Ep. 4 - Citizenship in the Modern Orthodox Community

The Grand Conversation: The Machon Siach Podcast

Nov 01 2020 | 00:31:38

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Show Notes

In this episode of The Grand Conversation, Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz discusses a research group Machon Siach convevned after the 2016 elections to take a step back and examine several core questions: What aspects of citizenship should be essential to American Modern Orthodox Jews? How do we educate our students towards broader civic engagement in addition to advocacy for parochial concerns? What impact does our commitment to religious Zionism and Medinat Yisrael have on our obligations as citizens?

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