Exploring Ethics of Our Fighters by Shlomo Brody

Session One:
Strength as a Virtue: The Changing Self-Image of The Jew
Transitioning to one’s own Land called for a rejection of passivity and powerlessness. This was not easily accepted by Diaspora Jews accustomed to believing in the courage advocated for in Pirkei Avot: self-restraint. Texts will speak to this issue.

Coffee Break

Session Two:
Dirty Hands and the Ethics of Responsibility
How does one deal with national self-interest and partiality while respecting ethical constraints? How is a leader meant to confront conflicting values?

Bracha Feder has shared her passion for learning and teaching with teens, adults and teachers for years. She holds an M.A. in Jewish Thought and Education from the Hebrew University. She was Instructor of Ethics in Jewish Living for the Florence Melton Adult Mini School of the Hebrew University in Toronto for 12 years.

Currently, she offers Synagogue Adult Education courses on topics such as Jewish Thought, Tanakh, Tefillah, Shabbat and Holy Days. Since moving to Jerusalem, Bracha has taught in the Oded Adult Education Program and for Parashat Hashavua study groups.

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