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Hello,
We are pleased to inform you that we have begun releasing the highlights of the contents delivered at the first Heschel Conference on Jewish Peoplehood and Israel-Diaspora Relations, which we held in May of this year, at ANU - Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. More than 500 participatns joined us and now we are pleased to share the conference contect with you as well.
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Opening session:
Heschel’s Thinking – Now More relevant than Ever
Isaac Herzog
President of the State of Israel
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Greetings and Opening Statement:
Dr. Yizhar Hess
Vice Chairman
World Zionist Organization
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The conference, which was held for the first time, intended to outline a new tradition in the World Zionist Organization, which will honor Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) who through the force of his personality, values, Jewish outlook and Zionist concept, was a living, inspiring beacon of learning and accomplishment. His influence on the Jewish world and on the Jewish-Israeli dialog have been tremendous and are still in their infancy.
Therefore, we convened to study him and his legacy – but mainly to study ourselves - the extended Family of the Jewish People. We experience a frank familial dialog about Judaism, Zionism, nationality and about activism. We also discussed liberty, human rights, love for people. And love for the world.
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Opening Panel – Torah from Zion or Babylon and Jerusalem?
On the Jewish Peoplehood conversation as Phase 3 Zionism
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The Complete Panel
Facilitator:
Tamar Ish-Shalom
Journalist and Evening News Presenter, Channel 13 News
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Participants:
Prof. Arieh Eldad, former Member of Knesset, Media Person
Dr. Irina Nevzlin, Chair of the Board of Directors at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People and President of the Nadav Foundation
Rabbi David Wolpe, Rabbi of Congregation Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, one of the world’s largest Jewish communities
Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Founder of ZION: An Eretz Israeli Congregation in Jerusalem and co-founder of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis
Prof. Meir Buzaglo, Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, Head of the Center for Jewish Ethics at the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization
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Additional content will be uploaded to our YouTube channel and to our Facebook page.
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Sincerely,
Office of Dr. Yizhar Hess
Vice Chairman
World Zionist Organization
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