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Guided by Gil Troy's anthology The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland—Then, Now, Tomorrow, the Mid-Atlantic Region of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism/Bernice Oswald Women’s League Institute, Spring 2025 will explore a number of diverse and shared visions for realizing Israel as a democratic Jewish state. Troy divides the thinkers into six Zionist schools of thought—Political, Revisionist, Labor, Religious, Cultural, and Diaspora Zionism—and reveals the breadth of the debate and surprising syntheses. We'll take a look at representative voices from each school and then spend a session or two taking on current debates about the nature and purpose(s) of Zionism. This mosaic of voices will hopefully enable us to weigh and deeply consider the moral, social, and political character of the Jewish state of today and tomorrow. Please Join Us.

Where:  In the comfort of your home

When:   February 17, 24; March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; April 7

Time:  Mondays, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

For information:  Contact Violet Zeitlin: 215-635-1587; 215-512-8429 razeitlin@aol.com                      or Sima Sussman: 215-672-1368; 215-704-2591; simasteve@comcast.net or Rabbi David Ackerman: 610-667-1651 x305; rabbidavid@bethamisrael.org

Registration:  Send $125 (check) made payable to WLCJ Mid-Atlantic Region with your name, address, email address, and most-used phone number to Violet Zeitlin at 7706 Sycamore Lane, Elkins Park, PA 19027