R. David Kasher: Klal Yisrael and Beyond: Balancing Communal Obligations with Civic Responsibilities
Are our primary responsibilities always to our own community? Or do Jews in the diaspora also have a religious obligation to contribute to the general social welfare - perhaps even to get involved in local politics? When Jews have political, social, or financial capital - how should we spend it? Rabbinic tradition offers no easy answers to these questions, but instead presents us with complex and nuanced attempts to balance universal ideals with practical communal concerns. Together we will review various approaches within this tradition - mishnaic, medieval, mystical and modern - and attempt…
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