Session 8: Identity Politics

How does the current discourse around identity politics pose new challenges to Jewish peoplehood and a relationship with Israel?

Mijal Bitton

June 9, 2020

June 9, 2020

Mijal Bitton

Dr. Mijal Bitton is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, and the Rosh Kehilla (communal leader) and co-founder of the Downtown Minyan in New York City. Mijal received a BA from Yeshiva University and earned her doctorate from New York University, where she conducted an ethnographic study of a Syrian Jewish community with a focus on developing the field of contemporary Sephardic studies in America. She is an alumna of the

iEngage, Jewish Peoplehood, Hartman@Home, Jewish Identity, Video

This session explores the ways in which the current discourse around identity politics poses new challenges to Jewish peoplehood and a relationship with Israel. What are the divergent historical strategies within the American Jewish community to advocate for Jewish interests? How do these different strategies relate to debates today both within the American Jewish community, and between Israel and American Jewry?

This session is part of a global online course exploring the relationship between Israel and World Jewry through the iEngage series Together & Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood.

/ Global iEngage Virtual Course: Together & Apart