Event Title
The Radical Notion of Rest: Reflections on the Meaning of the Sabbath
Start Date
8-11-2012 12:00 PM
Location
Woulfe Alumni Hall North (378A)
Anderson Student Center
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Campus
Admission
Free and open to the public (lunch provided)
Description
Rabbi David Wirtschafter, rabbi of the Ames Jewish Congregation in Iowa and rabbi-in-residence with the Jay Phillips Center for the 2012-2013 academic year, explored ways in which Jewish scholars have probed the meaning of the Sabbath and how the digital age raises new challenges for the distinction between the work place and home, labor and rest.
Sponsored by the Jay Phillips Center
Rabbi David Wirtschafter
The Radical Notion of Rest: Reflections on the Meaning of the Sabbath
Woulfe Alumni Hall North (378A)
Anderson Student Center
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Campus
Rabbi David Wirtschafter, rabbi of the Ames Jewish Congregation in Iowa and rabbi-in-residence with the Jay Phillips Center for the 2012-2013 academic year, explored ways in which Jewish scholars have probed the meaning of the Sabbath and how the digital age raises new challenges for the distinction between the work place and home, labor and rest.
Sponsored by the Jay Phillips Center