ViZion and AZM recently hosted Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein, holding an informal lunch discussion.
Guests engaged in a real dialogue with Minister Edelstein, as he
Minister Edelstein makes a point during his presentation.
opened up the discussion posing one big question: how can Israel engage and maintain a relationship with the next generation? Over the next hour,Minister Edelstein and ViZion members examined the challenges of keeping the younger generations excited and connected to Israel and shared a number of possible modes of engagement
More specifically, we discussed Israel’s advances in environmental issues and technology, and re-packaging Israel’s historical narrative.
Minister Edelstein and ViZion members walked away knowing that while we all have a lot of work ahead of us, our generation is dedicated to the Zionist dream and the current Israeli government is dedicated to working with us to maintain it.
Ohad Knoller, Karmit Arbel
