CBI Cafe: Abraham v. Joshua: The Torah of the stranger v. the Torah of genocide with David Seidenberg
Sunday, February 23, 2025 • 25 Shevat 5785
10:30 AM - 12:00 PMSundays, in person in the CBI Social Hall and on Livestream
10:30-11:00 am: Coffee and nosh
11:00-12:00 pm: Presentation and discussion
No registration required
The intra-Jewish culture wars of today go all the way back to the Bible, where the Torah of kindness to the stranger--Abraham's Torah--directly conflicts with the laws to wipe out the Canaanite nations--Joshua's Torah. But this is not a battle between two equal camps: there is evidence that the Torah of kindness to the stranger is the original Torah, and the Torah of ethnic cleansing is a revanchist effort to change or subvert the purpose of the covenant itself. We will wrestle the conflict as it appears in Scripture and learn about evidence of its historicity.
Rabbi David Seidenberg is the creator of neohasid.org, the author of Kabbalah and Ecology: God's Image in the More-Than-Human World, and the organizer and facilitator of Torah Warriors weekly Torah study, and the Prayground Minyan.
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Sat, February 22 2025
24 Shevat 5785
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FebFebruary 23 , 2025CBI Cafe: Abraham v. Joshua: The Torah of the stranger v. the Torah of genocide with David Seidenberg
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The intra-Jewish culture wars of today go all the way back to the Bible, where the Torah of kindness to the stranger--Abraham's Torah--directly conflicts with the laws to wipe out the Canaanite nations--Joshua's Torah. -
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