The Moral Dilemma Created by a Religious Canon: Reflections on How to Read, How to Teach, How to Live

Name: The Moral Dilemma Created by a Religious Canon: Reflections on How to Read, How to Teach, How to Live
Start: 2025-04-29T12:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-29T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Virtual

April 29 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Free

With Rabbi David Aaron, Ph.D.
Professor of Hebrew Bible and History of Interpretation

Tuesday, April 29
12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. Israel
Hybrid Event: In person and on Zoom

Engaging with religious canon potentially raises questions that challenge a person’s or community’s ethical values. David Aaron explores these questions through the lens of Pirke Avot, one of the central compilations of Jewish ethical teachings of the Rabbinic period.

Details

Date:: April 29
Time:: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Cost:: Free
Event Tags:: Ethics, Jewish
Website:: https://huc.edu/libraries/library-events/library-event-registration/

Organizer

: Hebrew Union College

Venue

: Virtual