Jewish Peoplehood
In this contemporary midrash (legend) David Zvi Kalman imagines the giving of the Torah to each individual Israelite, and to the Jewish People at the same time.
In this contemporary midrash (legend) David Zvi Kalman imagines the giving of the Torah to each individual Israelite, and to the Jewish People at the same time.
The author brings her experience with engaging unaffiliated young Jewish adults and argues that one key element of fostering Jewish Peoplehood is through the building of meaningful relationship between individuals from different backgrounds.
In this collection, 20 short articles grapple with the following questions: “What does Peoplehood mean? Why is it important? How do we nurture it?” It is interesting to note that the younger the age of the contributors the stronger the shift from the content of Peoplehood to the nature of the relations it entails. While…