Don’t Wring Your Hands; Roll Up Your Sleeves: Israel Education for Today

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of teaching Israel's complex identity and values in Jewish education today.

When Israel was created on this exact day 78 years ago, she didn’t come with an instruction manual called “How to Build a Jewish State.” If she had, Jewish educators wouldn’t be grappling today with the tensions between Israel’s Jewish and democratic values, or needing conversations like this week’s episode. This relevant conversation between David Bryfman and Rabbi Josh Weinberg confronts one of the most pressing questions facing Jewish educators today: How do we teach Israel at a moment whe...

People in this episode

Host: David Bryfman

Guest: Rabbi Josh Weinberg

Topics covered

• Israel education
• Jewish values
• democratic values
• Jewish educators
• teaching methods

Keywords

• Israel
• Jewish education
• democracy
• Jewish state
• educators
• teaching Israel

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Israel

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