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Progress in Israel for the Reform Community

Progress in Israel for the Reform Community

on June 1, 2012

I am reminded of the summer I spent at Kutz Camp six years ago, during my term as NFTY Religious and Cultural Vice President, when my board had a memorable meeting with Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC). What Anat told us then continues to resonate in my identity as a pro-Israel activist: that constructive criticism of Israel in the face of open discrimination is our right and responsibility.

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Connecting Israeli and North American Youth

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I was born in Israel and learned from a very young age that Israel is the Jewish State and homeland. It came as a surprise to me, therefore, to learn that there were Jewish people who lived outside Israel. I wondered why all Jews didn’t live here. Because my extended family lives in America, I even remember asking if my grandparents and the rest of our family were Jewish.

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Behind Every Great Jewish Experience

on January 25, 2012

Jessica James was a participant on a KESHER Taglit-Birthright Israel trip in January 2011. She is currently a student at the University of Minnesota, and is an alumna of NFTY’s Northern Region and the URJ Kutz Camp. In a recent interview originally posted on the Youth and College Israel Programs Blog, she talks about the lasting experience she had on her Birthright trip. Why did you choose to participate in a KESHER Birthright trip? The URJ has been and continues to be behind every great Jewish experience in my life. My home synagogue, Bet Shalom in Minnetonka, MN, is affiliated [...]

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