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URL:https://www.templemicah.org/events/ruth-calderon-presents-unaffiliated
 -jews-and-the-revolution-of-israeli-jewish-identity/
SUMMARY:Ruth Calderon presents "Unaffiliated Jews and the Revolution of Isr
 aeli Jewish Identity"
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Temple Micah as we hear from&nbsp\;Dr. Ruth Calderon
 \, one of Israel’s leading figures spearheading efforts to revive Hebrew
  Culture and a pluralistic Israeli-Jewish identity. Dr. Calderon's present
 ation\, entitled "Are Unaffiliated Jews a Denomination\, might this be the
  revolution of Israeli Jewish Identity we are waiting for?" will outline w
 hether after 75 years of sovereignty\, the Secular majority of Israeli Jew
 s is ready to reclaim Torah.\n\nPlease RSVP to attend.\n\nRSVP\n\nPlease n
 ote: this event will take place in-person only\; no online option is avail
 able.\nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Ruth Calderon is a former research fellow at
  the Shalom Hartman Institute and one of Israel’s leading figures spearh
 eading efforts to revive Hebrew Culture and a pluralistic Israeli-Jewish i
 dentity.\n\nShe co-established ELUL\, the first beit midrash in which secu
 lar and religious women and men studied and taught together. In 1996 in Te
 l Aviv\, she founded in ALMA\, a Jewish liberal arts program for advanced 
 learning and is the author of A Bride for One Night (2001)\, a personal ho
 miletic reading of Talmudic legends\, and Talmudic Alpha Beta (2014).\n\nF
 rom 2013-2015\, she was a Knesset Member from the Yesh Atid Party\, where 
 she was Deputy Speaker\, member of the education and state control committ
 ees\, and Chairperson of the Lobby for Jewish Renewal.\n\nShe holds a Mast
 er of Arts and Ph.D. in Talmud from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.\n\
 nBiography courtesy of hartman.org.
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