Responses to the current events in Israel

Here, you can find a list of communal and local events happening in the city in response to the current situation in Israel. We understand that different people react differently to recent events, so we have collected this list of events to make it more convenient for you to find what is suitable for you. In the days to come, please check back here for an updated list. We hope you find this list useful:

- B'nai Jeshurun: Israel's Judicial Crisis with Professor Yuval Shany - Join Kobi Cohen, B'nai Jeshurun’s Israel educator for an update with Professor Yuval Shany of the Israel Democracy Institute, who will shed more light on the Judicial upheaval, the reasonableness bill and its implications.

WED | JULY 26 | 12:30PM EST 

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- Ameinu: Update on the Israeli Democracy Protests - Join Nomi Colton-Max, Ameinu Vice President, in conversation with her colleague, Shany Granot, and a surprise guest from the leadership of the Grassroots Israeli Pro-Democracy Movement as they share details on their around-the-clock activism both in Israel and in the United States.

WED | JULY 26 | 1PM EST

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- Israel Policy Forum: The Repercussions of Rejecting Reasonableness - Unpack the repercussions of the Knesset's actions on Monday with Shalom Hartman Institute Scholar in Residence Masua Sagiv and Israel Policy Pod host Neri Zilber.

WED | JULY 26 | 2PM ET

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-  Kane Street Synagogue: Protest and Consolation - Hebrew conversation and singing circle in Brooklyn.

WED | JULY 26 | 7:30PM

- T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights - Tisha B'Av and the Battle for Israeli Democracy 

THU | JULY 27 | 3:30-4:30PM ET

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- Praying for Israeli Democracy: We will gather in front of the Israeli Consulate on Tisha B'Av.

the fast day commemorating the destruction of the first and second temple to protest, support and lament the state of democracy in Israel

Israeli Consulate (800 Second Ave)

THU | JULY 27 | 5PM 

- Lab Shul: Rise From Rubble: Marking Judaism’s Saddest Day - How We Can Heal the Hate that Ruptures Reality?

St James Presbyterian Church (419 West 141st St, New York, NY 10031) and ONLINE, 

THU | JULY 27 | 6-9PM

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- BALAGAN Podcast: The Judicial Crisis in Israel - What happened and what can we expect? Kobi Cohen is an Israel Educator and Israeli Politics Analyst, host of BALAGAN Podcast.

THU | JULY 27 | 8:30PM EST

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