DC: Jewish Reckoning with Power: A Halachic Left Learning Series
Sunday, May 17, 2026, 13:00 -
Sunday, May 17, 2026, 17:00
Event duration 4 hours
General Admission:
USD 0.00
About DC: Jewish Reckoning with Power: A Halachic Left Learning Series
Join HL as we learn from Rabbi Avigayil Halpern, Prof. Sam Shuman, and Rabbi Amelia Wolf!
Come to our second event in Jewish Reckoning with Power: A Halachic Left Learning Series -- with future events planned in Los Angeles, Chicago, and NYC. Each event will be livestreamed/recorded in order to allow everyone to watch speakers in other cities.
About the series:
Much of our recent Torah, writing, and teaching has engaged directly with the urgent realities of Israel/Palestine. In this program, we are intentionally stepping back, toward a broader and more abstract question that underlies so many of those conversations: How does Jewish tradition understand, justify, resist, and reckon with power?
Each day of learning will feature shiurim from multiple teachers exploring different dimensions of Jewish engagement with power: textual, halachic, historical, and ethical. While the sessions will not all address the same sources or case studies, together they aim to open a shared conversation and provide conceptual tools that can deepen our Torah learning and inform contemporary Jewish moral and political thinking.
Light lunch and snacks will be served -- please RSVP so we can estimate how much to order!
*** We believe in learning Torah from all. Speaking does not imply agreement with Halachic Left's political positions. Institutional affiliations are for identification purposes only.
Shiur descriptions forthcoming!
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Sunday, May 17, 2026, 13:00
Sunday, May 17, 2026, 17:00
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Halachic Left is a grassroots movement of halachically-observant Jews advocating for our communities to oppose Jewish supremacy, support ending the Israeli military control and occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, and work for a just and equitable future for Israelis and Palestinians. We share a common experience of belonging to institutions where uncritical support for Israel is a nearly universal assumption, and our views are marginalized and ignored. We are united in our belief that we should not need to compromise on our values to be a part of religious communities. Halachic Left is a Diaspora organization working within observant communities to change the narrative on Israel and Palestine. Our commitment to halacha compels us to speak out against the right-wing voices twisting our traditions to their own ends. Similarly, we add Jewish religious voices to the American left, demonstrating that observant people can and do play a key role in progressive movements.