New/Old Torah: Reflections on Rabbi David Jaffe’s Changing the World from the Inside Out

Teacher: Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
Wednesday evenings: February 1, 8, and 15; 7:30 – 9:00 PM
Accessible via Zoom.

This National Jewish Book award volume marries Torah and Mussar with activism and organizing, as only Rabbi David Jaffe can — an Orthodox rabbi with a progressive background and commitments, who will be our Adrienne Kohn Spiritual Growth scholar on March 19th, 2023. Jaffe applies a few key character traits, or middot, as developed over thousands of years, to real-life issues today drawn from the work of tikkun olam in which many of us are engaged. Whether you’ve dabbled in Mussar or not, and whether you see yourself as an activist or not, this book may enrich your life.