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Let’s Talk – Discussing the Future Among the Jewish People
A culture of to-and-fro is not only respected in Jewish custom, it is positively sanctified. . .We know we are not weakened by debate; we are strengthened by it. Today, however, I fear this is a lesson we need to learn afresh. --Israel President Reuven Rivlin, Forward, 8 February 2021 Talmudic discourse shows that Jews are encouraged to ask questions;…
התפוצות
התפוצות
Israel-Diaspora Relations and the Pew Report
The depth and quality of relations between Israeli and Diaspora Jews are perennially on the public agenda. The new Pew report, Jewish Americans in 2020, provides insight into our current point in time. It allows us to examine whether and how relations between the two largest Jewish communities – in Israel and the United States – are in a state…
יהודי ארה"ב
יהודי ארה"ב
One, Two, or Three Jewish Identities among Jewish Americans?
[caption id="attachment_4303" align="aligncenter" width="799"] Credit: pio3/Shutterstock.com[/caption] The recently published Pew report, Jewish Americans in 2020, points to a somewhat disturbing reality within US Jewry: two polar opposite forms of being Jewish and of Jewish identity are growing on the margins of the Jewish community. These forms are especially growing in the younger age cohorts, and they are becoming increasingly significant.…
ישראל
ישראל
The 2021 Arab Israeli Riots and their Consequences
In May 2021 Israel faced violent confrontations on two fronts, within the common broader context of Jewish-Arab relations in the Israeli-Palestinian space. One front was Hamas-controlled Gaza, from which over four thousand rockets were fired at Israeli cities. The other was the domestic front, centered around violent incidents of various kinds within Israel (including East Jerusalem): demonstrations, riots, arson, Molotov…
יהודי ארה"ב
יהודי ארה"ב
The Jewish Camp of the Nine Percent
The Pew Research Center's new study of American Jews offers a wealth of data. Some of its findings are headline-making and can be expected to dominate the news, while others are more obscure. It is often the more obscure information that is truly important and interesting. Here I suggest examining one particular finding. The researchers examined the degree of connection…
Haredim
Haredim
Was the Coronavirus Year Really One of Deepening Polarization?
The past year presented Israeli society and its elected officials with quite a few challenges. Notable among them was a sense of polarization and (some maintain) hatred between different population sectors.
Culture
Culture
Jewish Families Project
The past year was the year of television. The lockdowns, social isolation and extra free time strengthened a medium that has in any case flourished in recent years. And in the era of television, the year of television, it was also a shining time for Israel’s (relatively) new public TV channel Kan 11. In last month’s Israeli Academy of Film…