
Listening, Love, and Citizenship: Healing the Fractures in American Society
Nov 8, 2017 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video
A panel discussion exploring what it means to be a citizen of the United States in today’s fractured society. What are the basic skills of citizenship that have eroded in our country? How can we learn to listen to and love one another to become responsible citizens?
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The Other Peace Process
Oct 17, 2017 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event audio
A discussion with Rabbi Ron Kronish on his new book, The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue, A View from Jerusalem.
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Intermarriage and the Desert
Jun 16, 2017 By David Hoffman | Commentary | Shelah Lekha
In light of the recent work of colleagues and friends regarding the boundaries of the Jewish people and how that impacts the weddings that should or should not be performed, I cannot but help to read this Shabbat’s parashah in terms of boundaries.
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Mighty Be Our Powers: Standing Together to Confront Tyranny
May 10, 2017 By Ruth Messinger | Public Event video
Renowned peace activist Leymah Gbowee delivers the annual John Paul II Lecture on Interfaith Understanding. Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her work leading a women’s peace movement that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War.
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Teaching Mahshevet Yisrael: The Universalist / Particularist Issue
Feb 14, 2017
Elie Holzer: “Jews, Non-Jews, and Teaching the Hasidic Homily: Hermeneutic Approaches and Pedagogical Deliberations”
Avinoam Rosenak: “Machshevet Yisrael as an Encounter: Jewish Philosophy or Judaism as a Philosophy—Educational Implications”
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Seeing the “Other” in Jewish Canonical Texts
Feb 13, 2017
Adriane Leveen: “Biblical Narratives of Israelites and their Neighbors”
Matt Goldish: “Reading the Gospel through Talmudic Eyes: John Lightfoot’s Revolution”
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Teaching Jews about the “Other” and Teaching the “Other” about Jews
Feb 13, 2017 By Sarah Tauber (z”l) | Public Event video
Sarah Tauber: “A Jewish Professor and Christian Students Meet: Teaching and Learning in an Introduction to Judaism Course at a Christian Seminary”
Michael Gillis: “Teaching About Other Religions in Jewish Education”
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Taking Care of Ourselves and the Stranger
Feb 24, 2017 By David Rosenn | Commentary | Mishpatim
This week’s Torah reading contains instructions for taking care of one’s own: “If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, do not act toward them like a creditor; exact no interest from them” (Exod. 22:25).
Deuteronomy is even clearer, stating, “You shall not charge interest on loans to your countrymen, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. But you may charge interest to a foreigner…” (23:20-21).
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