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Between the Lines: Palestine 1936

Nov 7, 2023 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video

Oren Kessler discusses his bookPalestine 1936which tells the epic story鈥攆or the first time in English鈥攐f the 1936鈥�1939 Arab Revolt in British Mandate Palestine, the forgotten first 鈥淚ntifada鈥� that was a seminal event in the birth of Israel and the Middle East conflict, with lasting repercussions.

Between the Lines: We Are Not One

Feb 7, 2023 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video

滨苍听We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces the debate about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it, from its 19th-century origins. Following Israel鈥檚 1948/49 War of Independence (called the Nakba or 鈥渃atastrophe鈥� by Palestinians), few Americans, including few Jews, paid much attention to Israel or the challenges it faced. Following the 1967 Six Day War, however, almost overnight, support for Israel becametheprimary component of American Jews鈥� collective identity.Over time, Jewish organizations joined forces with conservative Christians and neoconservative pundits and politicos to wage a tenacious fight to define Israel鈥檚 image in the US media, popular culture, Congress, and on college campuses. We Are Not Onerevealshow our consensus on Israel and Palestine emerged and why, today, it is fracturing.

The Protest Literature of Mizrahi Writers

Aug 8, 2022 By Beverly Bailis | Public Event video | Video Lecture

Download Sources WithDr. Beverly Bailis, Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish Literature Dr. Bailis discusses protest literature written by different generations of Mizrahi writers and examine how these literary works give voice to these writers鈥� experience in Israeli society, from the Great Immigration in the 1950s to today. In particular, considering how the stories these writers […]

Beyond the Flag: The Religious Dimensions of Yom Ha鈥檃tzma鈥檜t

Apr 27, 2020 By Eliezer B. Diamond z”l | Public Event video | Video Lecture

Yom Ha鈥檃tzma鈥檜t, Israel Independence Day, commemorates a historical event 鈥� the declaration of the new State of Israel. From the beginning, however, it was also framed as a religious holiday. We will look at how, drawing on the liturgy of Hannukah, Purim, Shabbat and Passover, a holiday ritual was created, one that provides the religious language with which to speak of a fundamentally political event.

Can American Judaism Change Jewish Identity in Israel?

Mar 3, 2022

THE HENRY N. AND SELMA S. RAPAPORT MEMORIAL LECTURE 鈥淭he New Jew鈥濃�攁 recent Israeli TV documentary series exploring the diverse and creative ways in which American Jews express their Jewishness鈥攚as immensely popular in Israel. What accounts for Israelis鈥� positive response to several distinctively American models of Jewish identity and practice? How can religious expression in […]

鈥淚f I forget Thee, O Jerusalem鈥�: The Idea of the Retun to Zion in Jewish History

Jun 7, 2021 By Shuly Rubin Schwartz | Public Event video | Video Lecture

Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartzexplores the implications of living in a state of longing, how Jews attempted to reconcile the dream of return with the reality of Jewish exile, and how this dream was adapted and transformed with the emergence of modern Zionism and a thriving Jewish diaspora.

The Values of a Jewish Home

Apr 16, 2021 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Metzora | Tazria | Yom Hazikaron-Yom Ha'atzma'ut

In the precious days 鈥淏efore the Coronavirus Era鈥� (B.C.E.), the parshiyot of Tazria-Metzora seemed wholly disconnected from our lives, presenting the perennial challenge of relevance (or irrelevance) to even the most talented darshan (sermonizer). How are we to connect leprous plagues attacking both body and abode to our daily lives? And to what extent does the experience of quarantine resonate with our modern reality? These are only two of the many questions that we would have posed in a pre-Covid world.

Israel Primer: Exploring the History of the Modern State of Israel

Nov 10, 2020 By Matthew Berkowitz