Gateways to Israeli-Jewish Renaissance - (215) 576-0800

Gateways brings the ideas of the Israeli-Jewish renaissance to progressive N. American Jews. We create bridges for understanding and collaboration.

An exciting new trend is taking place in Israel: a renaissance in engagement with Jewish life for Israeli Jews who do not identify as Orthodox. We call it the Israeli-Jewish renaissance. It attempts to connect a renewed interest in Jewish learning, celebration and community building with values like democracy, tolerance, diversity, pluralism, and general concern for Israeli society and its future.
We at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities believe that it is important for North American Jews to know and understand this phenomenon, because it echoes many of the values and concerns of liberal North American Judaism. This Facebook community is the first stage in a larger project sponsored by RRC that will bring the sounds, words, images and ideas of the Israeli-Jewish renaissance to progressive North American Jews, and create a gateway for further understanding and collaboration between these two important groups.

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