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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Beyond Caging: Restorative Justice and Rethinking Safety
Description: A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen
ABOUT THE EVENT:
By any measure (except the rawest type of vengeance) our carceral system is broken. In this class we will take a look at a Rabbinic understanding of justice which is not punishment centered, but rather center’s the victim’s experience and looks at the threeway relationship between victim/survivor, offender, and society as the basis for creating safety and justice for everybody.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen is Professor of Rabbinic Literature at American Jewish University, Rabbi in Residence at Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, Sout...