A conveniently timed conference offers Israel educators a safe space to explore complex feelings Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A conveniently timed conference offers Israel educators a safe space to explore complex feelings  Jewish Telegraphic Agency
CHICAGO (JTA) – At one point ahead of an international conference on Israel education, as raucous anti-government protests filled the streets of Israeli cities, conference organizers considered leaning into the tension created by the news: What if they focused one day of the gathering on conflict, and the next day on hope? Ultimately, they decided “you can’t divorce the two,” in the words of Aliza Goodman, one of the organizers. “If you separate them, then it means one is devoid of the other and vice versa,” said Goodman, director of strategy and research and development for the iCenter, the Israel…

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