Jerusalem: Z3 Project Presents Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz on July 23
Join David Hazony in conversation with the author of "The Case for Dual Loyalty"—in person at the Begin Center, or by Zoom. Tickets Available!
David H.—In the few years I’ve gotten to know Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz, senior rabbi at Valley Beth Shalom synagogue in Los Angeles, and a contributor to Jewish Priorities. When he told me he wanted to make the case for embracing the concept of loyalty to the Jewish people, not only as a central component of Jewish identity, but also living alongside loyalty to one’s country—to explore how these two loyalties coexist—the common accusation of “dual loyalty” naturally came up. “We have spent generations trying to refute that accusation,” he told me. “But the truth is, you walk into a synagogue and you see two flags. We need to tackle this head on.”
So I invited him to join the Z3 Institute as an adjunct fellow, where he worked on an impassioned manifesto called The Case for Dual Loyalty: Healing the Divided Soul of American Jews. Because raising hard questions about the Jewish future—and developing innovative new answers—is what we are all about.
Now that his book has come out, I’m thrilled to invite you all to a public conversation in Jerusalem at the Begin Center, on Wednesday July 23 at 7:30 pm. (There’s also a Zoom option.) Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. Tickets available here.
This is the latest installment of the Z3 Project’s Jerusalem Series, which has included book events for Jewish Priorities, Young Zionist Voices, Melanie Phillips’s The Builder’s Stone, and Yardena Schwartz’s Ghosts of a Holy War. I hope to see you there!
