Rabbi Noga Brenner Samia, Executive Director of Hillel Israel and alumna of Hartman’s Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis, speaks with Yehuda Kurtzer about what sparked this new brand of liberal Judaism, the role of religion in the public sphere in a diverse religious ecosystem, how to negotiate the balance between the Jewish and democratic character of the state, and what it means to be a “secular rabbi?”

"Has not the time come for us [Israel] to invest in our relationship with Jews around the world?" Keynote article by Noga Brenner Sami, Hillel Israel's Executive Director, in advance of Diaspora Week in early April 2022,

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 Pinterest for Priests

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by Noga Brenner Samia

Purim 2021

My Jewish Learning

An insight into Parashat Tetzaveh.

"One Ben-Gurion University student told me of the impact of meeting and learning with peers from the US through a course we designed at Hillel Israel, with support from the Julius Stulman Foundation. That “really opened a window for me into my own Jewish-Israeli identity…the texts, content and discussions gave us an opportunity to think, speak, listen, learn from and learn about Jews who are different than us and about ourselves.” 

Noga on Galatz Radio

December, 2020

Galatz Radio

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As part of the podcast, "Am Yisrael LIVE - Bridge Between Israel and the Diaspora."  Included in this episode,  Noga Brenner Samia, discusses the specific challenges of Hillels in Israel during Covid (in Hebrew).

"We set out to create something bold, an international ‘mifgash’ program – a joint cohort of Israeli students from Bar-Ilan University and American students from Rutgers University to learn together, exchange ideas and get to know one another,” said Noga Brenner Samia, Executive Director of Hillel Israel."

From Stalinist Oppression to a Jewish Renaissance in the FSU

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by Claudia Moscovici

December 25, 2020

Times of Israel 

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It is only when we recall the horrors of the Soviet regime that we can best appreciate the great challenges and successes of the Hillel International movement and Rabbi Goldman’s seminal role in revitalizing the Jewish heritage of students in the Former Soviet Union.

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