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Can We Talk? Having Courageous and Constructive Conversations About Israel
July 14 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm MDT
FreeSession Description
In today’s polarized climate, conversations about Israel can quickly become emotionally charged, divisive, or difficult to navigate — even within our own families, friendships, and Jewish communities. Different generations, life experiences, political frameworks, and emotional connections to Israel often shape how we speak, listen, and understand one another.
This interactive session offers practical tools, mindsets, and communication strategies for engaging in more thoughtful, constructive, and empathetic conversations about Israel across lines of difference. Together, participants will explore how to move beyond debate and defensiveness toward deeper understanding, stronger relationships, and more meaningful dialogue.
Whether speaking with family members, fellow congregants, students, colleagues, neighbors, or friends, participants will leave with concrete tools for engaging difficult conversations with greater wisdom, courage, and compassion.
About Unpacked
Unpacked (a division of OpenDor Media) tells the story of Israel and the Jewish people through thoughtful, nuanced, and engaging educational content across podcasts, videos, social media, and classroom resources. Through flagship projects like the Unpacking Israeli History podcast and the Unpacked YouTube channel, Unpacked seeks to meet people where they are while exploring Jewish history, Zionism, Israel, and contemporary Jewish life with depth, complexity, and empathy.
Speaker Bio
Yoni Buckman is a Senior Educator at Unpacked, where he works with students, educators, rabbis, school leaders, and Jewish communal organizations across North America. Yoni specializes in helping communities engage thoughtfully and constructively with complex conversations around Israel, Zionism, antisemitism, and Jewish peoplehood. His work emphasizes curiosity, empathy, nuance, and the development of practical communication skills for navigating disagreement while strengthening relationships and communal belonging. Yoni lives in Lowry with his wife, Jordan, and their dog, Stevie.