To Be a Holy People, Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values
Show Notes
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Eugene Korn
Event co-sponsored by:
Temple Solel
ABOUT THE EVENT:
This event will be a public conversation with Rabbi Shumly about ethical issues challenging Jewish life today as a follow up to the book Rabbi Eugene Korn has just published. Book description below.
CAN JUDAISM FACE OUR MODERN UNDERSTANDING of justice, equality and human progress? Can mitzvot survive modernity’s critique of authority and culture of personal autonomy? To Be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Value takes up both ancient and modern moral questions. Building on biblical and rabbinic traditions, it analyzes how Jewish ethics relates to Jewish law, justice, fairness, compassion and violence. It also discusses the ethical dimensions of gender, freedom, universalism and particularism.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
EUGENE KORN holds a doctorate in moral philosophy from Columbia University and Orthodox rabbinic ordination from Pirchei Shoshanim in Israel. His books include Jewish Theology and World Religions; Plowshares in Swords?; Covenant and Hope; and e Jewish Connection to Israel. His writings have been translated into Hebrew, German, Italian and Spanish. He and his wife, Lila Magnus Korn, live in Jerusalem.
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