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Saturday, February 15 • 9:30pm - 10:45pm
The Hunger Games and Jewish Philosophy

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Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games triology takes us to a dystopian world where children are pitted against each other in a fight to the death, people in the Capitol region live a life of luxury with plenty of everything while people in every other part of Panem are violently oppressed and are starving.  We will look at some of the classics of Jewish philosophy especially Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Mordechai Kaplan.  Where is God in the Hunger Games?  Does faith have a role in that society?  Be ready to discuss and debate!  (No background necessary)
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Russell Braman

Russell Braman is the principal of The Ivry Prozdor High School program at The Jewish Theological Seminary. He has worked in public high schools, supplementary schools, and Jewish summer camp. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin (2002) and the American Jewish University in Los Angeles (2009), with a dual-Masters degree in Education and in Nonprofit Management. Russell has worked with high school campers at B'nai B'rith Camp in... Read More →

Saturday February 15, 2014 9:30pm - 10:45pm
Aspen I & II
  College & High School   Identity & Global Culture   Text & Thought

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