Unique Experiences
Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer: Lecture or Dinner & Discussion at Casa Ives-Kurtzer (Bidder's Choice)
- Item Number
- 154
- Estimated Value
- 5000 USD
- Sold
- 2000 USD to sc7bce64a
- Number of Bids
- 2 - Bid History
Item Description
Bidders Choice: Either (a) Public Lecture: Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer will give a lecture on any iEngage topic at an institution of your choice or (b) Dinner and Discussion: Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer will cook a dinner that makes use of the diversity of Jewish ethnic heritage and lead a session on Jewish peoplehood today for up to 8 people at his home.
Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer is the President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and a leading thinker and author on the meaning of Israel to American Jews, the value of the Jewish past to the Jewish present, and questions of leadership and change in American Jewish life.
Yehuda leads the efforts of the Institute across the North American Jewish communal landscape, and teaches widely in the Institute's many platforms for rabbis, lay leaders, Jewish professionals, and leaders of other faith communities.
Yehuda received his doctorate in Jewish Studies from Harvard University and an MA in Religion from Brown University, and is an alumnus of both the Bronfman Youth and Wexner Graduate Fellowships. Previously Yehuda served as a member of the faculty and as the inaugural Chair of Jewish Communal Innovation at Brandeis University.
He is the author of Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past, which offers new thinking to contemporary Jews on navigating the tensions between history and memory, and on how we can relate meaningfully to our past without returning to it.
He lives in New York with his wife Stephanie Ives, Beit Rabban's Head of School, and their three children.
https://hartman.org.il/Faculty_View.asp?Faculty_Id=160
Item Special Note
Deep Frying Optional
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