Hartman Senior Educators Forum 2015-16
Justice and Righteousness: Personal Ethics and National Aspirations
What does it mean to be a faith, a people, and nation that aspires to bring justice and righteousness to the world? Join the Shalom Hartman Institute and Toronto senior Jewish educators for an inspiring journey of study and discovery.
Beginning November 2015, the Shalom Hartman Senior Educators Forum at The Lola Stein Institute will again probe Jewish tradition through the dynamic combination of world class scholars, study of original text and open forum discussion.
Visiting faculty from the Shalom Hartman Institute will meet with Toronto’s Jewish educational leadership over eight lunch hours throughout the academic year. Participating leaders include heads of day and supplementary schools, Jewish studies departments and other senior educators. 2015-2016 marks the Senior Educators Forum’s fifth year of study.
This year the Forum will engage with notions of justice and righteousness as Jewish values and a personal religious path. We will also examine the import of justice and righteousness in the public square in North America and Israel.
We will ask:
2015-16 Dates and more Course Information
Beginning November 2015, the Shalom Hartman Senior Educators Forum at The Lola Stein Institute will again probe Jewish tradition through the dynamic combination of world class scholars, study of original text and open forum discussion.
Visiting faculty from the Shalom Hartman Institute will meet with Toronto’s Jewish educational leadership over eight lunch hours throughout the academic year. Participating leaders include heads of day and supplementary schools, Jewish studies departments and other senior educators. 2015-2016 marks the Senior Educators Forum’s fifth year of study.
This year the Forum will engage with notions of justice and righteousness as Jewish values and a personal religious path. We will also examine the import of justice and righteousness in the public square in North America and Israel.
We will ask:
- What does justice mean? What does righteousness mean?
- Do these notions evolve in the Jewish tradition?
- What is the human responsibility for a just society?
- Do justice and righteousness lose their meaning if claimed at opposing poles of political and religious differences?
- Can righteousness blur into self-righteousness?
- Is a personal pursuit of justice different than a national pursuit?
- Do we in the North American Jewish community speak differently about justice than the Israeli community? If so, what are the implications?
- What are the calls for justice in World Jewry today? Are they different in Israel?
2015-16 Dates and more Course Information