Beit Hillel — a rabbinic organization of rabbis and rabbinical leaders committed to attentive, responsive Torah leadership across Israeli society — has partnered with Dror Israel to establish Beit Midrash Masu’ot, supported by the Sapir Center for Jewish Education and Culture.
Each month, Beit Hillel rabbis and rabbinical leaders meet with Dror Israel educators to study the Jewish holidays through the lens of values central to Israeli society — leadership responsibility, justice, mutual solidarity, and more.
The program runs throughout the Hebrew year 5786, concluding on Simchat Torah 5787. A culminating event will be held on Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day, opening the circles of encounter, dialogue, and study to a broader adult audience
Objectives:
- Building deep, long-term relationships among participants, grounded in respect for difference and disagreement
- Deepening a shared Israeli-Zionist language rooted in Jewish heritage, common to the spiritual and educational leaders of both organizations
- Broadening each participant’s perspective — horizontally, by connecting to like-minded spaces in Israeli society, and vertically, by connecting to earlier layers of tradition
- Establishing a body of knowledge that will carry this perspective into the ongoing work of both organizations
- Influencing public and leadership culture toward a shared language — rather than competing sectors — anchored in our formative heritage
Target Audience
Rabbis, educators, and practitioners from Beit Hillel and Dror Israel — all of whom hold influence among youth, young adults, and adults across diverse communities.
Expected Results:
Beit Midrash Masu’ot aims to deliver two kinds of outputs: first, local joint initiatives and collaborative projects between the two organizations; second, source collections, position papers, and videos that will serve as a shared knowledge base for broader joint programming.
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