Join us at Temple Micah as we hear from Dr. Ruth Calderon, one of Israel’s leading figures spearheading efforts to revive Hebrew Culture and a pluralistic Israeli-Jewish identity. Dr. Calderon’s presentation, entitled “Are Unaffiliated Jews a Denomination, might this be the revolution of Israeli Jewish Identity we are waiting for?” will outline whether after 75 years of sovereignty, the Secular majority of Israeli Jews is ready to reclaim Torah.
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Please note: this event will take place in-person only; no online option is available.
Dr. Ruth Calderon is a former research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and one of Israel’s leading figures spearheading efforts to revive Hebrew Culture and a pluralistic Israeli-Jewish identity.
She co-established ELUL, the first beit midrash in which secular and religious women and men studied and taught together. In 1996 in Tel Aviv, she founded in ALMA, a Jewish liberal arts program for advanced learning and is the author of A Bride for One Night (2001), a personal homiletic reading of Talmudic legends, and Talmudic Alpha Beta (2014).
From 2013-2015, she was a Knesset Member from the Yesh Atid Party, where she was Deputy Speaker, member of the education and state control committees, and Chairperson of the Lobby for Jewish Renewal.
She holds a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Talmud from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Biography courtesy of hartman.org.