The Dream and the Dreamers
Posted by: Ilan Wagner on 4/25/2007 11:11:00 AM

With the dream , there were the dreamers. Men and women, who came from the book, came from over the sea, fated ever to hang in the balance between two worlds. With the dream, there were the workers, whose sweat and toil built the landscapes through which bus 31 gives our students their birthright. With the dream, there were the fighters, under and over ground, giving ground, never giving too mu... Read More >>

Making Israel Trips Green
Posted by: Ilan Wagner on 3/6/2007 10:27:00 AM
This past winter, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, pioneered a new type of winter Israel experience: a program focusing on the thorny issues of sustainability in Israel. Eighty-four students immersed themselves in fascinating issues such as waste management, environmental justice, the impact of security on sustainability, desert agriculture and architechture and urban development. Th... Read More >>

Sustainable Zionism
Posted by: Ilan Wagner on 1/26/2007 10:26:00 AM
For Zionism to once again provide the ideological motor of the collective Jewish enterprise in the 21st Century, it needs to be compelling, relevant and inspiring, on both sides of the ocean, in Israel and in the Diaspora. It needs to both adjust to the deeper patterns of our contemporary life and to provide a blueprint of the future in line with the quickly changing world in which we live. In pre... Read More >>

Building Blocks of New Zionism
Posted by: Ilan Wagner on 1/5/2007 10:26:00 AM

Many have spoken about the radical transformation in the geo-political worldview of Arik Sharon: from architect of the settlement movement in the territories to executor of disengagement from Gaza and the inspiration for Ehud Olmert’s short lived vision of convergence or realignment in the West Bank as well. While the debate is still waged over Sharon’s true intentions, his shift in policy sign... Read More >>

Whose State is it Anyway
Posted by: Ilan Wagner on 11/20/2006 11:28:00 AM

There has always been a tendency in Zionism to confuse means and ends. The end of Zionism was the revitalization of the Jewish People under conditions of modernity through the creation of political sovereignty in the Land of Israel. The means of Zionism was the State apparatus: government, army, national institutions. Cultural and spiritual Zionists from Ahad Ha’Am have resisted the natural ten... Read More >>

A New Zionist Vision
Posted by: Ilan Wagner on 11/14/2006 4:12:00 PM

There are many who claim that Zionism today no longer has meaning. Historically it was a political movement, fulfilling its aim with the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Once it did, it lost its revolutionary passion and vision and merged quickly with the mainstream Jewish support of Israel. Some saw this as success, terminating Zionism's marginal and fringe status within the Jewish wor... Read More >>

Israel After the Storm
Posted by: Ilan Wagner on 8/30/2006 4:13:00 PM

I arrived in Israel this past summer on July 7, and five days later, on the 12th of July, life radically changed. There are times when events speed up, spin dangerously out of control, when the disconnect between intent and planning and what Hannah Arendt once called the radical freedom of action becomes startingly apparent. Such was the case on the morning of July 12.

Much has been writt... Read More >>

Searching, Forging and Searching Again 6/7/2006 4:10:00 PM
Once Again, Constitution Blues 4/26/2006 4:02:00 PM
A Shaliach’s Perspective: Are we Afraid of Zionism? 3/30/2006 4:01:00 PM
A Moment of Truth 2/12/2006 4:07:00 PM
Water, Water Everywhere 1/24/2006 4:04:00 PM
Pushing the Boundaries 1/2/2006 4:08:00 PM