Laura Ben-David “Acco,” 2018
The el-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the White Mosque, overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. Its impressive silhouette is one of the most familiar in Acco’s beautiful cityscape. “Acco” is part of the international exhibition “Passage to Israel.” passagetoIsrael.org
The international conference brings together shluchas from all over the world; shlucha refers to a female emissary sent to a community to promote Jewish education and outreach).
This was a Bat Mitzvah for the present, and for our future.
Jewish students don’t need a law degree to defend themselves on campus, but they do need basic literacy in the story of our people and the geopolitics surrounding Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people.
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