In some respects, the seeds of Israel’s current crisis were sown in a lavish New York hotel in the mid-1980s. It was here where Benjamin Netanyahu, acting as Israel’s representative at the United Nations, first met Donald Trump. After their very first meeting, Netanyahu identified Trump as a malleable enough Read more…
Simply put, this was nothing other than a day of national disgrace for Israel. The sickening violence of the Israeli forces, who killed 62 Palestinian civilians and wounded more than 1,200 others, should have sent reverberations across the country and beyond. But instead, in many circles both within and Read more…
It’s been a few weeks since Netzer Veidah 5778, and it’s time to reflect on what went on – motions passed, discussions had, and ideology thought through. Here’s what happened: We started our asephot on Veidah with somewhat lengthy standing orders to decide the exact details of how our debates Read more…
By Kathy Brown One of LJY Netzer’s four pillars, which make the core of our movement’s ideology, is reform zionism, and in addition to this Netzer Olami (of which LJY Netzer is a part of) is the Zionist youth movement for progressive Jews through-out the world. With all this being Read more…
by Jack Walton Spending two and a half months in a closed agricultural community with nothing around but the dessert, wildlife and the mountains may not seem appealing to most Jews from a comfortable suburb near London. Certainly at the begining of my time at lotan I was overwhelmed by Read more…
By Avi Stone Having not attended either of the Veidot (if that’s the plural) last year, I was quite taken a back when I heard the theme of the year. Perhaps my initial discomfort was due to the seemingly privileged decision of a fairly white middle-classed group to appropriate a Read more…