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Israel
Israel, A Land/People of Shifting Narratives
January 11, 2007 - 5:55pm — Rabbi Shai Gluskin
I've just returned from a two-week trip to Israel with my family. It was wonderful and yet it brought up a lot of complicated feelings. I've written a dvar-Torah for Shemot which compares "There arose a Pharoah who knew not Joseph" to the demise of the kibbutz movement as we know it. How do we handle the shifts in narrative, the adjustments in meaning-making that we inevitably must engage in throughout our lives?read more »
Pluralistic Judaism in Israel: A Report from the JRF Convention
November 26, 2006 - 9:12am — Helen PlotkinPhoto of Roni Yavin, Ruth Calderon, Meir Yoffe and Roni JaegerFour prominent Israelis who work to promote Jewish identy and Jewish study in Israel participated prominently at JRF's 41st Convention held in Philadelphia Novmember 9-12, 2006. The four were (left to right) Roni Yavin from Elul, Ruth Calderon from Alma, Meir Yoffe from Panim and Rani Jaeger Beit Tefilla. read more »
Ruth Calderon Speaks About Her Search for A Spiritual Home
November 10, 2006 - 4:43pm — Rabbi Shai Gluskin
Ruth Calderon speaks about her search for a spiritual home at the 41st convention of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation held in Philadelphia. She is speaking on November 10, 2006.
Meir Yoffe on How Reconstructionist Can Support Pluralistic Judaism in Israel
November 10, 2006 - 4:11pm — Rabbi Shai Gluskin
Roni Yavin Speaks about Elul at JRF Convention
November 9, 2006 - 4:13pm — Rabbi Shai Gluskin
Rani Yavin, the head of Beit Midrash Elul, a pluralistic study center in Jerusalem addresses the JRF convention in Philadelphia on November 10, 2006.
