Jun 01, 2022
The American Jewish community has long used the metaphor of a “big tent” to describe its aspiration, a vision that it could tolerate a broad spectrum of viewpoints on Israel. This idea may have originated as a way of being inclusive, but it often functions in the opposite: as a rigid policing of boundaries that designates some views as outside the range of acceptable communal discourse. This in turn gives rise to hostility and criticism of the Jewish community and the ideas that it built the tent around.
Join Yehuda Kurtzer as he explores the challenges and opportunities of ideological pluralism, and how we might foster an ethic of inclusion in the Chicago Jewish community.
Lecture will be followed by a conversation and Q&A with Yehuda Kurtzer and Rabbis Michael Siegel, Shoshanah Conover, and David Wolkenfeld moderated by Jason Rosensweig.
Presented in partnership with Anshe Emet Synagogue, Temple Sholom of Chicago, and Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation.
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