Rachel Korazim's guest appearances

Rachel Korazim

Park Avenue Synagogue Podcast

IKAR Podcasts

Pardes Live

This Pardes Life

From the Bimah: Jewish Lessons for Life

Temple Emanuel Hartman Learning Initiative

Yiscah Smith

David Bernstein

Marc Rosenberg

Nechama Goldman Barash

Aviva Golbert

OwlTail

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” - William Faulkner  Faulkner’s famous quotation underlies all of Rachel Korazim’s sessions in this series about the crisis in Israel today. To understand the push for reform, and the protests against reform, we went back to the Altalena incident in 1948 (March 18 Talmud class) and to what Arabs in Israel have come to call their naqba, also 1948 (March 25 Talmud class).  Rachel takes us to the Wadi Salib neighborhood of Haifa on July 9, 1959, when police shot and wounded a man named Yaakov Elkarif, as a result of which riots ensued. These riots were fueled by tensions between Ashkenazis and Mizrachis—all of which is brought to life by the poems we will consider tomorrow. The tensions today are in part fueled by unresolved tensions between Ashkenazis and Mizrachis. The past is never dead. It’s not even past. We here may not be able to solve the tensions at play on the streets of Israel today. But Rachel’s teaching will enable us to better understand them. Learning is always good.

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” - William Faulkner  Faulkner’s famous quotation underlies all of Rachel Korazim’s sessions in this series about the crisis in Israel today. To understand the push for reform, and the protests against reform, we went back to the Altalena incident in 1948 <a href="https://youtu.be/yrYIxc1PS4I" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">(March 18 Talmud class)</a> and to what Arabs in Israel have come to call their naqba, also 1948 <a href="https://youtu.be/ROrdafEdXTY" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">(March 25 Talmud class).</a>  Rachel takes us to the Wadi Salib neighborhood of Haifa on July 9, 1959, when police shot and wounded a man named Yaakov Elkarif, as a result of which riots ensued. These riots were fueled by tensions between Ashkenazis and Mizrachis—all of which is brought to life by the <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/d3875897501/aa32825e-cd55-4e8c-b10f-e4f4ece30351.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">poems</a> we will consider tomorrow. The tensions today are in part fueled by unresolved tensions between Ashkenazis and Mizrachis. The past is never dead. It’s not even past. We here may not be able to solve the tensions at play on the streets of Israel today. But Rachel’s teaching will enable us to better understand them. Learning is always good.

Talmud Class with Rachel Korazim: The Wadi Salib Riots of 1959

Talk to any Israeli, talk to any American who has recently been to Israel, and the words one hears are: depressing, very concerning, unprecedented, I’m afraid. I don’t know how this ends.  How did we get here? Where does this story begin?  Last week, Rachel Korazim, our Israeli teacher of Israeli poetry, made a point that is so simple, so profound, and so important. The conflicts playing out in Israel did not just spontaneously happen in year 75. They have been cooking for 75 years. Their roots go back to the beginning of Israel’s existence. Last week she talked about how the Altalena conflict evinced deep conflicts among Jewish Israelis that continue to play out on the streets today.  This week, Rachel is going to go back to 1948 again, to what Palestinians call the Naqba, as reflected in this poetry. There is no more urgent issue for American Jews than Israel. There is no better teacher on Israel than Rachel Korazim. Let’s learn together. 

Talk to any Israeli, talk to any American who has recently been to Israel, and the words one hears are: depressing, very concerning, unprecedented, I’m afraid. I don’t know how this ends.  How did we get here? Where does this story begin?  Last week, Rachel Korazim, our Israeli teacher of Israeli poetry, made a point that is so simple, so profound, and so important. The conflicts playing out in Israel did not just spontaneously happen in year 75. They have been cooking for 75 years. Their roots go back to the beginning of Israel’s existence. Last week she talked about how the Altalena conflict evinced deep conflicts among Jewish Israelis that continue to play out on the streets today. This week, Rachel is going to go back to 1948 again, to what Palestinians call the Naqba, as reflected in <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/d3875897501/c65a1b2c-508b-4f19-999c-976daf6cf1e2.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">this poetry</a>. There is no more urgent issue for American Jews than Israel. There is no better teacher on Israel than Rachel Korazim. Let’s learn together.

