Why Return to Israel If Judaism Can Thrive Anywhere? Lessons from the First Exile, with Yael Leibowitz (294)
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The episode explores the historical and contemporary significance of returning to Israel for Jews, featuring insights from Tanakh educator Yael Leibowitz.
Check out Orthodox Conundrum Commentary on Substack and get your free subscription by going to https://scottkahn.substack.com/ - and paid subscribers get this and other episodes of the Orthodox Conundrum Podcast ad-free and with early access and additional bonus content! Last month on the Orthodox Conundrum, I spoke with several guests about the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora. We discussed questions of aliyah, Jewish peoplehood, covenant, sovereignty, and the role of Diaspora communities in an era when most Jews may soon live in the State of Israel. Today, I'd like to revisit that broader conversation from a very different perspective with my guest, Tanakh educator Yael Leibowitz. Rather than beginning with today's headlines or contemporary debates, she takes us back to the destruction of the First Temple, the Babylonian exile, and the return to Israel. Her argument is that many of the questions we are wrestling with today first emerged more than 2,500 years ago. How could Judaism survive outside the Land of Israel? Why return if Jewish life could flourish elsewhere? What responsibilities do Jews in the Land and Jews outside the Land owe one another? And what does…
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