Scholar-in-Residence Weekend - Spirituality and Activism: The Legacy of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel with Rabbi Gordon Tucker
Saturday, March 4, 2023 • 11 Adar 5783
9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
9:00 AM Shabbat Morning Services with Sermon by Rabbi Tucker
12:30 PM Lunch and Learn: Heschel on Racism and Systemic Injustice
Injustice can result not only from illegal acts and corruption, but from the workings of the law itself. We will examine rabbinic acknowledgments of this unfortunate phenomenon of systemic injustice, and then we will consider what Heschel discovered along
these lines in the United States and how that spurred him to form alliances for action.
As vice chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, Rabbi Gordon Tucker focuses on enhancing Jewish life at JTS, enriching our study of Judaism with the joy and deep understanding that only lived experience can provide. A leading scholar and interpreter of Conservative Judaism, he also articulates the enduring power of JTS’s compelling approach to Jewish law and Jewish life. He was ordained at JTS in 1975 after receiving his A.B. at Harvard College. He also earned a PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University. Rabbi Tucker served from 1994 to 2018 as senior rabbi of Temple Israel Center in White Plains, NY. Under his leadership, the synagogue flourished and was characterized by vibrant communal life and an exceptional devotion to Jewish learning.
The Scholar-in-Residence program is made possible by the vision and generosity of the
Dollye and I. Wolford Berman Educational Initiative Grant.
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