Israel at a Crossroads – Expanding the Conversation
Mondays, April 28 – May 19, 2025
1:00–2:00 p.m. ET
This series builds on the discussions from JTS’s Israel at the Crossroads convening, bringing JTS alumni into conversation about the evolving challenges of Israeli identity, culture, and collective resilience. Through explorations of art, spirituality, and national memory, we will consider how Israeli society navigates questions of belonging, pluralism, and meaning in this complex moment. By engaging voices from across disciplines, Expanding the Conversation seeks to illuminate the ways individuals and communities are shaping Israel’s cultural and spiritual landscape today.
The ‘Art’ of Zionist Thought and Israeli Identity
In honor of Yom Haatzmaut
with Rabbi Matt Berkowitz (RS ’99), incoming president, Schecter Institutes, Inc.
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Israeli Society:
Between Cohesion and Fragmentation
Implications for Jewish Peoplehood
and American Jewry
with Dr. Elan Ezrachi (Kekst Graduate School, ’94)
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Healing Together: How Those in Trauma Provide Care for Others
with Rabbi Naomi Kalish, Center for Pastoral Education and Rabbi Annabelle Tenzer, Chaplain, Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem
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Meeting the Moment: Urgent Questions for Israeli and American Jewish
with Dr. Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Jewish Thought; Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership; and Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement
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