B'nai Havurah

In collaboration with Reconstructing Judaism, and facilitated by Rabbi Maurice Harris, Associate Director for Thriving Communities and Israel Affairs Specialist: These two sessions will offer an overview of how Jews came into being as a nation in the Land of Israel, how centuries of exile affected their relationship to that land, and how modern Zionism developed into a state building movement culminating in the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The class also unpacks the major components of the Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab conflicts, honoring both Palestinian narratives and Israeli narratives. Subject matter is approached from a progressive Zionist perspective, always striving to honor the depth, humanity, and complexity of all the people involved in the conflict.