Israel Engagement Network

CBI team members celebrate Israel and hold a cake decorated as the Israeli flag.

Two women pose in front of a sculpture made out of Hebrew letters.

Strengthening our connection to Israel

Our Israel Engagement Network is an opportunity for our congregation to experience the many facets of Israel through cultural events, educational opportunities, immersive learning, travel, holidays, festivals and advocacy. In order to create this experiential learning process, we encourage you as a congregant to share ideas, initiate, develop and execute certain passions or interests to help foster a deeper understanding and connection to Israel.

Under the capable leadership and oversight of our Israel Engagement Network co-chairs, we encourage individual congregants to take charge of programs. Whether it is an inspiring/educational speaker, hosting a cultural workshop, or wanting to become more active in an advocacy group that aligns with Beth Israel’s values, then managing logistics alongside Beth Israel’s staff and executing the plan. Each congregant involved becomes an important part of the process, while also encouraging and openly sharing with our entire Beth Israel community.

It is our hope that the Israel Engagement Network is a way for our community to come together and help create an experiential journey for us as a congregation. To learn and feel connected to Israel from afar.

For more information about the Israel Engagement Network and to be connected with our co-chairs, please contact Rose Orlovich at .

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Understanding the Jewish Moment: A Primer for Our Friends and Allies by R. Jason Nevarez, Senior Rabbi

In the wake of the war between Israel and Hamas, and the broader tensions involving Iran and other regional players, many non-Jewish friends have asked: What is really going on? Why are Jewish communities around the world so shaken—and so mobilized?

What follows is a reflection, shared originally with our synagogue community, that we hope can also serve as a learning tool. It’s an attempt to explain not just the military and political realities, but also the emotional, historical, and spiritual truths shaping this moment for Jewish people everywhere.

Read Rabbi Jason Nevarez’s full reflection here.

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THINC Foundation is dedicated to fighting against harmful political ideologies being taught in our K-12 school system. Curricula informed by Liberated Ethnic Studies (LES), which often goes by the name "critical ethnic studies" or "critical race theory," impose harmful political ideologies on students across the country, dividing children and making them suspicious of those different from themselves, ashamed of their own identities, and poised to assume the worst in others.

THINC Voices is a series of short videos from students, educators, and thought leaders about the dangers of radical ideology in K-12 education and the benefits of an inclusive/constructive approach.

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