Talmud Class: Rachel Korazim on Naqba

The impasse over judicial reform in Israel continues to be concerning and unresolved. Protests continue. Conversations have not resulted in resolution. Positions are hardening. The compromise which President Herzog implored both sides to work towards remains elusive. Talk to Israelis—their morale is low. They are troubled. “We hope we get there”—to Israel’s 75th. This Shabbat we are blessed to have a familiar voice and dear friend offering us a genre that we have not yet encountered regarding the impasse: poetry. Rachel Korazim, born in 1948, has lived her life in Israel. She is an expert in Israeli poetry. Before the pandemic, she would teach at TE in person every year. Since the pandemic, she has continued to offer classes to TE members on Zoom. In fact, one of the classes she is offering remotely now concerns how poetry speaks to this moment. On Shabbat, through the magic of technology (thank you Brian Lefsky and David Beckman), Rachel Korazim, in Israel, joins our clergy team and in person learners in Room 24-25 in dialogue. She will share her personal experience as a citizen of Israel who has attended many protests. And she will teach three poems, one by Uri Tzvi Greenberg and two by Nathan Alterman, that will give us a helpful frame for this heavy and hard moment. Thank you Rachel Korazim for helping us connect with Israel through the sacred text of Israeli poetry.

The impasse over judicial reform in Israel continues to be concerning and unresolved. Protests continue. Conversations have not resulted in resolution. Positions are hardening. The compromise which President Herzog implored both sides to work towards remains elusive. Talk to Israelis—their morale is low. They are troubled. “We hope we get there”—to Israel’s 75th. This Shabbat we are blessed to have a familiar voice and dear friend offering us a genre that we have not yet encountered regarding the impasse: poetry. Rachel Korazim, born in 1948, has lived her life in Israel. She is an expert in Israeli poetry. Before the pandemic, she would teach at TE in person every year. Since the pandemic, she has continued to offer classes to TE members on Zoom. In fact, one of the classes she is offering remotely now concerns how poetry speaks to this moment. On Shabbat, through the magic of technology (thank you Brian Lefsky and David Beckman), Rachel Korazim, in Israel, joins our clergy team and in person learners in Room 24-25 in dialogue. She will share her personal experience as a citizen of Israel who has attended many protests. And she will teach three poems, one by Uri Tzvi Greenberg and two by Nathan Alterman, that will give us a helpful frame for this heavy and hard moment. Thank you Rachel Korazim for helping us connect with Israel through the sacred text of Israeli poetry.

Talmud Class: Poetry and Protest With Rachel Korazim

Join Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield for an exciting discussion with Dr. Rachel Korazim, a master educator who uses close readings of Israeli literature as a vehicle to explore the questions of modern Jewish identity and contemporary Israel. In our discussion of … Read the rest The post This Pardes Life Season 3 Episode 6: Dr. Rachel Korazim first appeared on Elmad Online Learning.Continue reading This Pardes Life Season 3 Episode 6: Dr. Rachel Korazim at Elmad Online Learning.

Join Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield for an exciting discussion with Dr. Rachel Korazim, a master educator who uses close readings of Israeli literature as a vehicle to explore the questions of modern Jewish identity and contemporary Israel. In our discussion of … <a href="https://elmad.pardes.org/2018/01/this-pardes-life-episode-season-3-episode-6-dr-rachel-korazim/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read the rest </a>The post <a href="https://elmad.pardes.org/2018/01/this-pardes-life-episode-season-3-episode-6-dr-rachel-korazim/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This Pardes Life Season 3 Episode 6: Dr. Rachel Korazim</a> first appeared on <a href="https://elmad.pardes.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elmad Online Learning</a>.<a href="https://elmad.pardes.org/2018/01/this-pardes-life-episode-season-3-episode-6-dr-rachel-korazim/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading This Pardes Life Season 3 Episode 6: Dr. Rachel Korazim at Elmad Online Learning.</a>