About this Event
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Come to our second event in Jewish Reckoning with Power: A Halachic Left Learning Series -- with future events planned in Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, and NYC. Each event will be livestreamed/recorded in order to allow everyone to watch speakers in other cities.
About the series:
Much of our recent Torah, writing, and teaching has engaged directly with the urgent realities of Israel/Palestine. In this program, we are intentionally stepping back, toward a broader and more abstract question that underlies so many of those conversations: How does Jewish tradition understand, justify, resist, and reckon with power?
Each day of learning will feature shiurim from multiple teachers exploring different dimensions of Jewish engagement with power: textual, halachic, historical, and ethical. While the sessions will not all address the same sources or case studies, together they aim to open a shared conversation and provide conceptual tools that can deepen our Torah learning and inform contemporary Jewish moral and political thinking.
In this event, learn from:
- Rabbi David Greenstein on gender power dynamics in halacha
- Laynie Soloman on halacha as a site of resistance to empire
- Zohar Hodkin and Netanel Zellis-Paley on the halachic obligation to fight tyranny
Learning in honor of the yahrtzeit of Moshe ben Leibel zโl
Dinner will be served -- please RSVP so we can estimate how much to order!
*** We believe in learning Torah from all. Speaking does not imply agreement with Halachic Left's political positions. Institutional affiliations are for identification purposes only.
Shiur descriptions forthcoming!
Agenda
๐: 05:00 PM - 05:15 PM
Arrival / opening
๐: 05:15 PM - 05:30 PM
Intro to HL and event
๐: 05:30 PM - 06:15 PM
Rabbi David Greenstein
๐: 06:15 PM - 06:45 PM
Dinner
๐: 06:45 PM - 07:40 PM
Laynie Soloman
๐: 07:40 PM - 08:30 PM
Zohar Hodkin + Netanel Zellis-Paley
๐: 08:30 PM - 08:45 PM
Maariv
๐: 08:45 PM - 09:00 PM
Wrap-up / closing
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Old Pine Community Center, 401 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, United States
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