To Be a Holy People, Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Eugene Korn

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ABOUT THE EVENT:

This event will be a public conversation with Rabbi Shumly about ethical issues challenging Jewish life today as a follow up to the book Rabbi Eugene Korn has just published. Book description below.

CAN JUDAISM FACE OUR MODERN UNDERSTANDING of justice, equality and human  progress? Can mitsvot survive modernity’s critique of authority and culture of personal autonomy?  To Be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values takes up both ancient and modern moral  questions. Building on biblical and rabbinic traditions, it analyzes how Jewish ethics relates to  Jewish law, justice, fairness, compassion and violence. It also discusses the ethical dimensions of  gender, freedom, universalism and particularism.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

EUGENE KORN holds a doctorate in moral philosophy from Columbia University  and Orthodox rabbinic ordination from Pirchei Shoshanim in Israel. His books include  Jewish  eology and World Religions; Plowshares in Swords?; Covenant and Hope; and   e Jewish Connection to Israel. His writings have been translated into Hebrew, German,  Italian and Spanish. He and his wife, Lila Magnus Korn, live in Jerusalem.