THE TIES THAT BIND: BEING PART OF A COMMUNITY (HARTMAN COURSE)

Description

What do we owe each other as a Jewish community?

Location

ONLINE

Date & Time

WEDNESDAY, 10-11:30am (ET), Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18; Dec 2

 "In a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible."

 

-- Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Course Description:

What do we owe one another, just because we belong to the same people? This eight-session seminar from the Shalom Hartman Institute's Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism takes that question seriously, treating belonging as a set of obligations rather than a warm feeling. The classical and modern sources we'll read don't let us off easy. When are you responsible for someone you disagree with, and how do you push back on your own community without leaving it? These are the arguments splitting Jewish life right now, and this is a place to have them honestly.

Course Outline

1.    Multiple Entrances / Multiple Belongings

2.    The Jewish People as a Tribal Family

3.    Navigating Divisive Communities

4.    What Members of a People Owe Each Other

5.    The Bystander Effect

6.    Ethics of Rebuke

7.    Ethics of Sacrifice

8.    Building Community

 
Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism is a curricular project of the Shalom Hartman Institute which offers a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to philosophical ideas in Jewish peoplehood, practice, faith, and ethics.
 
WEDNESDAYS, 10-11:30am (ET)
 
Dates: Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18; Dec 2
 
About the Instructor:
 
 
Rabbi Ed Farber serves as Rabbi Emeritus at Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus in North Dade. A graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary, he is a Miami native and has served his entire Rabbinic career in three Miami congregations. Rabbi Farber brings deep scholarship to his teaching coupled with a commitment to tradition and a lively teaching style.
 
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