TBE Congregational Experiences with Zionism and Anti-Zionism

Our synagogues have always held multitudes. We come from different
backgrounds, hold different politics, and bring different Jewish journeys to
our congregations, and somehow we find a way to be a community, together. But
the question of Zionism is testing that capacity in new ways. Across the
country, congregations are grappling with how to remain whole when their
members hold fundamentally different, sometimes irreconcilable, views.
How do we stay in relationship with one another? How do rabbis and lay leaders
create space for genuine disagreement without fracturing the community they’ve
worked so hard to build? These are not easy questions, and there are no simple
answers, but they are exactly the questions this program is designed to
explore.
Karla Goldman, who directs the University of Michigan’s Jewish Communal
Leadership Program, will bring her expertise in Jewish institutions to
moderate a conversation on that can engage the diverse perspectives within the
room. Andrew Lapin will offer on-the-ground reporting on how Liberal Jewish
congregations nationally are wrestling with this challenge. Then Rabbi Stella,
Rabbi Caine, and Rabbi Whinston will join a panel discussion moderated by
Robert Erlewine, turning the lens on our own Ann Arbor congregations.
Come ready to listen, to question, and to be part of the conversation.

Organized by: Temple Beth Emeth

View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/15910