"The Rifts Within Israeli Society – How Should World Jewry Respond?" - The Peoplehood Papers Edition #34 is now available to download.

As questions of democracy, identity, and responsibility ripple through Israeli society, this latest edition invites us to reflect on what Jewish Peoplehood demands of us today — and how we might respond with courage, care, and commitment. Dr. Shlomi Ravid, CPJE Co-Founder and Co-Director writes, "In recent years and particularly since the launch of the Judicial reform, the sense that the Israeli government policies represent the Israeli consensus, seems to have been broken. Major rifts developed at the heart of Israeli society. These developments, regardless of specific political orientation, require world Jewry to reckon with longstanding approaches to internal Israeli affairs. After nearly a century of basing collective identity on the support of Israel through the support of its’

elected governments, this change requires revisiting and responsibly

reinterpreting the foundations of the Israel-Diaspora relations." This issue brings together a powerful group of voices from across the Jewish world, including Kenneth Bob, Marc Dollinger, Jill Jacobs, Adam Levi, Tomer Persico, Matt Reingold, Sid Schwarz, Barak Sella, Yona Shem-Tov, Jeffrey R. Solomon, Nadav Tamir, Becky Voorwinde, Dov Waxman, Sheila Weinberg, and Josh Weinberg. Each author each offers a deeply engaged, nuanced perspective on the challenges and responsibilities facing world Jewry today.

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