International Federation of Reform and Progressive Religious Zionists

June 2010 Blog Posts (9)

Congress achievements: An impressive list! By Joan Garson, Arzenu chair

Any listing of what we achieved at the World Zionist Congress, the Assembly and the Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governors meetings must begin with a heartfelt thanks to our delegates.

The ARZENU delegation, including our World Union members, were extremely committed, hard working, enthusiastic and engaged. Our people (led in many cases by our…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on June 28, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

The World Zionist Congress - It's complicated...

Another post from Rabbi Danny Burkeman UK delegate for Pro-Zion and Arzenu from his blog at http://rabbidanny.blogspot.com/

The World Zionist Congress - It's complicated...

This afternoon we had a…

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Added by Site Admin on June 14, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

The World Zionist Congress - How does the Diaspora impact upon Israel

This post is by Pro-Zion and Arzenu delegate to the Congress, Rabbi Danny

Burkeman - it is taken from his blog at

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Added by Site Admin on June 13, 2010 at 12:08am — No Comments

Shopping in the Shuk: A hands-on project with the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) and Keren B'Kavod

Arzenu's pre-World Zionist Congress seminar opened with an exciting visit to the shuk (market) on Friday 11 June 2010 to buy foodstuffs to donate to the IMPJ's Tikkun Olam project - Keren B'Kavod.

Keren B’Kavod’s Tikkun Olam project is a hands-on project that provides visitors with the opportunity to get a more in-depth understanding of some of the challenges facing Israeli society and how the Reform…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on June 11, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Arzenu Pre-Conference Seminar Booklet

Arzenu's pre-World Zionist Congress seminar began on Friday 11 June 2010 and runs through Monday 14 June 2010. The following documents make up the booklet prepared for Arzenu's seminar. The booklet includes a welcome letter from Executive Director, Dalya Levy, the Arzenu program, a provisional program for the World Zionist Congress in English and Hebrew, which runs from June 15-17 in Jerusalem, minutes from Arzenu's 2009 board meeting,… Continue

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PM backs dialogue on conversion bill ‘to ensure unity'. By Jonah Mandel

The Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2010. In his first public statement regarding the controversy surrounding Israel Beiteinu’s proposed conversion bill, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday assured the heads of the Masorti (Conservative) and Reform movements in Israel in a written communiqué that “any legislative…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on June 5, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Those troublesome Jews, By Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post

The world is outraged at Israel's blockade of Gaza. Turkey denounces its illegality, inhumanity, barbarity, etc. The usual U.N. suspects, Third World and European, join in. The Obama administration…

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Israel obeyed international law: Legally, the Gaza flotilla conflict is an open-and-shut case. BY ALAN DERSHOWITZ

Wednesday, June 2nd 2010, 4:00 AM - Although the wisdom of…

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Israeli Force, Adrift on the Sea: By Amos Oz

FOR 2,000 years, the Jews knew the force of force only in the form of lashes to our own backs. For several decades now, we have been able to wield force ourselves — and this power has, again and again, intoxicated us.

In the period before Israel…

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Added by Darryl Egnal on June 1, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments