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SUMMARY:Boundaries and Belonging: Creating A Synagogue Community of Meaning
DESCRIPTION:Series: Boundaries and Belonging: Creating A Synagogue Communit
 y of Meaning\nIn our fragmented world\, how can the synagogue be a nexus o
 f community and connection? At a time of radical individuality\, what is t
 he value of communal life? How can we straddle the tension between nurturi
 ng a community of belonging with the need for boundaries? Who is an “ins
 ider” and who is an “outsider” in the modern American synagogue? Wha
 t are the obstacles to the inclusive\, pluralistic synagogue today?Join th
 e Shalom Hartman institute of North America for a community conversation t
 hat explores these questions that are vital to our Conservative synagogues
  in Westchester. Learn together with Hartman’s world-renowned scholars\,
  including (names and pics) Yehuda Kurtzer\, Mijal Bitton\, Justin Pines\,
  Lauren Berkun.\n\nLearn more and register at shalomhartman.org/boundaries
 belonging\n\nSession One: What are the Meanings of Jewish Identity in a Bo
 undaryless age?\nYehuda Kurtzer – December 13\, 2022\nJewish American id
 entity\, though always diverse\, used to have a set of shared and recogniz
 able features. As contemporary identities have become increasingly complex
  and layered\, Jewish identity has as well. What does Jewish identity mean
  todayand how is it prioritized among other commitments? What impact have
  the shifts in what it means to be Jewish and live a Jewish life served to
  both challenge and enrich our synagogue communities?\n\nSession Two: Bein
 g On the Inside: Boundaries and Belonging\nMijal Bitton\, January 19\, 202
 3\nThis session explores the tensions between creating communities belongi
 ng that are still boundaried. In a membership model community\, what does 
 it mean to belong? How do we navigate the tensions between building commun
 ities that are inclusive and preserving a core set of commitments that may
  serve to exclude? How do we create space for a plurality of views on Isra
 el and American politics? What moral issues arise as a result of defining 
 communal boundaries\, intentionally or unintentionally\, that exclude some
  groups or individuals?\n\nSession Three: Thinking beyond Interfaith: New 
 Models for Jewish Community\nJustin Pines\, February 7\, 2023\nFor a long 
 time\, anxiety about intermarriage represented a set of concerns about Jew
 ish continuity. Though many of these concerns no longer reflect the realit
 y of Jewish American life\, many synagogues are concerned about educating 
 their congregants to live knowledgeable\, meaningful Jewish lives. How do 
 we think beyond categories of Jew versus non-Jew? How can we imagine new m
 odels of community?\n\nSession Four: Boundaries and Belonging: Creating A 
 Synagogue Community of Meaning\nLauren Berkun\, March 14\, 2023\nGiven the
  questions and tensions we’ve explored over the course of the past three
  sessions\, how do we build and nourish synagogues that reflect our highes
 t aspirations for Jewish life and community? How can synagogues embody the
  richest possibilities for flourishing Jewish life in the 21st century?
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