Session 4: Universalism and Particularism

How the relationship between Jewish particularism and Jewish universalism has characterized modern Zionism and debates around Jewish peoplehood today.

Lauren Berkun

May 12, 2020

May 12, 2020

Lauren Berkun

Rabbi Lauren Berkun is a Vice President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where she directs Rabbinic Initiatives and is a member of the senior executive team. She also oversees staff education, training and curriculum development for Hartman’s iEngage project. She is a summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, graduate of Princeton University with a BA in Religion and was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Lauren was a Wexner Graduate Fellow, a

iEngage, Jewish Peoplehood, Hartman@Home, Video

This session explores the relationship between the commitments of Jewish particularism and Jewish universalism, and how the dance between these ideas has characterized the development of modern Zionism and debates around Jewish peoplehood today.

This session is part of a global online course exploring the relationship between Israel and World Jewry through the iEngage series Together & Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood.

/ Global iEngage Virtual Course: Together & Apart