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Not since the time of the European Enlightenment, in the eighteenth century, has so much passionate discussion swirled around the philosophical issues of religion and science, faith and reason, says Rebecca Goldstein.
Jews have been at the forefront of movements of secularization since the age of Enlightenment and are among the most secular of peoples in today's world. Yet the intellectual and social origins of this tendency toward secularism are poorly understood, according to David Biale.
A Conversation on Jewish Secularism, held in New York, explored the Jewish secular tradition, its roots in the Jewish religion and its continuing legacy today.
Read an adaptation from David Biale's Not in the Heavens: The Tradition of Secular Jewish Thought.
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Posen Foundation Education Project
Before Night: East European Jewish Life at the Dawn of the 20th Century
May 13-14, 2012
The Posen Foundation's two-day seminar will be held in New York on May 13-14.
Deadline for applications: March 26, 2012
Details and application forms are now available.
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