African-American Christian Zionist: ‘Israel gives expression to human condition’ Film about Ethiopian IDF officer to be shown at Rutgers ‘dance party’+ enlarge image Chloe Valdary, said that “to engage with Israel and the Israeli people is to engage with myself and my own sense of belonging and culture.” Photo courtesy JerusalemUAdvertisementsChloe Valdary is a committed Zionist. An African-American and a Christian, Valdary said she believes her placement in what she terms “Jewish/pro-Israel space” was inevitable growing up as she did. Primary funding for the Rutgers program is being provided by the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey and the Marion and Norman Tanzman Charitable Foundation of Woodbridge. “Israel gives expression to the human condition; the fact that we are all human beings wrestling with our shortcomings and insecurities, aims and aspirations, grand hopes and dreams, and we all aspire to greatness. She has written articles for the Huffington Post, Tablet Magazine, The Jerusalem Post, and Israel National News.

Source: Ethiopian News November 04, 2016 01:30 UTC