Come join us for a discussion with Rabbi Itamar Lapid. He is an Israeli Jewish  educator who fosters dialogue between diverse elements of Israeli  society including secular and religious Jews as well as Jewish Israelis and Arab Israelis. He will reflect on the changed reality in Israel pre and post October 7 and its effect on the cohesion and mutual understanding among different segments of the Israeli population. 

A light breakfast will be served
Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 13th
For more information contact IsraelEngagement@tisharon.org

Rabbi Itamar Lapid was born and raised on Kibbutz Ayelet-HaShahar in the upper Galilee. Following 5 years of army service, he began his journey in Israeli Jewish Renewal. Itamar was a senior faculty member at HaMidrasha-Oranim, where he taught subjects ranging from Hebrew Poetry to Halachic Dilemmas for 17 years.

In his own community of Shimshit, he is a spiritual guide, and became a leader in the Jewish Renewal movement of Israeli Congregations. He is a sought-after lecturer on topics of Jewish identity in programming ranging from teens to pensioners. Itamar is a cofounder of Midreshet HaShiluv Natur, a collaborative beit midrash with religious and secular participants. He is also a cofounder and teacher in Madrassa/Midrasha, which pursues Arab–Jewish coexistence through education in the Galilee. Currently Itamar is on the faculty at the Mandel Leadership Institute in the north.

Together with a team of scholars and colleagues in the Galilee, Itamar is developing a unique center for educational dialog inspired by the spirit of ancient Tzippori where the Mishnah was redacted.

Itamar lives near Tzippori, in Shimshit - a young community in the lower Galilee, with his wife and their three kids.