Sep 25, 2024
While thrilling for some, election cycles can be overwhelming and demoralizing, creating a sense of civic exhaustion. When is it morally appropriate to step back and shut out the noise, and when is it important to lean in and recommit to our civic future as Jewish Americans?
Join Hartman fellow Tamara Mann Tweel as she compares American models of individualism with traditional Jewish models of community, and considers how we can use these models to care for our democracy in the current political environment.
This program is the first in a three-part series, Heading to the Polls: American Jewish Civics in a Post-October 7 World. Across the political and religious spectrum, American Jews have felt deeply unsettled by events in Israel and America. Like all Americans, we are affected by the all-time high levels of polarization pervading this contentious presidential election. Simultaneously, since the Hamas attack on October 7 and throughout the ensuing months of war, we have been concerned about Israel and rising anti-Zionism and antisemitism in America.
Join Shalom Hartman Institute scholars for this series exploring the implications of this defining moment on American Jewish civic identity.
