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Amanda Graizel
Year-In-Israel Student/Jerusalem
F
or first-year student Amanda Graizel, a rabbinical path is a foregone
conclusion. She has a B.A. in Sociology, Holocaust, and Genocide Stud-
ies from Clark University, a second B.A. in Hebrew Letters, a Master’s in
Jewish Education, and a certificate in Experiential Education from American
Jewish University.
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The Year-In-Israel Program is a remarkable opportunity to delve deeply
into Jewish text, Hebrew language, and Israel studies, both within and be-
yond the classroom,” she describes, “and my community service work is
a centerpiece of my life.” Graizel is one of the student coordinators of the
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Parallel Lives” program that links Israeli soldiers with Jews of the same
age from around the world through monthly visits to army bases or events
on the HUC-JIR campus in Jerusalem.
“
My classmates and I have the opportunity to become more directly
connected with my generation in Israel, while serving as ambassadors
of liberal Judaism to young Israelis unfamiliar with the range of Jewish
denominational identity in the Diaspora. We get to experience the real
Israel, as lived by people close in age to us. These encounters strengthen
our own individual relationships with the State of Israel, and inform the
ways in which we will implement Israel education as Jewish professionals
in North America.”
