The project of Jewish national life in the land of Israel has, from its origins, struggled with the fact that it is the homeland of two peoples, that Jewish heritage clashes with the Palestinian daily life of generations. Too often, attempts to resolve this struggle assume a zero-sum game that pits Jews and Palestinians against each other. The occupation is one of the results. Emor asks: What if a new approach were possible? Through delving into both peoples’ history, Jewish religious sources, early Zionist writings, and the chronicles of American and other international engagement, we seek to imagine new paradigms. We believe there are ways for Israelis and Palestinians both to have their human rights guaranteed and for multiple peoples’ religious and national commitments to be honored. Join us to explore and imagine.
DAVID ARNOW is the author of “Creating Lively Passover Seders” and co-editor of “My People’s Passover Haggadah.” His most recent book is “Choosing Hope: The Heritage of Judaism.”
SHAUL MAGID is Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College
With photographs by Mati Milstein, words from Sameeha Hureini and Aliza Schwartz, art by Francine Perlman, fiction by Daniel Spector, and poetry by Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet.
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Come learn some of Smol Emuni’s Torah with two leaders of the movement and hear about how religious values inspire their activism.
We invite contributors to submit pieces for our second issue of Fragments.
In the US, we often think about human rights in a “liberal” framework that focuses on individual rights and a separation of church and state. …
Smol Emuni is a diverse group of religious Israeli Jews who are bringing their faith to the public discourse in an effort to counteract the right’s uninhibited use of religion.