Learning How to Disagree without Being Disagreeable

By Rabbi Carl M. Perkins, Temple Aliyah 

Temple Aliyah was among the first Jewish organization in the Boston area to receive a CommUNITY Israel Dialogue grant to fund consultation and resources from Resetting the Table to support dialogue programs. Rabbi Carl Perkins, spiritual leader of T…

Giving Students the Skills to Talk about Israel

Jonathan Golden, Curriculum Coordinator and History Teacher, Gann Academy

As the homepage of the Community Israel Dialogue rightly notes, 2017 is a year filled with historic anniversaries for Israel and the Jewish people. This November is a particularly momentous month including the 100^th a…

Why Engaging with Israel Is Essential

Jane Eisner, editor in chief of the Forward, believes that it’s time for the American Jewish community to reframe discussions about Israel. Rather than fight over who is right or wrong, what we should and shouldn’t discuss, or who’s in and who’s out, it’s time to shift the conversa…

A Most Welcome Initiative

By Geoffrey H. Lewis

In my many years of involvement with the Jewish community, I have always been most interested in the ways those of us in the Diaspora relate to Israel. While I hold strong views about issues related to Israel’s internal policies and its relationship to its neighbors (…

Putting Israel at the Center of the Conversation

By: Dan Seligson, Director, Israel Advocacy Marketing and Crisis Communications​, CJP

Judaism and the land of Israel are so closely intertwined that it can be impossible to think of one without the other. From the first book of the Torah, in which the covenant with Abraham promises …