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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Yochanan’s Gamble: Judaism’s Pragmatic Approach to Life
Description: A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Marc Katz About The Event: Some two thousand years ago, the story goes, a rabbi named Yochanan made the epitome of pragmatic gambles—wagering the entire fate of the Jewish people. His quick thinking inspired generations of subsequent rabbis to navigate their own ethical challenges pragmatically—determining truth, upholding compromise, convincing others, keeping peace with neighbors, avoiding infighting, weighing sinning in hopes of promoting a greater good. In his talk, based on his book Yochanan’s Gamble, Rabbi Katz lays out a new Jewish path forward for resolving moral conundrums in our...