Our commitment to the state of Israel and its people flows from our shared destiny with half the world’s Jews who make Israel their home, our recognition that it is unequivocally also home for the Palestinians, and our belief that a shared future that protects everyone’s human rights is possible. While that future feels heartbreakingly distant during this current, devastating war, we continue to choose hope over despair.
What’s new in this issue:
Plus the articles, poetry, and short story we released online as “Fragments of Fragments,” including writing by Rabbi David Jaffe, Rabbi Avigayil Halpern, Dr. Analucía Lopezrevoredo, and Prof. Shaul Magid.
DANIEL THALKAR (he/him) is a teacher and writer in Los Angeles. His writing frequently explores the ways knowing our history can help us build a more just world. He aspires to do the same in his teaching.
DR. VINCENT CALABRESE, PHD (he/him) grew up in Austin, Texas and now lives in New York City. A scholar of modern Jewish thought, he holds a doctorate in religion from the University of Toronto. He is also in the final year of study for rabbinical ordination in the Advanced Kollel of the Hadar Institute.
DR. FEKADE ABEBE, PHD (he/him) is a Research Fellow at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, in the research group “When the local looks back at the global.” His research focuses on Blackness, identity, and political activism in the Ethiopian community in Israel.
MICHAL AVERA SAMUEL (she/her) is a senior executive with 20 years of experience pioneering and leading community-building and educational efforts in the Ethiopian Israeli community and the American Jewish community.
KOHENET KESHIRA HALEV FIFE (she/they) is a Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess) and a bi-racial, queer Jewish person who delights in serving as davennatrix (shlichat tzibbur), lifespiral ceremony/ritual creatrix, facilitator, liturgist, and songstress.
A roundtable discussion with MK Aida Touma-Sliman; Dr. Liora Halperin, PhD; Dr. Yali Hashash, PhD; facilitated by Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson
Fragments is a seasonal multimedia publication that lifts conversations about the intersection of human rights, politics, and Judaism.
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