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Martin Buber may be the most provocative Jewish thinker since Baruch Spinoza. At home in traditional Jewish life, raised in the heartland of Jewish Poland, he rebelled against tradition. His interest in spirituality led him to rethink ethics, most famously in his notion of I and Thou, a theory of relationships, and his commitment to the Jewish people led him to Zionism and the land of Israel. Yet his heterodoxy in both areas led others to critique him as neither a Jewish philosopher nor as a Jewish nationalist. We will consider his life and work and what that tells us about both the boundaries and content of contemporary Jewish life. 

Rabbi David Starr, PhD is the Executive Director of Tzion, a Program for Israel Literacy, and a Research Associate of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry, Brandeis University.  He previously served as Scholar in Residence for Israel Education & Programs at Gann Academy.  He was the founding Dean of Me’ah and Vice President at Hebrew College, and teaches history and religion for the Wexner Heritage Program.  David currently is writing a biography of Solomon Schechter and a study of Me’ah and its impact on adults and community.  He holds a doctorate in history and Jewish studies from Columbia, and rabbinic ordination from JTS.

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