Judaism and Modernity

The Essentiality of Humility

Jewish texts, traditions, and practices define our obligations to one another and help us live more meaningful Jewish lives.
Rabbi Gordon Tucker is a former Research Fellow in the Kogod Research Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

 

Where do truth and friendship intersect? Does being a friend mean giving up claims to absolute truth, or do friendships require a commitment to multiple truths?

In a three-part series, Three Aspects of an Ethic of Friendship, Gordon Tucker explores Jewish texts, traditions, and practices that define our obligations to one another and help us live more meaningful Jewish lives.

Other sessions in this series:

  • Ethics as Character Development
  • Compassion: An Emulation of God’s Friendship

This series is part of Ideas for Today, curated courses by Hartman Institute scholars on the big Jewish ideas of this moment.

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