Future of Jewish

30/09/2022

As much as hi-tech benefits Israel, it might also be killing Israeli culture as we know it.

27/09/2022

How many of them can you check off your Jewish journey list?

25/09/2022

If you’re looking to boost your Jewish knowledge, engagement, and learning — especially in time for Rosh Hashanah — here are 25 websites worth exploring! ✡️

These sites aren’t as well-known as others, but they offer extraordinary experiences, information, and resources.

22/09/2022

“As I combed through all the Jewish ‘mitzvot’ for the first time, I had three distinct reactions.”

As I combed through all the Jewish "mitzvot" for the first time, I had three distinct reactions.

20/09/2022

Israel is a tiny country — with a smaller population than Tajikistan, Haiti, and Madagascar — but Israeli culture is as rich and eclectic as they come!

Since living here since 2013, I’ve found Israel’s culture to have it all.

19/09/2022

Their knowledge and wisdom transcend Judaism!

Some of the wisest people I’ve come across.

16/09/2022

“Culture reigns supreme. Not just for Judaism, Jews, and Israel — for most every community, society, nationality, and ethnicity. But, what exactly is Jewish culture?”

Maybe there’s another way to define the culture of Judaism.

13/09/2022

How much do you really know about these ancient Jewish texts?

11/09/2022

“In 2003, Donna Rosenthal published her book, The ‘Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land,’ which paints a picture of how Israelis — ‘who order Big Macs in the language of the Ten Commandments’ — look at themselves. Similar to Donna’s approach, I believe the more compelling path to understanding the Israeli psyche is from Israelis themselves — by identifying and analyzing their sayings, expressions, and catchphrases.”

Understanding the core elements of how Israelis think and behave — from Israelis themselves.

08/09/2022

As kids and youth around the world are heading back to school, we wondered:

What are the most integral aspects of Judaism, Jewish history, Jewish culture and lifestyle, Israel, and Zionism that everyone should be learning, regardless of age?

Regardless of age.

07/09/2022

Merav Oren is the CEO of Foodish, a new Jewish food digital magazine and platform, and the culinary department of ANU – Museum of the Jewish People.

Merav Oren is the CEO of Foodish.

06/09/2022

“With around 4,000 years of history, the Jewish world is full of interesting, fun, and fascinating facts. And if you’re a sucker for Jewish trivia, like me, or if you just love to learn new things which aren’t necessarily common knowledge, you’ll enjoy this list of five peculiar facts about Judaism.”

The first edition of: 5 Peculiar Facts About Judaism

05/09/2022

As the Talmud says: “Who is wise? One who learns from all people.”

And maybe your life.

03/09/2022

Talli Yehuda Rosenbaum is an individual and couple therapist, as well as a certified s*x therapist. ✡️

Rosenbaum is an individual and couple therapist, as well as a certified s*x therapist.

02/09/2022

Heading into the weekend, we want to share with you our most popular essays, videos, and podcasts from the month that was!

The best from "Future of Jewish" in August 2022.

31/08/2022

Some interesting (and uncommon) conversations in this episode of “The Future of Jewish” podcast! 🇮🇱

Lipsky is the CEO and Founder of Taking Back the Narrative.

30/08/2022

Hint: It comes impressively packaged in two Hebrew words.

28/08/2022

From North America to India, and Israel to China — museums, ancient ruins, cities of antiquity, synagogues, and more!

26/08/2022

A language that is so simple in its structure, so rich in its meaning for us Jews, and so valuable to understanding Israel.

24/08/2022

The new podcast "Homeland: Ten Stories, One Israel" leverages an entirely new format to creatively portray the everyday faces of Zionism! 🇮🇱 🎙

The new podcast "Homeland: Ten Stories, One Israel" leverages an entirely new format to creatively portray the everyday faces of Zionism.

22/08/2022

"Every now and again, I read something so profound that it transforms how I perceive and envision the Jewish world."

19/08/2022

Mendel Moskovitz was born in New York and, at the age of 6 months, moved with his parents to serve as Chabad emissaries and rebuild Jewish life in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after the Soviet Union fell.

Rabbi Moskovitz studied abroad for 10 years in a yeshiva and rabbinical school in Australia, and then returned with his wife to Kharkiv. There he raised three children, and served as a rabbi to Ukrainian youth for seven years, until the onset of the current war in Ukraine.

