The Well's Jewish learning partnership with the Shalom Hartman Institute is back for our second installment!
At this session, we're going to dive into ideas of Solidarity, Empathy, and Action. We're thinking about questions like these: Does in group solidarity inhibit or inspire empathy towards the other? What is the dynamic between group loyalty and empathy? How do we balance our care for those close to us and our moral obligations towards those who are farther away?
We will look at several models of Jewish particularism and universalism in an attempt to explore whether a love of one’s own lies in contrast to or compliments a love for the other.
We'll be joined by Shalom Hartman Institute Senior Faculty and Rabbi Shoshana Cohen. Learn more about her in the bio below.
Due to the generosity of donors, there is no cost to attend. Please note that this program is available exclusively for young adults, approximately ages 21-40. Space is limited and advance registration is required. The location will be sent to registered attendees the day before the program. While this event is part of a series, participants do not need to have attended the previous session, and there is no committment to attend any future sessions.
Learn more about Rabbi Shoshana Cohen, guest educator for the 2/12 session:
Rabbi Shoshana Cohen is a Senior Faculty member and serves as teacher and mentor for North American gap-year students studying in Israel, preparing them for Jewish life in college, and supporting them after they return to their campuses in North America. She was also a member of Cohort II of the Created Equal Fellowship. Prior to coming to Hartman Shoshana was a senior faculty member at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem for over a decade where she taught Talmud, Midrash and Gender Studies. She has served as scholar-in-residence in communities across the US.
Shoshana was the educational director of ATZUM’s Takum, a social justice beit midrash housed at the CY. She has completed advanced studies at Hebrew University, Matan and the Hartman Institute and has rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes. She is a founding member of Reshut haRabim, the Jerusalem Forum for Jewish Renewal Organizations. Lecturing in Hebrew and in English she has been on the faculty of the Drisha Institute, the Hartman Girl’s High School, Yeshivat Talpiot, and Yeshivat Hadar.
