Enlightened self-interest is the ethical concept that serving oneself can serve others and vice versa. Given the challenges confronting both Israel and American democracy today, and the very real emerging partisanship around Israel in U.S. politics, what might an American-Jewish version of enlightened self-interest look like? How do solidarity with and advocacy on behalf of Israel align with our deeply held American civic commitments?
In this session recorded on October 30, 2024, Elana Stein Hain thinks through the implications of our manifold commitments as Americans and as Jews.
Other sessions in this series, Heading to the Polls: American Jewish Civics in a Post- October 7 World
