What Gives? The Jewish Philanthropy Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Judaism
Episode 43 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network. Rabbi Leon Morris, President of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about his essay in Sources, "In Defense of Surrender in Liberal Jewish Life." Morris argues that a Jewish response to individual agency having eclipsed every other important value is necessary, and can be done through a sense of surrender (of our defenses, our time, and our notion of isolated individualism) to community, rather than submission to authority. Leon talks about what he finds exciting about pluralistic spaces, how thoroughly modern Jews are having trouble finding places for Jewishness in their lives, the enormous relevance that traditional texts still have for our modern time, and what gives him hope for the Jewish future.
Works referenced in this episode:
Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Helping Jews Find Meaning
Rokhl Kafrissen: Hungry for Jewish Education
Barry Finestone: Shifting Strategic Approaches
Naomi Adler: Solving Jewish poverty
Bonus episode: At Home in the World? (Sukkot 5780)
Yossi Prager: Philanthropy's place in Jewish life
Gali Cooks: Leadership and People in the Jewish Workforce
Rabbi David Wolpe: Jewish Identity, Authenticity, and Unity
Ilia Salita: Russian-Speaking Jews and World Jewry
Lisa Eisen: Making Jewish life relevant, inclusive, and compelling
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