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Shavuot: evening service and Tikkun Leyl
May 23, 2015 @ 6:45 pm - 10:30 pm
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Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue – Are Jewish Ethics Different?
Shavuot service at 6:45, followed by Tikkun Leyl from 8:00 pm. We continue the tradition of study during Shavuot. Bring something for a pot luck milky meal. We will provide cheesecake and some pizza.
Our five speakers will use texts from the Torah and beyond to illuminate their discussion of different aspects of legal, medical and business ethics in relation to this year’s theme, Jewish Ethics.
- Judge Lenny Krikler: Jewish Ethics from Mishpatim (Judges) to Present Day
- Dr Claire Walford: Four Patients and Three Ventilators: Whom Do You Save? Distributive Justice in Action
- Rabbi Stuart Altshuler: Allocating Public Money – What is the Government’s Responsibility towards Public Welfare?
- Professor Harry Rajak: The Perennial Problem of Debt – Some Biblical Perspectives
- Alasdair Nisbet: Governance – An Ancient System for the Modern World