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Israel education without Israelis? 

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Naama Levitz Applbaum discusses the implications of the war with Iran on Israel education in North American Jewish summer camps, particularly due to the absence of Israeli shlichim owing to travel restrictions. 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 PeoplehoodDiaspora JewryCultural ExchangeJewish Summer CampsExperiential LearningCommunity BuildingShlichimMutual Responsibility

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"far from my husband and children in Jerusalem as Israel went to war with Iran."
Israel
"Operation Rising Lion led to the closure of Israels airspace, and overnight, more than 1,000 shlichim (emissaries) who had planned to spend their summer in Jewish camps across North America, were stranded in Israel."
Wisonsin, Wisconsin, United States
"Over two decades ago, I boarded a plane from Israel to the north woods of Wisconsin to work as a shlicha at Ramah Wisconsin."

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