Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 8, 2004|Volume 33, Number 6

Event explores the future of Judaism

A panel of leaders of all four major Jewish denominations will reflect on the future of Judaism in America as part of a celebration marking 350 years of Jewish life in this country.

The event, titled "Envisioning the Future of American Judaism," will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. in the Levinson Auditorium of the Law School, 127 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.

Panelists will be leaders of the Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist institutions that ordain virtually all rabbis in the United States. They are Rabbi Yosef Blau of Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (Orthodox); Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (Conservative); Rabbi David Ellenson, president of Hebrew Union College (Reform); and Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Reconstructionist).

Jon Butler, dean of the Graduate School and the Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History and Religious Studies, will provide commentary. Paula Hyman, the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History, will serve as moderator.

"This is an unparalleled opportunity to hear leaders of all the major denominations of American Jewry reflect together on the developments and future of Judaism in America," notes Hyman.

The event is co-sponsored by the Program in Judaic Studies and Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale.

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