Loneliness, Community, & Why We Need One Another: Surgeon General Vivek Murthy & Rabbi Sharon Brous

This is a recording of Rabbi Morris Panitz’s class in our 5786 For the Love of Learning series. Every Tuesday morning, a new story from the Talmud. Taught by your rabbis in a monthly rotation, we’ll dig into the strange and compelling world of the Talmud, exploring the ways ancient dilemmas speak to modern questions. Join us in-person at the Event Space (coffee and nosh provided) or over Zoom (B.Y.O. nosh) for as many sessions as possible… your Tuesday will thank you.

In our first battle with Amalek – the perennial enemy of the Israelites that preys on the vulnerable – the Torah also gives us the tools to fight back. In this moment, we desperately need these tactics, strategy, and spiritual grounding for the fight ahead. It’s going to take all of us. 

When the nation falls under the spell of state terror, when we spiral from a politics of aspiration to one of capitulation, the people must rise up with love. This is the fight of our lives.