Re-thinking Social Justice in an Age of Moral Confusion

Music by Karen Heather

Speaker: Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum

Increasingly, we seem unable to bring any nuance to discussions of morality. We divide the world into us and them, good people and evil people. That which is morally complex, we oversimplify. And what should elicit unequivocal moral outrage instead elicits hesitation and paralysis. How can our religious traditions guide us to a clear sense of right and wrong while encouraging us to leave room for discussion and compromise? We will look to Genesis 18 to offer us guideposts for the most pressing moral questions of today.