JTS in the Berkshires: The Other in Jewish Texts and Traditions

Join JTS scholars as they explore Jewish attitudes toward members of different faiths as well as the marginalized within our own communities. Enjoy university-level instruction and stimulating discussions in sessions that ask: what is our obligation to those we perceive as different? How have Jews challenged the norms of the community from within?  

Fridays, July 22, August 5, August 19
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

July 22

“Redrawing the Boundary Between Jew and Other: Maimonides on Faith”
Rabbi David Hoffman, Vice Chancellor and Chief Advancement Officer

August 5

“Approaching the Other: Reflections on Current Jewish Interreligious Dialogue”
Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, Nathan and Janet Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies

August 19

“Heresy and Community: The Case of Baruch Spinoza”
Dr. Benjamin Gampel, Dina and Eli Field Family Chair in Jewish History

Location

Shakespeare & Company
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, Massachusetts

Cost

$25 per session; $85 for all four

Register 

For More Information

Contact Lynn Feinman at (212) 678-8821 or lyfeinman@jtsa.edu.

Attendees receive 20 percent off package stays of two nights or more at Canyon Ranch. Call 1(800) 742-9000 and mention The Jewish Theological Seminary to reserve. 

Presented in partnership with Knesset Israel and in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires