Nov 30, 2010
Speaker: Dr. Jacques Berlinerblau,
Associate Professor and Director of the Program for Jewish
Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at
Georgetown University
Location: Adas Israel Congregation; Washington,
DC
What is "Secular Judaism?" The term "secular Jew" is used by those
who claim to be secular Jews and those who see secular Jews as part
of a malaise afflicting Judaism. But what is it and why does there
seem to be an affinity between secularism and the deeply held
beliefs of the American Jewish community? Dr. Berlinerblau will
look at the history of Judaism with an eye towards understanding
the factors which may predispose Jews to become the secular people
par excellence.