New Rituals for Yom Ha’atzmaut: A Rabbinic Panel Discussion

Can we create rituals to celebrate Yom Ha’atzma’ut that express our relationship with Israel while being authentic to the distance we may feel?
Rani Jaeger, Lauren Berkun, Ari Hart, Stephanie Kolin
Dr. Rabbi Rani Jaeger is a Research Fellow and the Director of the Tanach Initiative at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He also serves as the Director of the Ritual Center, which leads the Hitkansut L’Yom HaShoah ceremony based on the Hitkansut Haggadah. Rani spearheaded the establishment of the Tanach Initiative with the goal of improving Bible instruction and elevating the significance of the “Book of Books” among students in Israel’s state (secular) school

Lauren Berkun

Ari Hart

Stephanie Kolin

Can we create rituals to celebrate Yom Ha’atzma’ut that express our relationship with Israel while being authentic to the distance we may feel? North American Rabbis Stephanie Kolin and Ari Hart (RLI VII), and Israeli Rabbi Rani Jaeger explore traditional approaches and innovative rituals, moderated by Lauren Berkun.

This program was part of Israel@75, a series of conversations that celebrate, reflect on, and explore the dynamics of the North American Jewish relationship with Israel.

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