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Jewish Values and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

A Greater Boston Community iEngage Project

Ruth Calderon

Tal Becker

• Can we elevate the divisive discourse about Israel in our communities to a productive communal debate?
• Does being diaspora Jews impact our view of the situation?
• What values color how we view the Israeli-Palestinian conict and how it should be addressed?
• What does peace actually mean in Jewish tradition?

This series transformed a conversation that is often about advocacy to one about values. We probed questions of prioritization, different visions of what peace can mean and how the Israel-Diaspora relationship inuences the conversation.

This program was sponsored by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston, Temple Beth Elohim, and Temple Emanuel.