Ofek Meir, at The Blogs

May 24, 2021, 6:36 AM

This is the most Jewish thing about the Jewish State

An arab woman making pita bread in a taboon stove in Wadi Nisnas market in an Arab neighborhood of Haifa during the Festival of Festivals, Dec. 22, 2007 (Jorge Novominsky/Flash90)

Building a loving and respectful shared society with non-Jewish minorities is an ancient biblical imperative. Today, it is Israel's most important mission.

Oct 30, 2020, 1:22 AM

Facing challenges 25 years after Rabin’s assassination, and today, with COVID-19

This year, as an educator, I have a heightened sense of responsibility because we are living in times of crisis and difficulty. Our world fell apart in one fell swoop with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In confronting...

About Me

Rabbi Ofek Meir, Headmaster and Managing Director of the Leo Baeck Education Center. Also served as the Director of the Israeli Rabbinical Program at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem, from which he was ordained and earned a master’s degree in Jewish education. He also holds a musician’s degree in classical guitar from the Royal College of Music in London.