Lifelong Learning
Welcome to our Israel Advocacy Committee webpage. We are committed to providing educational resources, advocacy efforts, and Israel-related programming to the Congregation and beyond. Please contact one of the Co-Chairs or Liaisons if you have Israel-related suggestions or would like to join our committee:
Co-Chairs:
Shellie and Jeffry Lewis, Mila Goldstein and Michael Milo, Neidra and Michael Davis
Board of Trustees Liaison: Larry Proler
Staff Liaison: David Scott, RJE, Director of Lifelong Learning and Engagement
Resources:
Daily Alerts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Receive notifications from AIPAC to urge your elected representatives to take action
UnPacked for Jewish Educators – Website committed to Israel education
iCenter.org – Educational resources, webinars, and videos
Stand With Us – Advocacy website and YouTube channel with educational videos
Rabbi Daniel Gordis – Israel from the Inside
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Subscribe to the Daily Briefing
Daily Alert – Project of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs: (subscribe to daily e-mails here: https://jcpa.org/newsletter-subscribe/)
Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA)
Israel Movement for Reform & Progressive Judaism (IMPJ)
Books
History Modern
“Israel – A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth” by Noa Tishby
Letter To My Palestinian Neighbors, Yossi Kelin Halevi
Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, Daniel Gordis
The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahamoud Abbas, Grant Rumley and Amir Tobin
Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny, Dennis Ross and David Mackovsky
No Room for Small Dreams: Courage, Imagination and the Making of Modern Israel, Shimon Peres
Israel Rising: Ancient Prophecy/Modern Lens, by Doug Hershey
Jerusalem, Drawn and Quartered: One Woman’s Year in the Heart of the Christian, Muslim, Armenian, and Jewish Quarters of Old Jerusalem, Sarah Tuttle-Singer
History Ancient
History of Israel: From the Bronze Age through the Jewish Wars, Walter Kaiser Jr. and Paul Wegner
Cookbooks
Israeli Soul, by Michael Solomonov
Jerusalem, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
Innovation and Technology
Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World, by Avi Jorisch
Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World, by Seth M. Siegel
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, Dan Senor and Saul Singer