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Pages tagged "divisions"


Israel’s Religiously Divided Society

Posted on Resources by Jewish Funders Network · March 08, 2016 5:29 PM

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Published by Pew Research Center

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Star Wars and Jewish Cosmic Wars

Posted on The President's Desk by AndrĂ©s Spokoiny · December 31, 2015 5:00 PM

The Jewish Journal, December 31, 2015

I made a bet with myself that I could resist using the Star Wars craze as an analogy to write something about the state of the Jewish world. The moment I lost that bet was when I discovered, in Terror in the Name of God, Mark Juergensmeyer’s landmark book about religious extremism, the concept of “cosmic war.”  Then I realized that, just as Darth Vader and Han Solo are involved in a cosmic struggle, so too are we. Sadly.

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Maccabean Dream or Hasmonean Nightmare? (Chanukkah 5776)

Posted on The President's Desk by AndrĂ©s Spokoiny · December 08, 2015 5:03 PM

Cross-posted at the Times of Israel

In 1972, during Richard Nixon’s visit to China, Premier Zhou Enlai was asked what he thought about the French Revolution. He responded, “Too early to tell”. His answer is celebrated to this day as an illustration of the supposed Chinese ability—and the Western need—to take the long view of history.

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Member Alan Feld on "Self-Ghettoization" in Israel

Posted on News by Alan Feld · September 21, 2015 10:29 AM

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JFN Member Alan Feld writes in the Jerusalem post that democracy means far more than majority rule.

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A Day Like Today in Jerusalem

Posted on The President's Desk by AndrĂ©s Spokoiny · July 23, 2015 11:00 AM

Cross-posted at eJewish Philanthropy

It all started with name-calling, demonization, and polarization. It ended in twenty centuries of tragedy.

We are now in a period that Jewish tradition calls “the three weeks,” marking the terrible times of the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 C.E. The “three weeks” refers to the time elapsed between the first breach of the city walls (commemorated by the fast of 17th of Tamuz) and the destruction of the Temple on the 9th of Av.

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Reflections on JFN Meeting on Israeli Haredi (Ulta-Orthodox) Society

Posted on News by Michal Herzog · July 14, 2015 10:36 AM

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On July 1, 2015, we gathered for a special learning opportunity, organized by JFN, dedicated to Israel’s Haredi society.

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Roots of Intolerance Still Firmly Planted 19 Years After Rabin Assassination

Posted on The President's Desk by AndrĂ©s Spokoiny · November 03, 2014 11:52 AM

Cross-posted at the Times of Israel

I consider myself to be an incorrigible optimist. I’m an eternal searcher for glasses half full and silver linings. Yet, there was a day on which I couldn’t find a glimpse of optimism or a spark of hope. It was November 4, 1995, when an assassin killed Yitzhak Rabin and ended one of the most prolific and transformational lives in the history of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.

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Video: Haredim to Employment in Israel—Learning a Field

Posted on JFN TV (Videos) by Jewish Funders Network · July 17, 2014 1:48 PM

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Israel's Internal Ticking Time Bomb

Posted on News by Steve Gosset · April 10, 2014 5:29 PM

One of the more provacative titles for a panel at the 2014 JFN Conference was "Israel's Internal Ticking Time Bomb."

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What Do a Wake-Up Call, a Reporter and the Next Generation Have in Common?

Posted on News by Avi Naor · March 18, 2014 11:19 AM

A conversation I had with an American colleague, a board member and donor for one of Israel's leading cultural institutions, made me realize the dialogue between the Israeli- and non-Israeli philanthropists and activists was at a critical crossroad: She told me she wants to discontinue her involvement in Israel because, once again, she found herself on a board that included no Israeli donors. "Where are the affluent Israelis, and why don't they match our contributions,” she asked me indignantly.

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