PHILADELPHIA: Jewish Reckoning with Power: A Halachic Left Learning Series

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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 z”l

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!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Old Pine Community Center, 401 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, United States

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