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Modern Judaism: Through the Lens of October 7
The 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel was the worst massacre suffered by Jews since the Holocaust. Unleashing waves of anti-Zionism and antisemitism, the Jews’ right to a national homeland has been challenged; Israel stands accused as a colonialist, genocidal state denying the rights of native Palestinians.
Led by Dr Miri Freud-Kandel, this lecture series explores critical questions faced by various strands of Jewish life and thought in the aftermath of 7 October, such as:
How did we get to this point?
How did Zionism emerge?
What were the formative influences shaping modern Jewish identity construction?
The French Revolution promised a society in which religious discrimination would be eliminated. How did Jews respond to the opportunities heralded by Emancipation?
At what cost to Jewish life, faith, and thought?
Against a centuries-old legacy of Christian anti-Judaism, Enlightenment thought seemed to promise new beginnings. How did that play out?
Talks will take place in Room 207, Clarendon Institute.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser:
Dr Miri Freud-Kandel (University of Oxford)
Timing: Mondays at 11:00
Organising department: Faculty of Theology and Religion
Talks:
No upcoming talks to display for this series.
Editors:
Belinda Clark,
Miri Freud-Kandel
