Congregation Netivot Shalom

Oct. 25, 2009,  "The Necessity of Windows", audio, handout

Rabbi Creditor presents: "The Necessity of Windows" Celebrating Rabbi Creditor's chapter in the newly published book:  "Torah Queeries" (NYU Press)!  The portrayal of Jewish tradition as a self-contained system freezes a naturally evolving civilization into a limited legal tradition based on one moment in its history. This reduction of tradition not only translates inherited tradition into the realm of "untouchability", but it also rejects the validity and holiness of the outside world. Join this conversation with Rabbi Creditor, discussing a Judaism most authentically practiced when its religious leadership, in a process of healthy assimilation, combines the best of the inside with the best of the outside.