Talk at the JCC - Is there a core Jewish belief system?
This came through my email, and confused me, so we can discuss here maybe? Let me know what you think if you go.
This Thursday, March 29 (7:30pm)
HOT BUTTONS, COOL CONVERSATIONS:
THE STATES OF JEWISH BELIEF
Jewish beliefs, from the most fervently Orthodox to the determinedly secular, are magnificently inconsistent. Is there a core Jewish belief system? If so, who created it, and who is responsible for maintaining it? And how does the systemAllan Nadler attach to individual Jewish identity construction and observance?
Join three renowned thought leaders - Art Green, Allan Nadler and Avi Shafran - for this spirited conversation this Thursday, March 29 at 7:30pm at the Leventhal-Sidman JCC in Newton.
Art Green, Rector of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, is recognized as one of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality. Allan Nadler, Director of the Drew University Jewish Studies program, is widely recognized for his critical analysis of Hasidic Judaism. Avi Shafran is Agudath Israel of America's Director of Public Affairs and Editor-at-large of Ami Magazine, a weekly publication serving the Orthodox Jewish Community.
The session will be moderated by Leonard Fein, founding editor of Moment Magazine. Fein's 900 essays, articles and columns have appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Nation and The Jewish Daily Forward.
Tickets: $12/JCC member, students and seniors; $15/nonmember. Click on the Buy Tickets link or contact 617-965-5226 or boxoffice@jccgb.org.
This Thursday, March 29 (7:30pm)
HOT BUTTONS, COOL CONVERSATIONS:
THE STATES OF JEWISH BELIEF
Jewish beliefs, from the most fervently Orthodox to the determinedly secular, are magnificently inconsistent. Is there a core Jewish belief system? If so, who created it, and who is responsible for maintaining it? And how does the systemAllan Nadler attach to individual Jewish identity construction and observance?
Join three renowned thought leaders - Art Green, Allan Nadler and Avi Shafran - for this spirited conversation this Thursday, March 29 at 7:30pm at the Leventhal-Sidman JCC in Newton.
Art Green, Rector of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, is recognized as one of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality. Allan Nadler, Director of the Drew University Jewish Studies program, is widely recognized for his critical analysis of Hasidic Judaism. Avi Shafran is Agudath Israel of America's Director of Public Affairs and Editor-at-large of Ami Magazine, a weekly publication serving the Orthodox Jewish Community.
The session will be moderated by Leonard Fein, founding editor of Moment Magazine. Fein's 900 essays, articles and columns have appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Nation and The Jewish Daily Forward.
Tickets: $12/JCC member, students and seniors; $15/nonmember. Click on the Buy Tickets link or contact 617-965-5226 or boxoffice@jccgb.org.