Messianism, Zionism, and Religious Radicalism: Spiritualties in Israel
Show Notes
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Menachem Creditor
EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY:
Hebrew Educational Alliance
ABOUT THE EVENT:
How did Zionism represent theological revolution? Does Israel’s reality represent a new Judaism? We’ll study excerpts of Aviezer Ravitzky’s classic “Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism” and engage in a conversation about contemporary Zionism and Jewish identity
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence at UJA-Federation New York and was the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence. An acclaimed author, scholar, and speaker with over 1 million views of his online videos and essays, he was named by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America. His 27 books and 6 albums of original music include “A Year of Torah,” the global anthem “Olam Chesed Yibaneh” and the COVID-era 2-volume anthology “When We Turned Within.” He has been involved in the leadership of American Jewish World Service, AIPAC, the Rabbinical Assembly, and the One America Movement, an organization dedicated to bringing together Americans of different faiths and opinions. He and his wife Neshama Carlebach live in New York, where they are raising their five children.
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