Where Are We Now? Rethinking Exile, Diaspora and Home in Israel and America
With Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Jewish Thought, JTS
This session was generously sponsored by Yale Asbell, JTS Trustee and Bracha & Marty Werber
For many Jews in Israel and America, the war with Hamas has provoked a reconsideration of long-held assumptions about Israel, the Diaspora, and the relationship between the two. This lecture considers whether America can be a true home for Jews or whether is it another instance of exile, albeit different in some respects from all others—and it aska these same questions regarding Israel. We examine a variety of responses to these questions by Americans and Israelis, Zionists and non-Zionists, that sharpen debate and challenge convictions that we hold dear.
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