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May 24, 2023, 10:40 PM
Building global Jewry’s growth mindset requires dialogue
The generation that received the 10 commandments could not be the one to carry them into the promised land. As Maimonides in Guide for the Perplexed writes, “And just as the Deity used a gracious ruse in causing them to...
Feb 25, 2023, 9:50 PM
An open letter from two American Israelis to our American Jewish friends
By: Tracy Frydberg and Barak Sella Unbeknownst to the majority of Israelis protesting in the streets or roaming the Knesset halls, Israel’s internal democratic struggle vibrates across the Jewish world. The Jewish state is confronting the major tensions of its existence;...
Aug 2, 2022, 1:13 AM
Applying the Chabad-approved ‘Ukraine Model’ to other Jewish crises
The year was 1987 and Israel’s Law of Return was again up for debate in the Knesset. Ultra-Orthodox legislators were fiercely pushing for an amendment requiring all state-accepted conversions to be according to stringent interpretations of halakha, Jewish religious...
May 25, 2020, 2:12 PM
American Jewry, don’t social distance, think strategically
American Jews looking to “social distance” themselves from Israel, pushed over the edge by Israel’s potential annexation after years of the Israeli government's slow beatdown, should pay attention to the current mood shift in Israel and strategically use this...
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Frydberg is the director of the Tisch Center for Jewish Dialogue at the ANU Museum. She is a former adviser to two ministers of diaspora affairs.