by the second intifada unfolding in the news, and the campus dynamic
Perspectives In coming to understand the great, complex, profoundly meaningful challenge of the relationship between Israel and American Jewry, two events have had an influence
Human beings are creatures of interpretation. We experience the world through a search for meaningful context. We seek a single interpretive framework that ascribes
I was born in Guatemala City to a mixed Ashkenazic and Sephardic family. There we were members of the Reform temple and I have many
For three years now, a group of American rabbis from across the denominational spectrum has gathered for learning in Israel and a seminar in
I first heard the phrase “the silent Holocaust” in the corridors of the Jewish Agency. The term refers to the loss of Jewish identity among
בהקמת מכינת חנתון שמנו במרכז את הלימוד המעמיק של מקורות יהודיים, ציוניים והומניסטיים, מתוך תפיסה שהלימוד יעצב את דעותינו ואת זהותנו; למעלה מכך, שאפנו שהלימוד
אנו מודים לקרן ד. דן ובטי קאן על תמיכתם בהוצאת כתב העת.
With thanks and appreciation to the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation for supporting this project.
