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Matanel Crossroad Seminar – In preparation for Israel’s centennial

The state of Israel and global Judaism are once again facing a crossroad: On the one hand, there is regrowth, rehabilitation, and revival, while on the other there is deterioration, embarrassment, and social and spiritual collapse. We therefore must start a thinking process that will attempt to present new and invigorating points of view, an infrastructure for a deep soul-search and inquiry.

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Oct 2026

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Arnon Stein about the Perah Zahav program in Mitzpe Ramon

Negev Rising- Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

A few days ago we had the most moving gathering of our volunteer students towards the end of the year. Not all the volunteers were able to come, but the majority made the effort and enjoyed an uplifting experience.

The volunteers shared with each other their touching stories and struggles from their experience in the “Perach Zahav Matanel” project and drew strength and ideas from each other.
It is apparent how meaningful the project is for the elderly and not less, for the students.
Some relayed that they are the only ones to walk into their elderly’s house! Besides for their visit during the week, the senior is all alone and eagerly awaits the students visit- almost the only time he’ll turn on the light in the house.

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Le Pogrome de Fès ou Le Tritel 1912

Paul B. Fenton

Cette année marque le centenaire d’une des pages les plus sombres de l’histoire du judaïsme en terre d’Islam- le tritel ou le “pogrome de Fès” (17-19 avril 1912). La colère arabe suscitée par la signature par le sultan Mawläy Hafid du traité du protectorat français fut passée sur les Juifs, boucs émissaires traditionnels au Maroc. Le quartier juif de Fès fut envahi, pillé et saccagé, provoquant la fuite de ses 12,000 habitants, dont une partie fut massacrée. Dans cet ouvrage commémoratif, Paul Fenton montre que la persistance de cette tragédie dans la mémoire collective du judaïsme maghrébin pourrait constituer un des facteurs de l’exode massif des Juifs du Maroc au cours du XXe siècle. La politique coloniale de la France suscita une confrontation à triple voix, entre l’Occident chrétien, le Maghreb musulman et la communauté juive nord-africaine.

The Saying of Matanel

The sun rises, and the sun sets—
And glides back to where it rises.

Ecclesiastes 1:5