Mutual Responsibility – Video
The concept of mutual responsibility between Jews is explained in this short and engaging video clip from the CJPE.
Does Jewish Peoplehood Have a Future?
In this video talk Dr Noam Pianko, Director of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington, looks back at the origins of the term "Jewish Peoplehood". Finding it in the 1930s and 40s he then asks whether it is still a useful concept for the 21st Century and offers a new…
Peoplehood Papers 14: Sustainability and Jewish Peoplehood
This collection of 16 essays on the topic of sustainability and its connection to Jewish Peoplehood is a partnership between the CJPE and Siach. With shmita as the framework, authors from different disciplines consider what sustainability means for the Jewish People in the 21st Century. Some take an activist stance and call on us to…
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.
Peoplehood Papers 13: What does Peoplehood mean? Why is it important? How do we nurture it?
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…