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Join us for a
JTS Day of Learning
“What is the Good Life?
Happiness and Fulfillment in the Jewish Tradition”
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Congregation Har Shalom
11510 Falls Road Potomac, MD A celebration of adult Jewish learning featuring JTS’s outstanding and diverse faculty and fellows:
Dr. Eitan Fishbane, Associate Professor of Jewish Thought
Rabbi David Hoffman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Talmud and Rabbinics
Dr. David Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
Dr. Michal Raucher, JTS fellow and Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati
$36 for advance registration, includes all program materials and refreshments
$54 at the door
Childcare is available at no cost with registration by March 30
About the Program
How do we live a “good life?” What is the meaning of happiness? Jewish philosophers, poets, and sages have reflected deeply on these questions. Together we will explore a range of Jewish sources and consider what they suggest about how to live as individuals and as members of Jewish and global communities. We will compare Jewish philosophic conceptions of “the good life” to contemporary American definitions and discuss the role of values, ethics, and Torah in the quest for a well-lived life.
Program begins at 1:00pm and concludes at 5:15pm
Keynote: Dr. David Kraemer – “Are Joy and Satisfaction Goals of ‘The Good Life’ in Judaism?” Sponsored in partnership with Congregation Har Shalom, JCC of Greater Washington,
Kehilat Shalom, Kol Shalom, Shaare Torah, and The Foundation for Jewish Studies
(partners in formation)
Questions? Please contact: Congregation Har Shalom: Erika Balser, [email protected] or 301-299-7087, ext. 228 JTS: Tani Schwartz-Herman, [email protected] or 212-678-8996 |