Name: Engaging with Israel in the era of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir: a guide for the perplexed, the despairing, and the petrified
Start: 2025-06-09T10:45:00+1000
End: 2025-06-09T11:45:00+1000

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Monday June 9, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am AEST

RG1.17 (ensemble room) - Rm 8

"Loving the real Israel" means grappling with Israel's wonders and warts, its appeals and abominations. Politicians like Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir belong, for many Diaspora Jews, to the second half of those dichotomies: their fundamentalist, messianic worldviews, if they come to fruition, will make it hard to like, let alone love, the Israel of the future. What could be the role of Diaspora Jews in this struggle for the soul of the Jewish people?

Speakers

Alex Sinclair

Alex Sinclair is an educational consultant and adjunct lecturer at Hebrew University. His first book, Loving the Real Israel, was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and his debut novel, Perfect Enemy, was published in 2023. Undergraduate and graduate degrees from Balliol... Read More →

Monday June 9, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am AEST
RG1.17 (ensemble room) - Rm 8

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Limmud Oz Melbourne 2025

Alex Sinclair

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