{"id":9556,"date":"2014-05-16T20:55:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T17:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=9556"},"modified":"2014-11-16T20:57:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T18:57:45","slug":"never-ending-debate","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/project\/never-ending-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Never Ending Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"[null,2,&quot;Fein argues that the tensions between particularism and universalism can and should never be resolved. He believes that this is a tension that is \\&quot;meant not only to challenge us but also to enliven us.\\&quot; He believes Rabbi Hillel's statements, \\&quot;If I am not for myself, who will be for me?\\&quot; and \\&quot;If I am only for myself, what am I?\\&quot; are meant to be heard simultaneously , despite the tension. He notes that Hillel asks a final question, \\&quot;If not now, when?\\&quot; using it to argue that, \\&quot;the tension cannot be used as an excuse. We are bound to act, the tension notwithstanding.\\&quot;&quot;]\" data-sheets-userformat=\"[null,null,14592,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,null,null,[null,2,2236962],&quot;calibri,arial,sans,sans-serif&quot;,11]\">Fein argues that the tensions between particularism and universalism can and should never be resolved. He believes that this is a tension that is &quot;meant not only to challenge us but also to enliven us.&quot; He believes Rabbi Hillel's statements, &quot;If I am not for myself, who will be for me?&quot; and &quot;If I am only for myself, what am I?&quot; are meant to be heard simultaneously , despite the tension. He notes that Hillel asks a final question, &quot;If not now, when?&quot; using it to argue that, &quot;the tension cannot be used as an excuse. We are bound to act, the tension notwithstanding.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fein argues that the tensions between particularism and universalism can and should never be resolved. He believes that this is a tension that is &quot;meant not only to challenge us but also to enliven us.&quot; He believes Rabbi Hillel's statements, &quot;If I am not for myself, who will be for me?&quot; and &quot;If I am&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","dt_portfolio_category":[101,121,97],"dt_portfolio_tags":[],"coauthors":[136],"class_list":["post-9556","dt_portfolio","type-dt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-publication","dt_portfolio_category-concept-ideology","dt_portfolio_category-peoplehood-papers-en","dt_portfolio_category-particularism-vs-universalism-2","dt_portfolio_category-101","dt_portfolio_category-121","dt_portfolio_category-97","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/9556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/9556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dt_portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio_category?post=9556"},{"taxonomy":"dt_portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio_tags?post=9556"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.jpeoplehood.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}