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Lesson 5 of 6·Zionism and Anti-Zionism: The History of Two Opposing Ideas
Lessons from Chapter 3 with Dr. Dara Horn
We examine one of the central paradoxes of Pirkei Avot, in which Rabbi Akiva says that everything is foreseen by God, and that humans have free will. To Dr. Dara Horn, these two maxims are not in tension, but actually reinforce the necessity of human responsibility in the world. She uses the story of how the Jewish people came to Egypt, found in the Book of Genesis, to show why.
Dr. Einat Wilf is a leading thinker on Israel and Zionist thought. She was a member of the Israeli parliament from 2010 to 2013, where she served as chair of the Education Committee and a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Dr. Wilf is the author of seven books, including her most…
Zoé Tara Zeigherman was one of Dr. Wilf’s students in that seminar. As a 2022 Tikvah Beren Summer Fellow, she worked to develop the course curriculum into the series before you today. She currently works as a production assistant in New York City.
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