Six Dallas Organizations Join Ben-Gurion Day in the USA
Six Dallas Organizations Join Ben-Gurion Day in the USA
December 11, 2023
The Weitzman Family Religious School at Congregation Shearith Israel commemorates Ben-Gurion Day in the USA.
Texas Jewish Post — At one of the darkest times in the history of the Jewish homeland, Americans for Ben-Gurion University (A4BGU) delivered a message of hope centered around David Ben-Gurion’s vision for the future of Israel, by leading the second annual Ben-Gurion Day in the USA on Nov. 19.
While Ben-Gurion Day is commemorated every year in Israel on Kislev 6, A4BGU brought it to the U.S. last year for the first time. On the heels of the Nov. 14 March for Israel in Washington, D.C., which produced the American Jewish community’s largest turnout ever for a demonstration, Ben-Gurion Day in the USA rallied Americans around a vision for 21st-century Zionism that is shaped by the pioneering spirit of David Ben-Gurion — who turned his dream of a Jewish homeland into reality and saw the Negev as the place where Israel’s innovative future would emerge.
In Dallas, A4BGU’s community partners for this year’s Ben-Gurion Day in the USA included the Weitzman Family Religious School at Congregation Shearith Israel, Aaron Family JCC, Congregation Anshai Torah, Dallas Israel Teen Tour, Temple Shalom and Tiferet Israel Congregation.
“It was inspiring to hear the next generation, as well as their educators, engage around and discuss David Ben-Gurion and his vision. It gives us hope for the future,” said Sissy Zoller, A4BGU’s Dallas-based Director of Development, who attended the Weitzman Family Religious School’s commemoration of Ben-Gurion Day in the USA.
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