Tag: Particularism

Rabbi Marc Katz reflects on the recent events in Gaza where over 100 Palestinians were killed trying to obtain food from an aid convoy.
The debate between particularism and universalism in Jewish thought has been ongoing since Jews emerged from the ghettos in the 19th century.
Joshua Holo responds to Elli Fischer's critique of Michael Chabon's commencement address at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR).
In "The Origins of Jewish Universalism: What it is, and Why it Matters," Malka Simkovich explores how Jewish universalist ideas were prevalent in the late Second Temple period, challenging the perception of Judaism as solely particularistic.