AJWS Bites of Jewish Justice Lunchtime
Exploring the Jewish Prophetic Response in the World
Thursday, 5/23 – 12:30p.m. – 1:30p.m.
AJWS Building, 131 Steuart St. San Francisco, CA
Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Congregation Netivot Shalom
What would Jeremiah, Isaiah, or Abraham Joshua Heschel have said about urban gun violence in America? Global hunger? Modern slavery? What would Jewish sacred civic engagement sound like? Is there concern in light of American church and state issues? Is civic engagement a Jewish mandate?