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Chevruta: The Risk of Justice Work

JL;DR SUMMARY Maya Rosen and Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein engage in a chevruta, exploring the ethical challenges faced by activists in the West Bank through Jewish texts. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Tags

TalmudWest BankActivismJewish TextsEthical DilemmasAyşenur Ezgi EygiProtective PresenceMaya RosenRabbi Aryeh BernsteinHolocaust Era Responsa

Places mentioned

Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania
"There is a very chilling legal response from 1941 by Rabbi Ephraim Oshry, the rabbi of the Kovne Ghetto."
Masafaryata, Hebron, Palestinian Territories
"Because the residents of Masafaryata are experiencing so much risk, or the residents of indigenous communities who are being bulldozed by pipelines or whoever it's going to be."
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Retrieved 2025-05-15 05:30:24 UTC
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