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SUMMARY:Openings: Judaism in an Age of Choice
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For most 21st-century American Jews, the importance and meaningfulness of Judaism is not self-evident. The world is moving and changing at an almost unimaginable speed. Technology, along with its many gifts, has redefined the notion of community. In this new world, we look for frameworks to create meaning in our own lives and to connect to others. There is renewed interest in the gym, yoga classes, meditation groups, alternative medicine, and a host of spiritual practices. These frameworks are unquestionably healthy. But we also need, more than ever before, conversations about our responsibility to others, to society, and to humanity. We need to be saved from the plague of indifference.=0D=0A=
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And yet, ours is a generation that is suspect of organized religion. We are troubled by how much pain is inflicted in the name of God. Christopher Hitchens’s <i>God Is Not Great:How Religion Poisons Everything</i> resonates with an increasing number of people. How might religious traditions become part of the solution that the world desperately needs? =0D=0A=
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A monthly study experience with other 30- and 40-somethings at a downtown café is our response to these challenges. Discover the ways in which Jewish learning is a spiritual practice that potentially cultivates joyful, meaningful living and a greater responsibility for humanity.=0D=0A=
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For more information, call 212.507.9580=0D=0A=
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http://www.adultjewishlearning.org
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