Session 6: Antisemitism as a Divisive Force

Understanding why antisemitism has become a dividing force rather than a unifying force for the Jewish people.

May 26, 2020

May 26, 2020

Rabbi Lauren Berkun is a Vice President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where she directs Rabbinic Initiatives and is a member of the senior executive team. She also oversees staff education, training and curriculum development for Hartman’s iEngage project. She is a summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, graduate of Princeton University with a BA in Religion and was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Lauren was a Wexner Graduate Fellow, a

iEngage, Jewish Peoplehood, Antisemitism, Hartman@Home, Video

This session explores the challenges to Jewish peoplehood posed by the current internal Jewish debate around antisemitism, and the causes and underpinnings of a new reality in which antisemitism has become a dividing force rather than a unifying force for the Jewish people.

This session is part of a global online course exploring the relationship between Israel and World Jewry through the iEngage series Together & Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood.

/ Global iEngage Virtual Course: Together & Apart