This event is a part of our Israel-Speaker Series for 5785. Rabbi Noa Sattath and Yossi Klein Halevy, in conversation with Rabbi Conover, will discuss the current state of Israeli Extremism and how to understand the political realities in the state. This will be followed by discussion groups facilitated by clergy and staff.

Rabbi Noa Sattath is the Executive Director Association for Civil Rights Israelis. since November 20201. Noa is an ordained Reform Rabbi and spent the past 11 years as Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), where she was responsible for leading the organization's public strategy regarding religion and state, gender equality, and the fight against racism. Noa has been partner in leading social justice struggles, especially the struggle against the exclusion of women and against the election of racist candidates running for Knesset. ​Prior to IRAC, Noa served as Executive Director of the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, where she aided in the historic move to lead the first Pride March in the city. Noa also served as Executive Director for MEET, an organization that uses technology to develop the joint leadership of young Israelis and Palestinians from Israel and the West Bank. 

Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He is co-host, together with Donniel Hartman, of the Hartman Institute’s podcast, “For Heaven’s Sake” – the number one Jewish podcast in the English-speaking world. Halevi’s 2013 book, "Like Dreamers," won the Jewish Book Council's Everett Book of the Year Award. His latest book, "Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor,” is a New York Times bestseller and has appeared in a dozen languages.

He is currently writing a book about the meaning of Jewish survival. He has written for leading op-ed pages in North America and is a former contributing editor to the New Republic. He is frequently quoted on Israeli, Middle Eastern and Jewish affairs in leading media around the world and is one of the best-known lecturers on Israeli issues in the North American Jewish community and on North American campuses. He co-directs the Hartman Institute's Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), which teaches emerging young Muslim leaders in North America about Judaism, Jewish identity and Israel. Over 150 Muslim leaders have participated in the unique program. Born in Brooklyn, he received his BA in Jewish studies from Brooklyn College and his MS in journalism from Northwestern University.

He moved to Israel in 1982 and lives in Jerusalem with wife, Sarah, an astrologer. They have three children.

This is part of our Israel Speaker Series at Temple Sholom following this year's theme: Who is Wise? One Who Learns From Every Person

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Join us for a speaker and discussion series where we will learn about and process some of the most pressing topics and questions involving Israel today. At Temple Sholom, we believe the art of understanding and communication can be an essential tool in combating the increasing polarization of this country and our communities. By choosing to center our shared humanity, rather than what divides us, we commit to building a better and stronger future.
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