A Different Kind of Synagogue | Judaism Beyond Belief
TISHA B’AV WEDNESDAY EVENING JULY 22nd at 7:00 PM
Author and journalist Emily Tamkin will return with us to explore the end of the transformative phrase of our time: “We are one”
Not so long-ago slogans like, “We are one,” “representing the Jewish people,” and “speaking with one voice” defined American Jewish communal life. Now the Jewish community is clearly and openly divided on almost every issue. How did we get to the point that we thought we were past the old joke, “Two Jews three opinions” and believed that Jewish unity was of primary importance? Why has it fallen apart? As always on Tisha B’Av, we explore what was lost and how we have adapted to new realities.
Journalist and author Emily Tamkin has written for the The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Forward, Haaretz, The Washington Post, Smithsonian magazine. Her books are Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities and The Influence of Soros: Politics, Power, and the Struggle for an Open Society. She will soon publish a book on remembering the Holocaust. She is uniquely qualified to guide us through understanding the issues and relationships that define the shift that we are living through.
It’s like talking in Jerusalem that Av summer when the smoke was pouring out of the Temple.
