Thinking Out Loud Episode 5
How Do We Engage in Conversation Around Israel? with Adi Alouf, Director of Student and Jewish Life
Episode launch date: October 12, 2025
How do you teach young people to navigate one of the most polarizing topics of our time in a productive, healthy, and thoughtful way? In this conversation, JCHS alum and Director of Jewish and Student Life, Adi Alouf, shares the story behind the school’s weekly “Lunch and Learn” series, launched after October 7, 2023. She explains why cultivating humility, curiosity, and engagement with complexity is so important. From weekly Lunch and Learn conversations to the life-changing Israel Journey, she offers a vision of education that builds resilience and depth.
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Reading List: Lunch & Learn: A Model for Israel Education by Adi Alouf and Keira Gerstley for The Lookstein Center
