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May 19, 26 and June 2, 2025 | What Makes Someone a Jew? with Rabbi Daniel Levine
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What Makes Someone a Jew? with Rabbi Daniel Levine
Mondays - 9:30 am PT | 12:30 am ET
May 19, 26 and June 2
This question in 2025 has deep personal and political consequences with roots in ancient Jewish debates. Rabbi Daniel will trace how ideas of Jewish identity have shifted across time - from biblical categories to the modern crises of belonging. We will explore why there has never been one clear answer to the question of Jewish identity and why the debate itself may be essential to Jewish continuity.
May 19 | “Jewishness” in Ancient Israel
May 26 | Antisemitism, Assimilation, and Jewish Identity
June 2 | The Contemporary Debate