Ramla – World Union for Progressive Judaism

Bergman Seminar for Progressive Jewish Educators Jerusalem July 2018

[ISRAEL] Creating Meaningful Connections: The Bergman Seminar for Progressive Jewish Educators, July 2018

In July 2018, 17 Jewish educators from the United States, Germany, Belarus, Israel and Czech Republic, came together in Jerusalem for the Bergman Seminar for Progressive Jewish Educators, run by the World Union Center for Leadership Development and Education.

Beutel Leadership Seminar Participants learning about coexistence programs in Ramla

Promoting a Shared Society in Israel: Jews and Arabs Working Together

On the fifth of the Hebrew month of Iyar, 5708 (May 14, 1948), the leaders of the newly established State of Israel signed a Declaration of Independence. … Almost 70 years later, the State of Israel still struggles to balance its Jewish and democratic character – to remain committed to its Jewish values while at the same time remembering that those values obligate it to treat those who are not Jewish as equals.