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Purposeful Difference: Talmudic Principles for Communities in Conflict

Christine Hayes explores Talmudic stories that elucidate the complex ethical issues involved when communities navigate difference.
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Dr. Christine Hayes is a Senior Fellow of the Kogod Research Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. She is the Sterling Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University, specializing in talmudic-midrashic studies. She received a BA in the Study of Religion, summa cum laude, from Harvard University and both an MA and PhD from the University of California Berkeley, Department of Near Eastern Studies. Her most recent book, What’s Divine about Divine

Purposeful Difference: Talmudic Practices and Principles for Communities in Conflict

Session 1

Session 2

Through a close reading of Talmudic texts, Christine Hayes explores stories that elucidate the complex ethical issues involved when communities navigate difference and illuminates potential strategies for healing.

NOTE: This program was part of our Summer 2021 Virtual Rabbinic Torah Seminar,  Torah of Possibility for an Uncertain Future

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