Jewish Crossroads: Jewish Identity in Times of Crisis
Renowned Israeli journalist Tamar Ish Shalom will embark on a journey to engage with leaders and key figures in American Jewry to analyze how the war in Israel is reshaping American Jewish identity. Together, they will explore the challenges and opportunities facing American Jews and what the future holds for their relationship with Israel, especially against the backdrop of political developments in both the U.S. and Israel.
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Jewish Crossroads: Jewish Identity in Times of Crisis
Ultra Orthodox Integration and The State of Israel
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In this episode of Jewish Crossroads, Tamar Ish Shalom sits down with Rabbi Menachem Bombach, one of the most consequential voices to emerge from within Israel’s ultra-Orthodox world.
Over the past few years, he has founded and led educational institutions that preserve a Haredi identity while also teaching core subjects such as mathematics, English, and science, offering a different vision of how ultra-Orthodox life might engage with the broader fabric of Israeli society.
For some, he represents a model for the future. For others, a destabilizing presence. At a moment when questions of Haredi responsibility to work, to the state, to military service, and to Israeli society as a whole have become among the most contentious in Israel, Bombach’s approach stands apart. Rather than confrontational rhetoric, he is attempting to build an alternative from within.
Moving between questions of education and identity, belonging and anger, they explore whether gradual change can still keep pace with the urgency of the current Israeli moment. What does it mean to remain faithful to a community while challenging its assumptions? And is there still time for internal reform to succeed before the pressures from outside become overwhelming?
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