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On Sunday, November 7, MERCAZ USA held their annual General Council meeting via Zoom.
Prior to discharging our outgoing board members and installing our incoming officers and board members, we presented an important, eye opening, and thought provoking panel discussion:
Today’s Zionist: Committed Yet Conflicted with
- Yizhar Hess, Vice Chair, World Zionist Organization
- Rebecca Russo, Executive Director, Campus Climate (Antisemitism) Initiative, Hillel International
- Richard S. Moline, Assistant VP, JUF/ Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago
- Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg, COO, Rabbinical Assembly and Chief Program Officer, The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
The panel, moderated by MERCAZ USA Executive Director Sarrae Crane, can be viewed in its entirety below:
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MERCAZ USA is the United States branch of MERCAZ Olami, the Zionist organization of the Masorti (Conservative) Movement.
MERCAZ represents Masorti Judaism within the World Zionist Organization and Congress, the The Jewish Agency for Israel, the American Zionist Movement, and the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund.
MERCAZ is the force that advocates for funding of pluralistic streams of Judaism in Israel through the World Zionist Congress, which is crucial to our movement’s growth in Israel and around the globe.
Our mission is to further the cause for true religious pluralism in Israel and strengthen the connection between, and create engagement opportunities for, the people of Israel and Jews living in the Diaspora.
MERCAZ USA is proud to be the sponsor of MASORTI On Campus, supporting Masorti activities on college/university campuses, and MERCAZ Reads Israel, an online book club connecting Diaspora Jews to Israeli authors.