I Just Couldn't Walk Away: Yehuda Lapian

About this episode

Yehuda Lapian discusses the complexities of identity and belonging within Israel's religious and secular divides.

In this episode of Behind the Bima, Rabbi Efrem Goldberg and Rabbi Philip Moskowitz sit down with Yehuda Lapian to explore the reality behind Israel’s religious and secular divides. Drawing from his own journey growing up across different Jewish worlds... and even trying to leave Judaism behind... Lapian reflects on identity, belonging, and why Israel’s social labels rarely capture the full story.

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Hosts: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Rabbi Philip Moskowitz

Guest: Yehuda Lapian

Topics covered

• religious divides
• secular divides
• Jewish identity
• belonging
• Israel's social labels

Keywords

• Israel
• Jewish identity
• religion
• secularism
• belonging
• social labels
• Yehuda Lapian

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Places: Israel

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