Beyond the Tent: What's the American Jewish Community's Responsibility Towards Israel's Future?
Channel: J Street
Date: 2014-06-08

Weeks ago the Conference of Presidents rejected J Street's application for membership, and the debate over who speaks for the Jewish community exploded. At the same time, negotiations have stalled and a two-state solution—and the future of Israel as the democratic homeland of the Jewish people—remains vulnerable and unresolved. In this moment of discord and uncertainty, what should the American Jewish community's relationship with Israel look like? What is our responsibility to Israel? Is there space for a broad and critical conversation on Israel in the Jewish community? What should that conversation look like? 

Panelists:
Rabbi Sharon Brous, Founding Rabbi, IKAR
Member of Knesset Merav Michaeli, Labor Party 
Dr. David N. Myers, Professor of Jewish History, UCLA