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Federation Star
JEWISH FEDERATION
November 2023
Can ‘Jewish Peoplehood’ Save the Jewish People?
Israel and Overseas Committee By Myra Benedikt, Chairperson
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Everyone is invited to attend this Israel and Overseas Committee presentation:
Monday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.
Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center With presenter Scott Lasensky SCOTT LASENSKY
In an age of polarization, disruption and fractures erupting across the Jewish world, can the idea and practice of Jewish Peoplehood, a uniquely Jewish American ideology, meet the challenges World Jewry faces today? Former diplomat, writer and University of Maryland educator Scott Lasensky will share the latest developments and debates about a big idea seeking to reshape Jewish belonging, crosscommunal relations and Israel-Diaspora ties. Lasensky is the Senior Advisor to ENTER: the Jewish Peoplehood Alliance, an initiative co-founded by philanthropist Charles Bronfman, which is devoted to ensuring the Jewish people remain a global community that is united, secure and inclusive (www.EnterPeoplehood.org).
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or December, the Israel and ideology, meet the challenges World Jewry Overseas Committee (IOC) has face today? engaged Dr. Scott Lasensky, a Please join us Dec. 4, 7 p.m. at the Nina lecturer at University of Maryland’s CenIser Jewish Cultural Center of the Jewish ter for Jewish Studies and Institute for Federation of Greater Naples. RegistraIsrael Studies. tion for this free program is found at Lasensky served as a senior policy adviwww.jewishnaples.org. sor on Israel, the Middle East and Jewish affairs in the Obama Administration from Please save these dates 2011-2017, serving in Washington and in • On Monday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m., we Israel. He represented U.N. Ambassadors will bring Jonathan Ornstein, the CEO Susan E. Rice and Samantha J. Power in of JCC Krakow, to the community. the interagency policymaking process. In • On Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m., Israel, he served with Ambassador Daniel Michael Koplow, chief policy officer of Shapiro and was involved in all aspects of Israel Policy Forum, will join us to discuss the U.S.-Israel bilateral relationship. Israel in this Moment: A Crisis of Policy Besides briefing us on the fluid situation and Politics. in Israel, Lasensky will share • On Thursday, March 28 the latest developments and at 2:30 p.m., our own Karen debates about a big idea — Ezrine will update us on the Jewish Peoplehood — which medical innovations happenis seeking to reshape Jewish ing at Hadassah Hospital. belonging, cross-communal Ezrine is chair of Hadassah relations and Israel-Diaspora International. ties. Lasensky is senior adviThese free programs for sor with ENTER: the Jewish the entire community are Peoplehood Alliance, an inibrought to you by the IOC of Scott Lasensky tiative co-founded by philanthe JFGN. thropist Charles Bronfman that is devoted The mission of the Israel and Overseas to ensuring the Jewish people remain a Committee (IOC) of the Jewish Federaglobal community that is united, secure tion of Greater Naples is to educate about, and inclusive. engage with and advocate for Israel and Lasensky’s topic will be: Can 'Jewish global Jewry. The committee provides Peoplehood' Save the Jewish People? In opportunities for our Naples community to an age of polarization, disruption and experience Israel and Jewish life around the fractures erupting all across the Jewish world through a variety of events, lectures, world, can the idea and practice of Jewish cultural programs and missions. Peoplehood, a uniquely Jewish American
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e are grateful to these businesses and organizations IN THIS TALK upport of the 2019-20 Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival: JCC Krakow CEO Jonathan Ornstein will discuss the center’s mission to rebuild Jewish communal life in the shadow of Auschwitz, the idea and celebration of Holocaust Survivor Day, and the impact of the Jewish community’s work with Ukrainian refugees.
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Since its opening in April 2008, Ornstein has served as executive director Temple Shalom Strengthening temple, our community and each other Centre of Krakow, Poland, an organization of theour Jewish Community devoted to rebuilding Jewish life in Krakow and one of Poland’s most visible signs of Jewish revival. A native of New York City, Ornstein moved to Israel in 1994, lived on a kibbutz in the Negev desert for 7 years and served in a combat unit in the I.D.F. before moving to Poland in 2001 and lecturing in Modern Hebrew at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University Department of Jewish Studies for 6 years.
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