What a lovely blog post. It reminds me of a period in the 1980s when I was part of New Jewish Agenda. One year I came to New York for a conference and it was held at the Union Theological Seminary. At the time, it felt odd to be in a progressive Jewish organization meeting in a Christian Seminary, but then I realized that it had also been a home to dissidents from across the street at the Jewish Theological Seminary over the years (Heschel? Mordechai Kaplan? I no longer remember). Sometimes, seeing our spiritual specificity as part of a broader universe of fellow (sister?) travelers helps us both better know ourselves, and do our best work.
What a lovely blog post. It reminds me of a period in the 1980s when I was part of New Jewish Agenda. One year I came to New York for a conference and it was held at the Union Theological Seminary. At the time, it felt odd to be in a progressive Jewish organization meeting in a Christian Seminary, but then I realized that it had also been a home to dissidents from across the street at the Jewish Theological Seminary over the years (Heschel? Mordechai Kaplan? I no longer remember). Sometimes, seeing our spiritual specificity as part of a broader universe of fellow (sister?) travelers helps us both better know ourselves, and do our best work.