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How to be a Jew … and a pragmatist

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Marc Katz discusses the pragmatic approach of Yochanan ben Zakkai in preserving Jewish teachings by prioritizing the establishment of a school over saving the Temple. 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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Jewish TraditionJewish EducationJewish CommunityInterfaith MarriageJewish LeadershipReform JudaismAnti ZionismPragmatismTemple DestructionYochanan Ben Zakkai

Places mentioned

Temple Ner Tamid, New Jersey, United States
"Temple Ner Tamid in New Jersey."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Rome was in the process of getting ready to invade Jerusalem."
Rome, Italy
"And so Vespasian is about to leave to go to Rome."

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