Children and The Right to Vote

Daniel Weinstock, Ph.D., Director, McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy; Katherine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy in the Faculties of Law and of Arts, McGill University
Rabbi Dvora E. Weisberg, Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Rabbinics; Director, School of Rabbinical Studies, HUC
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., HUC President; Moderator

How does Judaism view the role of children’s authority in communal life and how does age affect political judgment? Discover how political thought intersects with Judaism’s rich textual tradition about the points at which children are deemed responsible for their actions and competent to make decision and commitments that require mature intent and awareness.