Beyond the Headlines: What’s Happening with Religion and State in Israel?
with Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg
Sunday, November 10, 2024 (Note New Date!)
10:30AM UK | 12:30PM Israel
Online
Cost: Free
BINA is very pleased to be collaborating, for the first time, with Lehrhaus, the adult Jewish learning programme at Leo Baeck College, for a series of online learning opportunities.
This talk will provide the latest updates on some of the most pressing questions of religion and state in Israel, which have been coming to a head recently. These include Haredi military service, religious education funding, marriage rights, and more.
Click here to register: https://lbc.ac.uk/lehrhaus-jewish-studies/#course-19198
About the Speaker:
Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg is an American-Canadian-Israeli Queer Jewish educator-activist whose work focuses on the intersection of Judaism and human rights. Originally from Chicago, Elliot holds a B.A. from McGill University, an M.A. in Jewish Education and an M.A. in Jewish Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Since moving to Israel in 2011, Elliot has taught hundreds of groups from Israel and abroad and has volunteered and advocated for refugee rights, LGBTQ inclusion and other causes. Elliot currently serves as a senior educator at BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change. Elliot is also a student in the The Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis (by Hamidrasha at Oranim and Hartman Institute), a blogger at The Times of Israel and lives in Jaffa.
See Also:
A 4-Part Online Course with Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg, in partnership with Lehrhaus.
