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Pathways to Hope in Israel – with Ayalan Dahan & Yonathan Machlis
We talk about the civic work of showing up and how young Israeli activists can draw on hope in the face of political, religious, and communal divides.
Israelis walk past a mural photographs of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the October 7, 2023, massacre, in Tel Aviv, March 27, 2025. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Hope isn’t optimism—it’s the stubborn decision to keep building even when you can’t see the outcome.
On this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with alumni of Hartman’s Hazon leadership program Ayala Dahan and Yonathan Machlis to talk about the civic work of showing up and how young Israeli activists can draw on hope in the face of political, religious, and communal divides. They explore how a generation builds trust and solidarity and what it means to organize not just against what’s broken, but toward a better society.
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