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WED 1 MAR 10.30–14.30
ONLINE EVENTS
A Guide for the Jewish Undecided
In Association with the Rabin Chair Forum
of The George Washington University
Samuel Lebens | Chair: Raphael Zarum
Is it rational to be religious? How much evidence do you need
before deciding to act on a belief? If your religious beliefs are
tightly bound up with your particular experiences and upbringing,
doesn’t that undermine their reliability? In his new book, A
Guide for the Jewish Undecided: A Philosopher Makes the Case
for Orthodox Judaism, Samuel Lebens argues that Jewish faith
and practice can be firmly grounded in philosophy, science and
decision theory alongside tradition. In conversation with fellow
rabbi and author Raphael Zarum.
Online
10.30–11.30
FREE
Golda Meir’s Path to Power
In Association with Lockdown University and with the Rabin Chair
Forum of the George Washington University
Pnina Lahav | Chair: Trudy Gold
In her innovative biography, Pnina Lahav focuses on Israel’s first
and only female prime minister’s recurring role as a woman standing
alone among men. Despite derision from colleagues, Golda Meir led in
establishing Israel as a welfare state, before withdrawing from politics
after the near-disaster of the Yom Kippur War. In conversation with
historian Trudy Gold.
Online
12.00–13.00
£7.50
Dani Shapiro: Signal Fires
In Association with the Rabin Chair Forum
of The George Washington University
Dani Shapiro
Family secrets were at the heart of Dani Shapiro’s memoir Inheritance,
a New York Times bestseller sparked by a shocking discovery that
made her rethink her identity, and now again in her sixth novel Signal
Fires, a book of the year for the Washington Post, Time & Vanity Fair.
And with her iTunes Top 10 podcast titled Family Secrets, it feels safe
to say that this will be a theme of our special transatlantic online event
with one of America’s most popular authors.
Online
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13.30–14.30
£7.50