[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 9 - The Collective Jewish Conversation: Its Role, Purpose and Place in the 21st Century - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] by Arnold Eisen The call for focused conversation about the nature of the Jewish people’s age-old covenant strikes me as exactly right and urgently important. My own work as a scholar has been greatly influenced by the notion that, as … [Read more...] about Including All Jews in the Conversation About Covenant
Peoplehood Papers 9
Jewish Diversity and Its Implications for Jewish Peoplehood: Obstacle or Opportunity
[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 9 - The Collective Jewish Conversation: Its Role, Purpose and Place in the 21st Century - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] by Steven M. Cohen, Jack Ukeles and Ron Miller The recently conducted Jewish Community Study of New York (2011) offers a window on the diversity of the Jewish population, a feat that is both a daunting challenge to Jewish Peoplehood as well as … [Read more...] about Jewish Diversity and Its Implications for Jewish Peoplehood: Obstacle or Opportunity
Jewish Peoplehood: The Values of Collective Action
[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 9 - The Collective Jewish Conversation: Its Role, Purpose and Place in the 21st Century - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] by Jerry Silverman Mina is in her late 80s, and for more than four decades has lived alone in an apartment in Kiev. This former teacher barely gets by on a meager pension, aided by care packages from the government. Thankfully, a social worker … [Read more...] about Jewish Peoplehood: The Values of Collective Action
Experiencing Jewish Peoplehood, Creating Jewish Connections
[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 9 - The Collective Jewish Conversation: Its Role, Purpose and Place in the 21st Century - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] by Alan Hoffman and Ilan Wagner John Dewey, the preeminent American philosopher of education, based his educational approach on the premise that "there is an intimate and necessary relation between the processes of actual experience and … [Read more...] about Experiencing Jewish Peoplehood, Creating Jewish Connections
Jewish Peoplehood in Hungary: A Challenge and An Opportunity
[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 9 - The Collective Jewish Conversation: Its Role, Purpose and Place in the 21st Century - published by theCenter for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] by Gábor Balázs and Mircea Cernov Who are the leaders of the Jewish community in Hungary today? Who engages and inspires the most creative minds of the young generation? Who is investing in their ideas and mobilizing their networks to revitalize … [Read more...] about Jewish Peoplehood in Hungary: A Challenge and An Opportunity