What would it take to transform the pulse of Jewish religious life from what it is to something very different? Is it possible? Buried inside those questions are issues that are relevant not only to Judaism and not only to Israel, and there is a vast, vast literature on religion, moderation, tolerance, the tendency for religious passion to produce extremism, and much more. That’s far beyond the pale of our focus here.
On the Israel from the Insidepodcast, host Daniel Gordis speaks with Rabbi Na’ama Levitz Applbaum, Director of Wellspring Camp and Experiential Education Initiatives at the Shalom Hartman Institute and one of the lay leaders of Hakhel, home to Jon and Rachel Goldberg-Polin and their children, including Hersh, z’l, as well as to Ephi and Oshrat Shoham and their children, including their son Yuval, z’l. Another in the series of conversations about what religious life in Israel *does* look like, and even more importantly, what it *could* look like.
“We know that something is broken in Israeli society and Israeli religiosity, but salvation can come in the blink of an eye.”
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