Leora Londy-Barash is a 4th year rabbinical student at the Jerusalem campus of the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion. Leora grew up in the Conservative movement in the United States and after a gap year program decided to stay in Israel to explore her Jewish identity. During that time she was exposed to an array of Jewish experiences and was particularly moved by the role of the Reform movement in shifting the public’s perception of what Judaism can be and what its role in society should and should not be. Today is the rabbinic leader at a Reform congregation in Ramat Aviv, part of the Daniel Centers for Progressive Judaism, where she uses her platform to expose Israelis to the beauty of liberal egalitarian Judaism. She lives outside of Tel Aviv with her family.
In parshat Korach, a Levite, along with two sons of Eliab, decided to rise up against Moses with the support of 250 community leaders. When Moses heard this, he fell on his face. Then the ground under Korach, the sons of Eliab and their followers split, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their houses and all of their property.
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