with Rabbi Jaffe

Prior to the founding of the state of Israel, 19th and 20th century figures debated the merits of Zionism and what a Jewish state might look like.  What would the Jewish state be called and how would it express both particularistic aspects of Jewish peoplehood with a universalistic system of democracy?  Would the Jewish state understand Judaism religiously or culturally?  And what would be its connection to world Jewry?  Together we will explore thinkers such as Theodore Herzl, Ahad Ha’Am, Zev Jabotinsky, Franz Rosensweig, Martin Buber and Rabbi Abraham Isaac Cook.  Join us in exploring the roots of those issues which continue to be debated today.   

Light breakfast will be provided and sponsored by the Resnick Fund.