Israel Dialogues
Friday, September 13, 12:00 pm
Holy Blossom Temple’s Israel Dialogues begins its fourth season. Please join our Panel on Friday, September 13th, at Noon, for an in-depth conversation about what has happened in Israel during the last 11 months. Our Panel will discuss the new face of the war in Gaza, the recent murder of 6 hostages by Hamas terrorists, the long-term implications of the war, and other news of the day. After this session, the Israel Dialogues will return the week of October 21st, after the chagim.
In April 2020 the Israel Dialogues Panel launched this program in the shadow of the Sheikh Jarrah – Temple Mount tensions. Those burst into a short but significant violent conflict between Hamas and Israel. Since then, we have covered Israel’s external regional diplomatic and security issues. With topics ranging from Iran, weapons proliferation, Arab and Palestinian politics, the Abraham Accords, Israel within the larger global context where the United States, European countries, China and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have impact, domestic challenges including the economy, religion, politics, and law.
Our panel has also examined Israel-diaspora relations, university campus life, and ongoing debates about antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Of course, during the past two years, the deep domestic crisis around judicial “reform” and then the dreadful Hamas-led attacks of October 7th followed by the complex set of consequences have focussed much of our attention.
In the coming months, we will have the opportunity to return to some of these continuing issues, sometimes with panel discussions and often with one or more invited expert guests. We have an exciting and influential series of speakers lined up for after the holidays that we are excited to reveal.
Israel Dialogues has been made possible by the voluntary contributions of time, knowledge, and commitment by the core organizing panellists and by our many guest experts, who participate without charge as this is part of their involvement in public education. We are grateful for this incredible, and priceless, gift.
