2010
June 2010
Monday 14 June 2010
Mon 14 Jun, 8 pm. 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, 77096. 713-729-3200, joy@jcchouston.org. Jewish Community Center of Houston - [events]
Opening Lecture: A Jewish Take on Universal Humanity Monday, June 14 ยท 8:00 PM What is universal about Western culture and does the Jewish tradition have its own unique articulations of universalism? Dr. Alick Isaacs is a research fellow at the Hartman Institute's Kogod Centre for Contemporary Jewish Thought, teaches at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University and serves as the editor of religious affairs at the interdisciplinary journal Common Knowledge. He is also director of the Talking Peace project, which works to expand the circles of people talking about Middle East peace in Israeli society.