22 Oct 2024

Re-Form: Zionism

0 Jewish Law History

JL;DR SUMMARY The episode delves into the complex relationship between Zionism and the Reform Jewish movement, with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch emphasizing that embracing Zionism is essential for Jewish identity. 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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Places mentioned

Israel

"To be Zionist is to believe that the Jews are a people, have a right to self-determination, and, as part of that, the state of Israel should exist as a Jewish nation."

New York City, New York, United States

"He's now the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City."

Jerusalem, Israel

"We, you know, later build a campus in the center of Jerusalem where I studied and where every reform rabbi studied."

London, United Kingdom

"The most compelling thing was actually the story about the Israelis in the cafe in London."