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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Is Territory Sacred? Unexpected Kabbalistic Teachings for an Age of Religious Conflict
Description: A virtual event presentation by Dr. Nathaniel BermanThe event was co-hosted by Hebrew Educational AllianceAbout the Event:What can kabbalistic teachings contribute to a world in which rival claims to sacred land continue to cause such suffering? It is true that some kabbalistic teachings make such conflicts worse – bestowing specific sites with absolute value, making compromise impossible. Other kabbalistic teachings, however, insist that we look for true sacredness in unexpected places – strange lands, remote villages, barren deserts – rather than in official holy sites. These teachings embody the deepest kabbalistic impera...