Israel vs. Diaspora - Can We Survive the Divide? Yael Leibowitz
If Israel is so central to Jewish life… what does that mean for the millions of Jews in the diaspora?
In this episode of Behind the Bima, the Rabbis speak with Yael Leibowitz about the growing tension between Israel and the diaspora, and the deeper question of what holds the Jewish people together. Drawing from her own journey from the United States to Israel, Yael reflects on how lived experience reshapes identity, perspective, and even the way we read Tanakh.
Through the lens of Ezra-Nehemiah, the conversation explores a moment in Jewish history when not everyone returned, and what that…
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