Judaism
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Perhaps, in the future, Hebron will be transformed from a place focused on burial and death to a place where the silenced get their voices back and speak up to share a multiplicity of narratives.
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Perhaps, in the future, Hebron will be transformed from a place focused on burial and death to a place where the silenced get their voices back and speak up to share a multiplicity of narratives.
Judaism, like any organism, only lives when it can breathe some outside air.
I am not sure if there is a solution to the Israel-Palestine issue. For a vast majority of Jews, Zionism means having a homeland of their own. Muslims view Zionism through the lens of colonialism.
No pressure. Just everyone watching every move, judging every decision.
But was Goldman’s experience — and are his allegations — isolated?
Hence, the question is just how anomalous the NEU Hillel incident actually was?
That’s when everything began escalating into open rebellion.
Levin’s exploration of Jews who are spiritual leaders in other traditions is valuable, as a historical document, an exploration of Jewish identity, and a discussion about spiritual pluralism and religious identities.
The name Hillel stands for one thing: the next generation. Yet, the organization, which sports a $126.4 million-dollar budget and is staffed by approximately 1,000 employees, is greatly misunderstood.
My contention is that these crises signify not the end of liberal Jewish identity in America, but its new beginning.