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The Past and Future of the Diaspora

Alexander Kaye looks at different Jewish attitudes toward Diaspora and asks how we want to think about the Diaspora going forward.
Alexander Kaye
Photo: Alex Harris/Courtesy of SHI
Photo: Alex Harris/Courtesy of SHI

Alexander Kaye

Dr. Alexander Kaye is a Fellow of the Kogod Research Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. He is the Karl, Harry, and Helen Stoll Assistant Professor of Israel Studies, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Near East and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. He  received a Ph.D. in Jewish history from Columbia University, and a B.A. and M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge. He is ordained as a rabbi, having received

The Past and Future of the Diaspora

Most Jews seem to agree that there is a Jewish Diaspora… but what is it? Is it about geographical location (outside of Israel), is it exile mandated by God, or is it an existential feeling of being an outsider? Is it a characteristic of individuals or the Jewish people as a whole? Is it something to mourn or to celebrate? Should we try to end it or perpetuate it?

In this session, Alexander Kaye looks at many different Jewish attitudes toward Diaspora, historically and in the present moment, and encourages us to ask ourselves how we want to think about the Diaspora going forward.

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

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