Yakir Englander is a Senior Consultant in Kids4Peace International and the Shalom Hartman Institute. His books are The Male Body in Jewish Lithuanian Ultra-Orthodoxy (Hebrew) and Sexuality and the Body in the New Religious Zionist Discourse (with Professor Avi Sagi) (English and Hebrew).
Yakir Englander
By Yakir Englander
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Community Love, Hate, Fear And Hope: Four Snapshots from a Jewish Youth Conference
Around 70 young people fill the room at our session. All of them are here to learn about different grassroots projects for Israeli and Palestinian youth. I feel proud of the organizers of the conference, who put such an important session on the agenda. Facing the pain of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not easy for…
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Opinion Leaving the Ultra-Orthodox World — With No Other Choice
A young ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman once contacted me with a serious question: ”Should I leave the ultra-Orthodox community?” My reply to her was, “Since you have asked, ‘Should I?’ — then the answer is, ‘No!’” Leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish fold is called in Hebrew yetzia bishe’elah — literally, “leaving with a question.” It is a…
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