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Make the ‘Jewish awakening’ sustainable: Shaping a meaningful Jewish cultural identity

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid a fresh wave of Jewish identity exploration triggered by global antisemitism and reawakened connections to Israel, Jewish organizations are strategizing to sustain this momentum among unaffiliated young Jewish adults. 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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LeadershipJewish IdentityCommunitySolidarityWorld Zionist OrganizationYoung JewsJewish AwakeningCultural Jewish IdentityCollective Belonging

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Jerusalem, Israel
"The convention was part of an ongoing effort by ZED to, as department head Silvio Joskowicz put it, facilitate a safe space for meaningful dialogue, personal exploration and the building of a strong, inclusive community for younger generations with more complex relationships with traditional Jewish denominational streams, via the framework of Jewish cultural identity."

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