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Sunday, February 19 • 10:30am - 11:45am
The Torah of Refugees: The Commandment to Love the "Stranger"

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The book of Leviticus tells us that we are obligated to love our neighbor, but also-- and more radically-- that we are obligated to love the ger, the stranger-immigrant-refugee who has come to live among us.  In this session, we'll carefully explore the biblical verses that develop this commandment and see how they fit into the Torah's larger project of creating a society that is everything Egypt was not.
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Shai Held

Co-Founder, Dean and Chair in Jewish Thought, Mechon Hadar
Shai Held, a leading Jewish theologian, scholar, and educator, is Co-Founder and Dean of Mechon Hadar. He is a 2011 recipient of the prestigious Covenant Award for excellence in Jewish education. Rabbi Held's first book, Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence, was hailed... Read More →

Sunday February 19, 2017 10:30am - 11:45am PST
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