What I Learned at an "Urban Kibbutz"
In a nondescript building in the north of Israel, 150 people are striving to create societal transformation as part of a burgeoning “urban kibbutz” movement.
Aaron Torop (he/him), a first-year rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem, most recently served as a Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC) in Washington, D. C. He is a former member of the NFTY-STR Regional Board and an alumnus of URJ Camp Coleman, where he was a camper, counselor, and unit head.
In a nondescript building in the north of Israel, 150 people are striving to create societal transformation as part of a burgeoning “urban kibbutz” movement.
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