Tuesdays with Torah: Great Jewish Debates: The Controversies of Our People

Tuesdays with Torah: Great Jewish Debates: The Controversies of Our People

Great Jewish Debates: The Controversies of Our People

Rabbi Zachary Goodman

February 6, 13, 20

Since the inception of Jewish history (from Abraham and God to Theodor Herzl and Rabbi Isaac M. Wise), Jews have engaged in the art of deliberation, examination, and disagreement. Looking through the lenses of the Biblical Era, Rabbinic Era, and Modern Era, this class identifies and analyzes some of the most heated and consequential debates of the Jewish People. Beyond the historical, political, ethical, and spiritual challenges presented, what makes these disputations so compelling is that nearly all of them are still being argued today.