Amir, an Arab Muslim, serves as a volunteer dispatcher and medic. When he's not volunteering, he works full-time as a Jerusalem tour guide. In addition to his work in Israel, Amir dedicates significant time to fostering Jewish-Arab relations in Germany. Register Minneapolis Jewish Federation’s Israel Center presents the Israel Speaker Series. There is so much misinformation […]
Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles, and author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World, a national bestseller. Brous offered the invocation at the Democratic National Convention in 2024, led the Hanukkah candle lighting with […]
Parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, famously disagree about Israel. That was the case before October 7. It has been especially the case since October 7. Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors will say ”Israel is committing genocide.” Parents and grandparents will say: “Honey, don’t say that. What Saba went through in Auschwitz was genocide. Israel fighting Hamas […]
Ever since the start of the war, the Israel Story team has been crisscrossing the country and collecting testimonies because they believe people around the world must know what is going on. The result is “Wartime Diaries” - a series of raw audio ‘postcards’ that highlight the voices the producers of the show are hearing […]
