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Monday, February 17 • 9:45am - 11:00am
How (Not) to Talk about God: Heschel and Maimonides in Conversation

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What do we mean when we say "God"? Are we talking about an abstract, distant, unknowable being? A personal God who loves and cares about us? Something else entirely? In this session, we'll explore the very different ways two of Judaism's greatest thinkers-- Maimonides and Abraham Joshua Heschel--thought about God, and ask what we might learn for our own spiritual and religious quests.
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Shai Held

Co-Founder, Dean and Chair in Jewish Thought, Mechon Hadar
Shai Held, a leading Jewish theologian, scholar, and educator, is Co-Founder and Dean of Mechon Hadar. He is a 2011 recipient of the prestigious Covenant Award for excellence in Jewish education. Rabbi Held's first book, Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence, was hailed... Read More →

Monday February 17, 2014 9:45am - 11:00am EST
Grove II
  College & High School   Spiritual Practice   Text & Thought

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