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Rethinking Outreach Post-October 7: Speaking with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin interviews Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz about the post-October 7 Jewish identity awakening in the American and Israeli Jewish communities, drawing parallels and contrasts with the religious resurgence following the Six-Day War. 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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Israeli SocietySix Day WarJewish IdentityAmerican JewryUnityOctober 7OutreachKiruvReligious AwakeningOrthodox Insularity

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz is a senior lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem and serves as Jewish Actions rabbinic advisor."
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"Prior to making aliyah in 2010, he was the rabbi of the Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah in Silver Spring, Maryland, and professor of law at the University of Maryland Law School."
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
"I grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, which had a small Orthodox community."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"At a Yom Kippur minyan in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, people began tearing down the mechitzah."
New York, United States
"Jews in America are increasingly interested in engaging in Judaism, as seen in Manhattans new Altneu Synagogue."
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