Words of the Week: Noam Weissman
I’ve just listened to this podcast episode (and yes, there’s also a transcript). I thought it was really well done. See if you agree.
The series is hosted by Noam Weissman.
Posts Tagged‘Israel’
Words of the Week: Matti Friedman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Daniel Gordis
“To our sisters and brothers in the Diaspora:
We are writing to you from Jerusalem in the weeks before the High Holidays, during this time of introspection and self-reckoning, to urge you to join the extraordinary Israeli protest movement that is fighting to save the vision that created this country 75 years ago.”
Read the rest of their message—and register for their September 4 webinar—on the site of The Times of Israel.
Words of the Week: Yaacov Katz
“The truth is that the news media do have a problem in much of their reporting on Israel and Diaspora Jewry. It might help further their understanding if it weren’t called an ‘antisemitism problem’ — a loaded term that does more to insult than educate — and were described instead as an ignorance problem.
This essay is intended to address that ignorance.”
Source: Yaacov Katz, “Mainstream Media: Not Antisemitic but Blind to Jewish Concerns” (Sapir)
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Words of the Week: Gary Rosenblatt
“With all of these dark signs, though, it is important to remember that at the core of Judaism, and Jewish history, there is always hope for a brighter future.”
Source: Gary Rosenblatt, “The Israel We Know Has Fallen”