Tablets Shattered: The Future of American Jewish Identity
Join author Joshua Leifer and AJU’s Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson in an exploration of the changing landscape of American Jewish identity in Leifer’s new book, Tablets Shattered. Leifer examines the decline of Americanism, Zionism, and liberalism as core pillars of Jewish life in America, weaving in his family’s immigrant history and contemporary voices from across the Jewish spectrum. Engage with Leifer and Rabbi Artson as they discuss the history, politics, and future of American Jewish life. Buy the book here.
Joshua Leifer is a journalist, editor, and translator. His essays and reporting have appeared in international publications, including The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Haaretz, and elsewhere. His first book, Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life was published in August 2024. He is currently pursuing a PhD at Yale University, where he studies the history of modern moral and social thought.
Rabbi Dr Bradley Shavit Artson (www.bradartson.com) holds the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean’s Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is Vice President of American Jewish University in Los Angeles. Rabbi Artson has long been a passionate advocate for social justice, human dignity, diversity and inclusion. He wrote a book on Jewish teachings on war, peace and nuclear annihilation in the late 80s, became a leading voice advocating for GLBT marriage and ordination in the 90s, and has published and spoken widely on environmental ethics, special needs inclusion, racial and economic justice, cultural and religious dialogue and cooperation, and working for a just and secure peace for Israel and the Middle East. A member of the Philosophy Department, he is particularly interested in theology, ethics, and the integration of science and religion. He mentors Camp Ramah in California in Ojai and Ramah of Northern California in the Bay Area. He is also dean of the Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam, Germany, ordaining Conservative rabbis for Europe. A frequent contributor for the Huffington Post, the Times of Israel, and a Contributing Writer for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, he has a public figure Facebook page with over 70,000 likes. Rabbi Artson is the author of 12 books and over 250 articles, most recently Renewing the Process of Creation: A Jewish Integration of Science and Spirit. Married to Elana Artson, they are the proud parents of twins, Jacob and Shira.
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