Finding a seat in the synagogue

Class Title – Finding a seat in the synagogue

Class taught by Levi Cooper

Class description: During the 2020 High Holy Days, communities around the world were faced with tough decisions: Is it safe to pray together? Can we accommodate everyone? If not, how do we decide who gets a seat? Perhaps we should shorten the service? If so, which parts can we omit? We will travel back to 1831 when these very questions were addressed in Prussia during the Second Cholera Pandemic.

Levi Cooper

Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper is Senior Faculty at Pardes, teaching Jewish Law and Hasidut. He holds an LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D from Bar-Ilan University, where he currently teaches in their Faculty of Law. Levi has been awarded multiple post-doctoral research grants, held academic visitor and educational advisory roles in Europe and Asia, and written extensively for academic publications.

Known as the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi hails from Australia. He currently lives in Zur Hadassa, where he has served as rabbi since 2005, co-founded the Lavi Primary School, and spearheaded other communal initiatives.

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