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The Idea Accelerator Model: from Seeding to Scaling

We’re at an inflection point in contemporary Jewish history. Inside the Beltway, the Bubble, the Echo Chamber, innovation and social entrepreneurship are in full swing. Programs to support Jewish non-profit startups are proliferating to general delight and acclaim. I have to pinch myself every time I hear someone use a phrase like “The Next Aaron Bisman” or “The Next Hadar”. Meanwhile, in the real world -- the one that starts just west of Riverside Drive and stretches till you cross the I-5 -- the overwhelming majority of people have yet to hear about the current Aaron Bisman or the current Hadar. They don’t know they exist yet and have no idea what good things await them when they do.

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Susan Berrin: Let's begin our conversation by looking at what defines do-it-yourself (DIY) Judaism today. What's the relationshp between the draw of DIY and a contemporary yearning for community?

Empowering Judaism

When many of us think of the American synagogue, we think of the good times: the times in the 1950s when pews were fuller than ever, more synagogues were built and built more lavishly than ever before, and the synagogue — like the church —was the center of religious and family life in America.

Wednesdays, 7:30 -- 9 pm (2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3)
Cost: $5 per class
Location: Yeshivat Hadar, 190 Amsterdam Ave (at 69th St)

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Watch Session 1 here:

Piety, Sacrifice, Rebellion and Surrender from Yeshivat Hadar on Vimeo.

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Few texts in the history of Judaism have been as evocative, elusive, and controversial as Genesis 22, the story of the Akedah. Why does God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son, and why does Abraham agree? What are the consequences of this fateful event for Abraham, Isaac, and Sarah-- and for us as readers and students of this text? We'll begin with a close literary and theological exploration of the Biblical text itself, consider the interpretations of Hazal, and then create a multi-faceted conversation among an array of modern Jewish (and Christian) thinkers as they-- and we-- struggle to make sense of this text and its role in Jewish theology and spirituality. Our investigation will include such thinkers as Soren Kierkegaard, Abraham Isaac Kook, Joseph Soloveitchik, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Martin Buber, Phyllis Trible, Uriel Simon, Jon Levenson, and others.

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The Idea Accelerator Model: from Seeding to Scaling

Parallel Track of Continuous Loop

Empowering Judaism

Watch Session 1 here:

Piety, Sacrifice, Rebellion and Surrender from Yeshivat Hadar on Vimeo.


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Welcome!

The Idea Accelerator Model: from Seeding to Scaling

Parallel Track of Continuous Loop

Empowering Judaism

Watch Session 1 here: Piety, Sacrifice, Rebellion and Surrender from Yeshivat Hadar on Vimeo.

Watch Session 1 here:

Piety, Sacrifice, Rebellion and Surrender from Yeshivat Hadar on Vimeo.