Interfaith Friday: “The Creation Story & Humanity’s Homework: A Jewish Take”
Exploring Democracy • Educational, 21-Aug-2020
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, August 21, 2020.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz continues the Interfaith Friday Series from the Jewish perspective.
Schwarz, a social entrepreneur, author and teacher, is currently a Senior Fellow at Hazon, a national organization based in New York. Schwarz founded and led PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values for 21 years; its work centered on integrating Jewish learning, Jewish values and social responsibility.
This program is made possible by the Eileen and Warren Martin Lectureship for Emerging Studies in Bible and Theology.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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