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Yechiel, Jared, and Galya-Thursday morning Protocol

Detailed discussion on Pekarsky Letter 5 and Reimer Mandatory Hebrew How does one accommodate diverse community? What are one’s goals for the diverse community? What are one’s responsibilities to the education of the members of the diverse community? Page 54 midrash rabbi yochanan Yech—legitimization for interpreting torah but not for the person and who they are and what they believe, torah can be expressed in many ways, Devora operating on only the intellectual level, can interpret many ways, Yech thinks that Devora is not pluralistic, Devorah invested in the process, outcome less important to her, Jared-Devora does want outcomes, reflective self exploration, moving from study to practice, is practice her evaded or null curriculum, for standard of religious observance, Y thinks the default position would be most inclusive highest level of observance, intellectual pursuits of the school is contradictory to orth and ref families—heavily text oriented, inquiry encouraged, diversity doesn’t mean pluralism, Devora pluralistic re outcome but content and process is not pluralistic, Is there room for self exploration “during” or just after. Not avoiding difficult texts but how to approach—dismiss it or study various interpretations? Y’s school: studying for torah for act of learning vs. studying torah as tool for understanding Judaism Reimer—emphasis is on making Jews, studying Judaism so that you are informed to make a choice Essentialist Confluence of mandatory Hebrew up against open liberal community—is his insistence on mandatory Hebrew different from Devora—different outcomes, he wants Jewish connectedness, she does not care about observance but about established text rabbi more in the realm of human relationships, devora in the intellectual realm, she is caught in paradox of text study, rabbi stuck between loyalty to tradition and acceptance of level of observance outcome Similar in that rabbi wants change, devora wants text to be intellectually rich experience and both impose the change, she founds the community, and he is imposing it on community Would alice’s daughter feel comfortable at Beit Rabban—if she is intellectually ready Would a non-language aptitude student thrive at the synagogue—dedication to meeting individ needs Type in the content of your page here.