My Boston-Haifa-Jerusalem Connection: An Open Letter to the Boston Jewish Community
First of all - Thank You.I have called Boston home for nearly all of my 27-plus years on this planet, and there are many individuals...
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Young Zionist Leadership Conference
Mark your calendars, pack your swimsuit, it's time for the WZO's annual YZL Conference! For students and young adults ages 18-35 Fine-tune your effectiveness on...
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The Israel that you love is still there!
Read this blog post from the Huffington Post about NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch and all the progressive activity happening all over Israel! Fair-Weathered Zionists Posted: 8/4/11...
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Turning on our Future Rabbis: Israel and Rabbinic Education
Daniel Gordis, in his recent essay “Are Young Rabbis Turning on Israel?” published in Commentary, identifies a number of important challenges facing rabbinical education and...
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From the Place Where We are Right Flowers Will Never Grow: Tending the Relationship between North American Jews and Israel
The Place Where We are RightFrom the place where we are rightFlowers will never growIn the spring.The place where we are rightIs hard and trampledLike...
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How My Father Helped Create the State of Israel
My father, at the age of 23, was one of 1,000 Americans who fought in Israel's War of Independence. This time of year I become...
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Israel Peace Week- Coming Soon to a Campus Near You
Free speech is a pillar of our democracy. The right to speak your mind and your opinion, even loudly and callously (like the church-that-must-not-be-named...
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Video: Israel's Quest For Peace
We stand with students across the country who are making their voices heard and sharing why they care about and support Israel
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When we talk about Israel, do we sound like kindergarteners?
Since taking a look at this video yesterday, I can’t stop thinking about it. Not only because it is hysterical ("The Norwegians killed the Salmon"),...
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The Bishop, The Author, And Buber
Over the last year or so I have been working on a series of essays on modern Jewish identity, a project which I have really...
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