What We Celebrate When We Celebrate Hanukkah: Four Theories on Unsettled Question
Jewish Ideas to Change the World
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Show Notes
A hybrid event with Rabbi Ben Greenfield.
About The Event:
Classic Rabbinic sources offer very different answers to a key Hanukkah question: what exactly are we celebrating on this holiday? From Medieval Zionism to Rabbinic Pacifism, we'll explore 5 vital “retellings” of the Hanukkah story with very different takes on these 8 days.
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About The Speaker:
Ben Greenfield serves as Scholar in Residence, VBM Las Vegas, and as the Director of Jewish Learning at The Adelson Upper School in Las Vegas. Ben trained at Gush, Yeshiva University, Johns Hopkins, and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, where he was a Wexner Graduate Fellow. His original studies in Jewish thought have received several national prizes and can be found on Tablet and the Lehrhaus.
*The event was the first official launch of VBM Las Vegas*