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Talmud Class: Rachel Korazim on Naqba

Published: March 25, 2023, 5:12 p.m.

Talk to any Israeli, talk to any American who has recently been to Israel, and the words one hears are: depressing, very concerning, unprecedented, I\u2019m afraid. I don\u2019t know how this ends.\xa0

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How did we get here?\xa0Where does this story begin?\xa0

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Last week, Rachel Korazim, our Israeli teacher of Israeli poetry, made a point that is so simple, so profound, and so important.\xa0The conflicts playing out in Israel did not just spontaneously happen in year 75.\xa0They have been cooking for 75 years.\xa0Their roots go back to the beginning of Israel\u2019s existence. Last week she talked about how the Altalena conflict evinced deep conflicts among Jewish Israelis that continue to play out on the streets today.

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This week, Rachel is going to go back to 1948 again, to what Palestinians call the Naqba, as reflected in\xa0this poetry.\xa0There is no more urgent issue for American Jews than Israel. There is no better teacher on Israel than Rachel Korazim.\xa0Let\u2019s learn together.
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