Bambi Sheleg
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Bambi Sheleg is an Israel
i journalist and founding editor of the magazine Eretz Acheret
and studied Jewish philosophy at the Shalom Hartman Institute
. She is married to Yair Sheleg, a journalist with the Israeli daily, Ha'aretz, and a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute
. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and three children.
in 1996, where she continues to write a regular column. She frequently appears as a guest commentator on television and radio talk shows, and lectures and participates in panel discussions throughout Israel. She is widely respected as a voice dedicated to promoting Israeli and Jewish discourse that places emphasis on issues of society and identity.
In September 2000, Sheleg founded Eretz Acheret (“A Different Israel”), a decision that was catalyzed by the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. She decided that Israel needed a platform that would cut through ideological currents, in which an open ideological and ethical conversation would heal the rupture in society, and help the public to get a more precise picture of the challenges it faces. that publishes a magazine and website of the same name, which analyze and critique social, cultural and spiritual developments in Israel and among the Jewish people.
joint study of Jewish texts. Once a year, they get together with the New York group for a joint week-long seminar.
August 18, 2010
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i journalist and founding editor of the magazine Eretz Acheret
Eretz acheret
Eretz Acheret is an independent, not-for-profit organization in Israel that produces a bi-monthly Hebrew magazine, periodic English magazines, a bilingual website, and conferences. Each magazine is dedicated to a select topic, and the conferences around publication of each issue supplement the...
Biography
Bambi Sheleg was born in Chile. She immigrated to Israel with her family at the age of 12. Sheleg earned a BA in Jewish history and English literature at the Hebrew University of JerusalemHebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
and studied Jewish philosophy at the Shalom Hartman Institute
Shalom Hartman Institute
Shalom Hartman Institute is a Jewish research and education institute based in Jerusalem, Israel, that offers pluralistic Jewish thought and education to scholars, rabbis, educators, and Jewish community leaders in Israel and North America...
. She is married to Yair Sheleg, a journalist with the Israeli daily, Ha'aretz, and a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute
Israel Democracy Institute
The Israel Democracy Institute , established in 1991, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Jerusalem, Israel. -History and goals:...
. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and three children.
Journalism career
Sheleg began her career as a reporter and associate editor for Nekuda, a journal of the settlers of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. She then edited a children’s magazine called Otiot (1987–1997). Bambi moved to the Israeli daily MaarivMaariv
Maariv is a Hebrew language daily newspaper published in Israel. It is second in sales after Yedioth Ahronoth and third in readership after Yedioth Ahronoth and Israel HaYom. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Maariv saw its market share fall slightly...
in 1996, where she continues to write a regular column. She frequently appears as a guest commentator on television and radio talk shows, and lectures and participates in panel discussions throughout Israel. She is widely respected as a voice dedicated to promoting Israeli and Jewish discourse that places emphasis on issues of society and identity.
In September 2000, Sheleg founded Eretz Acheret (“A Different Israel”), a decision that was catalyzed by the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. She decided that Israel needed a platform that would cut through ideological currents, in which an open ideological and ethical conversation would heal the rupture in society, and help the public to get a more precise picture of the challenges it faces. that publishes a magazine and website of the same name, which analyze and critique social, cultural and spiritual developments in Israel and among the Jewish people.
Jewish outreach
She is an active member of the Bavli-Yerushalmi project, a Jerusalem-based study group for observant and non-observant Jews, which has a counterpart group in New York. The participants have been meeting for four-hour sessions every two weeks since 1997, forjoint study of Jewish texts. Once a year, they get together with the New York group for a joint week-long seminar.
Awards
In recognition of her efforts to build bridges between different communities in Israel, Bambi received the Liebhaber Prize for the Promotion of Religious Pluralism and Tolerance in Israel, awarded by the Masorti Movement of Israel in 1998.External links
- Eretz Acheret Official Site
- Elana Maryles Sztokman,A Different Kind of Israeli Magazine, Bambi Sheleg’s Eretz Acheret Is Making Waves, Forward,
August 18, 2010