Does Israel Represent All Jews?: The Great Debate

Unpacking Israeli History

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A tension between Israeli and diaspora Jewry has been obvious since the founding of the state. And nowhere was that more apparent than in the epic exchanges between philanthropist Jacob Blaustein and Prime Minister David Ben Gurion. In this episode, Noam shows how their debate both animated and clarified so much about the divide between Diaspora Jewish leadership and Israeli Jewish leadership - even today. ~~~~ Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Alan Fisher and Barbara Sommer, and Jon and Rachie Teller, and this episode is generously sponsored by Yoni & Lisa Wintner. ~~~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked Teaching about this topic? Check out our relevant educator resources here: https://unpacked.education/relationship-counseling-israel-and-the-diaspora/ Unpacking Israeli History about German reparations: https://jewishunpacked.com/the-great-debate-around-german-reparations/ Unpacking Israeli History about Entebbe: https://jewishunpacked.com/operation-thunderbolt-the-raid-on-entebbe/ Unpacking Israeli History about Operation Solomon: https://jewishunpacked.com/ingathering-of-exiles-from-ethiopia-to-israel/ ~~~~ Sources https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/f40eb209-80a3-47c3-bc0d-106f6413103a/628405.pdf In Vigilant Brotherhood: The American Jewish Committee My Life, Golda Meir’s autobiography Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel, Anita Shapira ~~~~ Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Nome Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history, the
0:04.6	podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating
0:09.7	and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history.
0:14.3	Unpacking Israeli history is generously sponsored by Alan Fisher and Barbara Summer and
0:18.9	John and Rachel Teller.
0:20.5	And this episode is generously sponsored by Yoni and Lisa Whitner.
0:24.0	Before we start, I want to ask you something.
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0:41.8	Okay, yala, let's do this. We the people of Israel are not Israel.
0:55.0	We, the people of Israel, are prepared and anxious to meet the representatives of our neighbors without any preconditions.
1:04.4	There are people in Israel and elsewhere say it's impossible to make peace between
1:10.8	the Arabs and Israel of the Turkish people.
1:13.6	I think they are home.
1:18.8	Three years ago, I attended the GA, the General Assembly in Tel Aviv.
1:23.7	The GA is a convention of a cross-section of leaders from Israeli and North American society,
1:29.4	and specifically, leaders who are committed to tackling the challenges of the Israel
1:33.9	diaspora relationship. This is the gathering of leading Jewish
1:38.2	organizations across the globe and the topic of this year's conference was
1:41.9	we need to talk.
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