Скачать или смотреть Choosing Life: Rabbi Yitz Greenberg in conversation with Rabbi Elie Spitz

This thought-provoking one-hour online conversation, facilitated by Rabbi Elie Spitz with renowned scholar Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, explores powerful insights from Rabbi Greenberg's new magnum opus, The Triumph of Life. Together, they delve into Judaism’s evolving response to modernity, the Holocaust, the founding of the State of Israel, and the emergence of a new era in Jewish thought. Rabbi Greenberg reflects on the covenantal partnership between God and humanity, the central role of human dignity, and Judaism’s enduring call to embrace life and engage in tikkun olam—repairing the world. This intimate dialogue offers a profound and hopeful vision of responsibility, renewal, and the sacred work of shaping a better future.

Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg is President of the J.J. Greenberg Institute for the Advancement of Jewish Life and Senior Scholar in Residence at Hadar. Ordained by Beth Joseph Rabbinical Seminary and holding a PhD from Harvard, Rabbi Greenberg has been a transformative leader in Jewish life. He served as rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center, chaired the Jewish Studies Department at City College, and co-founded CLAL with Elie Wiesel to promote pluralistic Jewish learning. As founding president of the Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation, he helped launch birthright Israel and the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education. A pioneer in Holocaust education, he played a key role in creating the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and served as its chairman. Widely regarded as one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, his newest book, The Triumph of Life, presents a bold vision for a new era in Jewish history.

Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, a spiritual leader and scholar specializing in topics of spirituality and Judaism, teaches, writes and speaks to a wide range of audiences. He served as the rabbi of Congregation B’nai Israel in Tustin, California, for over three decades and served as member of the Rabbinical Assembly Committee on Law and Standards for twenty years. Rabbi Spitz is author of Duets on Psalms: Drawing New Meaning from Ancient Words, co-authored with Rabbi Jack Riemer, Healing from Despair: Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World; Does the Soul Survive? A Jewish Journey to Belief in Afterlife, Past Lives & Living with Purpose and Increasing Wholeness: Jewish Wisdom and Guided Meditations to Strengthen and Calm Body, Heart, Mind and Spirit (all Jewish Lights), and many articles dealing with spirituality and Jewish law. Rabbi Spitz contributed an essay in honor of his grandfather in Menachem Rosensaft’s God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes.