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Israel Program: Circassians of the Galilee
The Israeli Circassians are part of a world-wide diaspora of people that struggle to keep their ethno-national identity while also integrating into the larger Israeli society. They are a proud Muslim community, with a reputation of being among the most religiously devoted communities in comparison to other Circassians in the Middle East and in their
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Rock in the Red Zone: Film Screening, Dinner & Discussion
Grab some pizza, salad, dessert & drinks, and settle in for a terrific film. Rock in the Red Zone is a personal view from the ground on the frontlines of an endless war, and a powerful exploration into the lives and art of musicians struggling to create in a conflict zone. On the edge of
Mynd the Gaps: Zooming Out and Zooming In on Israel’s Society and Economy
Mynd the Gaps: Zooming Out and Zooming In on Israel’s Society and EconomyAs a leading socioeconomic research institute in Israel, the Taub Center’s findings show the bigger picture about the social and economic issues that keep Israelis up at night: How is Israel’s economy doing relative to other developed countries? What does the future hold for the “Start-Up Nation”? How do educational and employment gaps break down
The Dialogue Project: Environmental Cooperation in the Middle East
Join us on Sunday, October 20 at 11:30 AM for a conversation with students from the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, where Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, and students from around the world come together to collaborate on environmental solutions. Please RSVP to info@friendsofarava.org. Odeliya Matter was born and raised in Jerusalem. After her IDF service, traveling
Israel Program: Ruby Namdar
Living in English, Writing in Hebrew: A Conversation with Israeli-American Author Ruby Namdar Eighteen years ago, Israeli author Ruby Namdar arrived in New York, not knowing that he had just taken the first step of an incredible literary, cultural and personal journey. Namdar’s novel The Ruined House, winner of the 2014 Sapir Prize, Israel’s most prestigious
A Nation on the Couch: The Politics of Trauma in Contemporary Israel
Germantown Jewish Centre, along with the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, are pleased to present "A Nation on the Couch" with Dr. Keren Friedman-Peleg. Based on fieldwork Dr. Keren Friedman-Peleg has conducted at two leading NGOs in Israel (NATAL-The Israel Center for Victims of Terror and War, and the
Israel & Its Liberal Jews: the Past, the Present & the Possible
Please join us in welcoming Rabbi Golan Ben-Chorin, grandson of Rabbi Elias Charry, as this year’s Rabbi Elias Charry Memorial Scholar-in-Residence. Rabbi Ben-Chorin, a third-generation Israeli Reform spiritual leader and Doctor of Education, brings to his work an experiential, musical, and “midrashic” approach to learning and prayer. In serving Reform communities in Israel, the United
The Shrinking Democratic Space
Germantown Jewish Centre is pleased to present the 2nd annual Brenda Laigaie Memorial Speakers Program. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) is the nation’s oldest, largest human rights organization, and the only one dealing with the entire spectrum of rights and civil liberties issues in Israel and the Occupied Territories. For almost five
Israeli Religious Perspectives on the Land: Cooperation and Conflict
with Rabbi Haim Shalom and Dr. Debbie Weissman, moderated by Rabbi Adam Zeff, and sponsored by Israel Programming@GJC What is Judaism really about? How can we understand Torah? In parashat B'reishit (Genesis 1), God creates all human beings to be equal. In parashat Lech L'cha (Genesis 12), God uniquely gives the Land of Israel to