Rabbi Moskovitz, currently seeking refuge in Israel, is now serving as an ambassador for the Jewish Relief Network Ukraine, a nonprofit organization providing humanitarian relief to more than 30,000 Jews and others in Ukraine.

Moskovitz is an ambassador for the Jewish Relief Network Ukraine.

17/08/2022

In this telling interview, Rabbi Noga Brenner-Samia explains why the assassination of Israeli Prime Minster Yitzhak Rabin distorted Judaism in Israel, and how she’s trying to rebuild it.

Brenner-Samia is the Executive Director of Hillel Israel.

16/08/2022

Most people know Golda Meir as the first and only female Prime Minister of the State of Israel. But many people don’t realize how unlikely her path was to this unprecedented position.

Meir is among a growing list of great Jewish leaders who emerged from improbable beginnings.

15/08/2022

Since 2019, Ofer Gutman has served as the CEO of מסע - Masa Israel Journey, which connects Jewish teenagers and young adults to Israel and their Jewish identity through long-term experiences in Israel.

Gutman is the CEO of Masa Israel Journey.

14/08/2022

"What is known as ‘the organized Jewish community’ is really an unorganized community."

“What is known as ‘the organized Jewish community’ is really an unorganized community.”

11/08/2022

Avi Melamed joins Future of Jewish for a wide-ranging, extra-ordinary conversation following the recent Israeli operation in Gaza.

Avi Melamed joins Future of Jewish for a wide-ranging interview following the recent Israeli operation in Gaza.

09/08/2022

When you ponder the phrase “changing the world,” you might think about all seven billion of its human inhabitants, or all seven continents. But the Talmud teaches us: “Whoever saves a single life is considered by scripture to have saved the whole world.”

With the goal of enhancing your Judaism, your Jewishness, your life, and those around you.

08/08/2022

The changes rippling through the Jewish world in the past few decades have been impossible to ignore, yet the organizations driving this change are often overlooked amid the upheaval.

We looked at key areas where Judaism is in flux — education, Israel-Diaspora relations, community life, social services, youth and children — and we identified 17 of the biggest power brokers, influencers, and advocates driving these changes.

Get to know the major power brokers, influencers, and advocates driving change in the Jewish world.

07/08/2022

If you really want to understand what’s happening in Israel right now with this most recent operation in Gaza, the Times of Israel, the Jerusalem Post, and practically any other media outlet or even influencer is not going to give you the sobering truths. Because they are too complex to fit into a social media post, article, video, or news segment.

Avi Melamed will. He joined our podcast a few weeks ago, and the conversation is incredibly relevant to the current events.

Melamed is the founder and CEO of Inside the Middle East – Intelligence Perspectives.

05/08/2022

Have you seen “This Israeli Life” on IZZY?

The TV series features “day in the life” profiles of some of the most interesting people in Israel!

Watch now with a 3-month free subscription thanks to Jewish National Fund:

https://izzy.streamisrael.tv/michal/

04/08/2022

"Paradigm shifts are generally viewed, not as revolutions, but as additions to knowledge and experiences. And with these shifts, the history of Judaism and the Jewish world is represented in freshly created media that accompany a new paradigm. For these reasons, Jewish revolutions seem invisible."

And why "Do-It-Yourself" Judaism is the next great Jewish revolution already taking place right before our eyes.

03/08/2022

“Efforts to protect younger Jews appear to be backfiring, which threatens our People.”

Efforts to protect younger Jews appear to be backfiring, which threatens our People.

01/08/2022

“Judaism is not a religion of blind obedience. Indeed, astonishingly in a religion of 613 commandments, there is no Hebrew word that means ‘to obey.’”

Whether it's disguised as faith or as values or as decision-making or problem-solving or creativity, it's all Jewish thinking.

28/07/2022

Can “Jewish time” change the binary and static way in which tend to view past, present, and future?

And can it change the way in which tend to view past, present, and future?

26/07/2022

"By today's cultural standards, the 'New Jew' would look more like vintage Arnold Schwarzenegger than Woody Allen."

25/07/2022

And why "the west is currently in the process of committing su***de."