JEWISH VALUES & THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

Description

This twelve-week course designed by the Shalom Hartman Institute explores one of the most divisive issues affecting the Jewish people today: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Location

ONLINE

Date & Time

Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am (ET), November 6, 2024 - February 12, 2025

Together we will engage in a new values-based discourse about Israel, including topics such as: Living with Difference, the Israel We Imagine, Jewish Narratives of Peace, Attitudes Towards the Land, Justice, Self-Preservation, Compromise, and the Idea of Jewish Exceptionalism.

 

Course Description :

This twelve-week course designed by the Shalom Hartman Institute explores one of the most divisive issues affecting the Jewish people today: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Through the study of Jewish narratives about Israel and the unpacking of the complex meanings of peace in the Jewish tradition, participants are invited to explore the ideas and values that animate different attitudes toward the conflict and how these values shape their own political understandings.

 

**E-Book link will be sent with zoom link 1 day prior to opening.

 

For an additional cost, print copy of the course sourcebook is available. Order directly through:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/shalom-hartman-institute/iengage-jewish-values-and-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/paperback/product-24403632.html

Please allow 3 weeks for delivery.

 

Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am (ET)
 
Dates:  Nov. 6, 13, 20; Dec. 4, 11, 18; Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29; Feb.5, 12 
 
         
 
This course is part of the Shalom Hartman Institute's iEngage Project: Providing a new narrative about the significance of Israel for Jewish life. The iEngage Project is committed to addressing core questions pertaining to the necessity and significance of the Jewish national enterprise; how a Jewish state should exercise power; why a Jew who lives outside of Israel should care about Israel; and what the State of Israel can offer the world.
 
About the Instructor:
 
 
Dr. Sandra Lilienthal has a Masters in Jewish Studies and a Doctorate in Jewish Education. In 2015, she received the prestigious Covenant Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. Sandra has over 25 years of experience in Jewish Education working with all ages in both Brazil and the US. For the past 15 years, Dr. Lilienthal has focused exclusively on teaching adults. She is a Melton faculty member and the author of the Pillars of Judaism curriculum. Sandra is currently working on the Living Wisdom curriculum - nine new courses being taught by Melton schools all around the world. She is a guest speaker at many synagogues in the tri-county area, presents at Limmud conferences in the US and Canada and is invited for scholar-in-residence programs around the country.
 
 
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