English speakers make their presence felt in Israel's tent protests
From Haaretz on 8/12/2011 at 11:03 AM
Categories: Finance, Culture, Israel
As the cost-of-living protest movement approaches the one-month mark, North Americans and Europeans in Israel dot the tented landscape, with at least a couple taking on stepped up levels of participation. Rabbi Yehoshua Engelman has been active at the Tel Aviv tent encampment on Nordau Boulevard, just down the street from the Yakar Study Center, where he teaches. About a week and a half ago, I was thinking, I shouldnt just talk about social justice in synagogue, says Engelman. I should put my money where my mouth …More

