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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Tov! — What I’ve Learned About Jewish Ethics By Studying The Good Place
Description: A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Jonathan Spira-SavettThe event was co-sponsored by Congregation Or Tzion & BMH-BJ About The Event:One of the most nuanced recent explorations of teshuvah is a television show that has been described as “the smartest, dumbest show on TV.” The Good Place follows four human beings whom we meet in a “neighborhood” of the afterlife supervised by two eternal beings. (This description will try not to spoil the show for those who haven’t watched it, but the session will definitely have spoilers!) One of the humans is a p...