Israeli, Young, Reform

Personal Adventures of a Young Israeli Reform Jew in the mission to change the country's approach toward Jewish Identity.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Back from Down Under

I'm here again, typing on my home computer after a very long, fun, educational and inspiring month. Traveling to the Congregations of Si...

Back In Israel, Talking about "Ki Tisa" Portion

“Ki Tisa” Torah Portion is one of my favorites. In fact, I think this Torah portion is heaven for sermon writers. Rabbis, poets, teachers, p...

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Speaking about Parashat Trumah in Melbourne

Trumah Torah portion is not easily read, not even by Hebrew speakers. It is dedicated entirely to a meticulously detailed description of the...

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Speaking about Parashat Mishpatim in Sydney

Last Saturday, I landed at the airport in Perth. After a few hours of sleep I woke up early enough to make it to Shacharit at Temple David C...

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Post Election feelings in Hong Kong

Wow, what once was a boring election time has become one of the more complexed political moments in the history of Israel. It seems that eve...

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Paul Liptz's "In the Hamas Mind"

Paul Liptz is a friend and a great teacher. He teaches at both HUC and the World Union's Saltz Center . This Article was just sent to th...

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Sense of humor (even at difficult times)

I just got this picture via e-mail that just made me burst into laughing while working in my university lab. For the non-Hebrew speakers, th...

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About Me

Lior Zalmanson: Lior Zalmanson is a member of the executive board of the Israeli Movement for progressive Judaism, in charge of community development and youth and young adult planning. Formerly, he worked as a coordinator for the Rishon Le-Zion young adult group. Lior was a member of the Zionist Youth Council in Israel where he taught groups in Israel, Greece and Ukraine. He is an alumni of the Bronfman Youth Fellowship in Israel, WUJS "Mirrors" program, IRAC Social leadership program and Saltz Center's Beutel Fellowship for Community Leadership. He participated as a panelist in the Israeli TV program "Mishehu Diber?" dealing with matters of Israeli society and was a regular correspondent on the IDF night radio show, where he spoke on Israeli urban legends. Lior is currently a graduate student at the Tel Aviv University School of Business. His thesis deals with social and economical aspects of virtual communities. He is also currently teaching in the Mechina program, a course on digital culture.

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