Temple Beth El of Boca Raton

Lunch & Learn: Poetry of Israel, Post-October 7th with Rachel Korazim
2025-03-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Temple Beth El – Schaefer Family Campus, 333 SW 4th Avenue, Boca Raton, FL, 33432, United States
Taught by Rachel Korazim
The calamity of October 7 and the war that followed had left Israel and the Jewish world in shock and despair. The unimaginable became our reality. As more details of the horror unfold, we are facing the painful daily losses in battle and the plight of the hostages and their families. Not less troubling, are the terrible losses and devastation in Gaza. We find ourselves less and less able to talk about it. The expression most commonly used is אין מילים ein milim – No Words.
Yet, there are those who struggle and find words to express pain and anger, despair and abandonment. The poems are often raw and painful, while at the same time full of love and even hope. They reflect a variety of Israeli voices and echo the impact of daily events. Our four sessions will each highlight one of the many aspects of this amazing body of literature.

Session 1: Shock and Bewilderment
Session 2: As Days Go By
Session 3: Poems of October 7
Session 4: In Every Generation

Join us in person at the Schaefer Family Campus or online.
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Rachel Korazim is a Jewish education consultant in curriculum development for Israel and Holocaust education. Rachel opens for her audiences a window to Israeli society through literature; through stories, poems and songs of the best of Israel’s writers, she invites listeners to engage with Israel in an innovative way. She Rachel teaches at Israel’s well known learning centers such as Pardes and the Shalom Hartman Institutes as well as numerous world Jewish communities.

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The ultra-Orthodox and ultra-Nationalist movements are using the levers provided through the World Zionist Congress to advance their agenda in Israel and squash progressive values and Reform Judaism in Israel.
We can’t let that happen.
Learn from Rabbi Lindsey Danziger from the Religious Action Center (the Social Justice arm of the Union for Reform Judaism) and Director of Youth and Family Education and Engagement Heather Erez how we can have an impact on preserving our rights as Reform Jews and advancing our Reform Jewish values in Israel. That night, we will cast our votes in the World Zionist Congress election.
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In person and Virtual at the links below.
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