“The moment of encountering another human being, who lo and behold suffers in the same way I do, has the same longings and yearnings as I do, is the most powerful way we have to interrupt and overcome idolatry and bigotry and the persistent insistence on making other people, other.” — Rabbi Shai Held
As part of a panel titled “Jewish Paths to Wisdom,” Rabbi Shai Held, 2011 Covenant Award Recipient, Rosh Yeshiva and Chair in Jewish Thought at Mechon Hadar, leads the audience in a text study from the Book of Exodus.
Illustration by Jessica Tamar Deutsch.
More to Consider
- Rabbi Shai Held talks about his latest work (Symposium in Memory of Dr. Jonathan S. Woocher, November 2018)
- How Rabbi Shai Held is Shaping the Conversation Around Love and Politics (Times of Israel, September 2017)
- Compassion and the Heart of Jewish Spirituality (ELI Talks)
- Shai Held: Lectures and Podcasts
