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Executive Learning Seminar 2019: Is There a Place for Tribalism in the 21st Century

Introduction

Israel seems to be the people of one – one people, one Temple, one God. Twelve tribes? Ever since the brothers sold Joseph into slavery it seems that the tribal element has brought nothing but strife to our story. Nevertheless, this class will explore the particular quality which the tribes add to the covenant and consider what it may have to offer to our fragmented world today.

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This session was given by Rabbi Mike Feuer as part of the Summer 2019 Pardes Executive Learning Seminar.

Missed the 2019 Summer Seminar, but want to explore this topic with us at the Winter Seminar this December 29, 2019-January 2, 2020? Register online today for the early bird rate at: www.pardes.org.il/seminar.  Or join us for the Summer 2020 Pardes Learning Seminar on Who Am I? The Complexity of Identity in the 21st Century. June 28-July 2, 2020. Details and registration opens today at: www.pardes.org.il/seminar.

Credits:
Rav Mike Feuer – Host and Faculty
Adam Titcher – Executive Producer

Mike Feuer

Rabbi Mike Feuer teaches Striving for the Divine, Rav Kook, and Jewish History at Pardes. He studied at Yeshivat HaMivtar, the Mir Yeshiva, and Sulam Yaakov, where he received rabbinic ordination and later served as Educational Director. Mike’s teaching combines rigorous textual analysis with a deep love of the poetry and spirituality found in Torah.

Since making aliyah in 2001, he has been the program director of a post-high school yeshiva and taught history, Jewish thought, and Bible in several Jerusalem yeshivot and midrashot. Today, as a consultant, spiritual counselor and creator of the Jewish Story podcast, Mike is driven by the power of story to shape our world.

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