Siach Shalom: Talking Internal Peace for Israel’s Independence
What does it mean for a nation to move from mourning to celebration—while still struggling within itself?
In this powerful episode of Common Faith, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove and Jon Frankel begin with one of the most emotionally charged passages in the Jewish calendar: the transition from Yom HaZikaron to Yom HaAtzmaut. In Israel, these days unfold back-to-back—shifting from collective grief and remembrance to the celebration of statehood and independence. They are contiguous not only on the calendar, but in the heart of Israeli identity.
And yet, as this episode makes clear, unity cannot be…
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