Lifelong Learning
Welcome to our Israel Advocacy Committee webpage. We have a great series of programs and information for the Congregation. Please contact one of the Chairs if you would like to join our committee.
Chairs – Ruth Sherman, Rob Shoss and Martha Barvin
Members – Diane Novy, Stanley Novy, Stanley Horn, Cliff Krauss, Alan Eisenman, Lewis Chessis Jeff Lewis, Shellie Lewis, Nancy Stern, Mark Reichek and Joel Reichek
Director of Life Long Learning & Engagement – David Scott Board of Trustees – Larry Proler
Executive Board Trustees – Lu Ann Katz
Upcoming Programs
Tuesday, May 11 at 7 pm. “Israel at 73: Is This the Child We Prayed for?” – Herb Keinon, Senior Contributing Editor and Analyst of The Jerusalem Post, will discuss recent political trends in Israel and the upcoming election.
Israeli News Highlight
Daily Alert – dailyalert@list-dailyalert.org from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Times of Israel – www.timesofisrael.com
David Makovsky’s “Settlements and Solutions” interactive map
Noa Tishby’s “Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth”
AIPAC SPRING EVENT Video https://aipac.hubs.vidyard.com/watch/gpBbreq7mesWPbrzzNvqJX?
Skin cancer diagnosis is about to undergo a revolution – Patternox is developing an optical scanner to detect suspicious light patterns in lesions long before changes can be seen on the skin’s surface. https://www.israel21c.org/skin-cancer-diagnosis-is-about-to-undergo-a-revolution/?utm_source=The+Weekly&utm_campaign=weekly-2021-05-05&utm_medium=email
Links to Resources
Jewish Meditation
Judaism Your Way http://www.judaismyourway.org/spiritual-wellness/
Institute for Jewish Spirituality https://www.jewishspirituality.org/
The Awakening Heart Project https://www.awakenedheartproject.org/
The Mussar Institute https://mussarinstitute.org/
Houston Jewish Meditation on Weds evenings. Contact Martha Barvin
Virtual tours of Israel and other countries.
https://www.let.travel/
Websites
Reform & Progressive Judaism
The Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA) https://arza.org/
The Israel Movement for Reform & Progressive Judaism (IMPJ) http://www.reform.org.il/eng/
The Union for Reform Judaism https://urj.org/
Media
Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/
Pro – Israel Advocates
AIPAC https://www.aipac.org/
Stand With Us https://www.standwithus.com/
Birthright https://www.birthrightisrael.com/
Zioness https://zioness.org/
Media Watch
Honest Reporting https://honestreporting.com/ CAMERA https://www.camera.org/
Technology and Innovations
Ben Gurion University of the Negev https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/pages/default.aspx
Technion University https://www.technion.ac.il/en/technion-israel-institute-of-technology/
Israel21c https://www.israel21c.org/ Jewish National Fund (JNF) https://www.jnf.org
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
