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Inside the Miami conference giving rabbis a safe space to be Zionists

JL;DR SUMMARY Zionism: A New Conversation, a Miami conference organized by the Leffell Foundation, provided a refuge for 125 rabbis from across the political spectrum to openly support Zionism and strategize responses to dwindling pro-Israel sentiment among young clergy. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationJewish IdentityZionismPro Israel AdvocacyRabbisIsrael SupportCommunity ChallengesYoung Jewish LeadersInterdenominational DialogueReform And Conservative Judaism

Places mentioned

Miami, Florida, United States
"MIAMI Shayna Burack, a joint cantorial and rabbinical student...came out as a Zionist in her senior sermon before her classmates earlier this year. She paid a price."
New York, United States
"a joint cantorial and rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College, the Reform movements seminary in New York, came out as a Zionist in her senior sermon before her classmates earlier this year."
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
"said Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg, a Reform rabbi at United Hebrew Congregation in St. Louis."
Livingston, New Jersey, United States
"Rabbi Samuel Klibanoff, an Orthodox rabbi at Congregation Etz Chaim in Livingston, N.J., encouraged fellow Orthodox rabbis to come see the challenges facing their Reform and Conservative counterparts."
United States
"A rabbi in Florida reported that his school might say, Throw them out, and tell the family the students shirt is not appropriate for this setting."

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