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Friday Noon Study Group, August 28  12-1

This Friday, just two weeks before Rosh HaShana,  we will begin discussing Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s On Repentance and Repair:  Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.  

This National Jewish Book Award winning book provides a crucial new lens on atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm—ranging from personal transgressions to our culture’s most painful and unresolved issues.  Rooted in traditional Jewish concepts and the work of medieval philosopher Maimonides, On Repentance and Repair is a book for anyone who cares about creating a country and culture that is more whole than the one in which we live, and for anyone who has been hurt or who is struggling to take responsibility for their mistakes.  

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg is an award-winning author of eight books.  She has served as the leading rabbinic voice on Judaism and reproductive freedom, organized the Jewish community to fight for economic justice; created frameworks for understanding across lines of difference; and led student communities on several college campuses. Rabbi Ruttenberg has received the Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Award from the human rights organization T’ruah, was named by Newsweek as one of 10 “rabbis to watch,” and as one of 21 “faith leaders to watch” by the Center for American Progress.

For our opening session on August 28, we’ll talk about some of the issues Rabbi Ruttenberg brings up in the “Introduction” (pages 1-19) to her book.  There’s no shortage of  material in those nineteen pages to keep us busy.

Our informal discussion group meets via Zoom every Friday from 12-1 (check CBI’s web site or weekly announcements for updates and a link).  All are welcome to attend.  Copies of Rabbi Ruttenberg’s book can be found on internet discount book sites on the internet.  If you have questions, contact Jay Jacoby at jbjacoby@charlotte.edu