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Jewish Public Forum Seminar: “What Is Religion For?”
November 19, 2001 

 

Pre-Meeting Responses to the Following Question:

We have all been personally affected by the events of September 11, in our work and in our lives more generally, and have great personal stakes in the questions that event raised. 

What issues have you been personally grappling with – either in response to the question “What is religion for?” or more generally?  


(Click on the names below to read individual responses)

Nancy T. Ammerman, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology of Religion,
Hartford Institute for Religion Research 

Shepard Forman, Ph.D.
Director,
Center on International Cooperation,
New York University 

Ari Goldman
Professor,
Graduate School of Journalism,
Columbia University
 

Rabbi Dov Linzer
Rosh HaYeshiva,
Yeshivot Chovevei Torah 


Richard Lipton, M.D.

Professor of Neurology, Epidemiology, and Social Medicine,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
 

Ruth Messinger
President and Executive Director,
American Jewish World Service 

Rabbi Michael Paley
Executive Director of Synagogue and Community Affairs,
UJA Federation of New York 

Robert Owens Scott
Editor-in-Chief,
Spirituality and Health 

Judith Shulevitz
Cultural Editor, Slate.com;
Critic, The New York Times Book Review
 

Cecilie Strommen
Visiting Pastor,
Lutheran Church of America

 

CLAL Participants 

Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard, Ph.D.
Director of Organizational Development 

Rabbi Daniel Brenner
Senior Teaching Fellow 

Shari Cohen, Ph.D.
Director, Jewish Public Forum 

Libby Garland
Senior Fellow 

Michael Gottsegen, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, eCLAL and Senior Fellow 

Rabbi Steven Greenberg
Senior Teaching Fellow 

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
Vice President 

Rabbi Irwin Kula
President 

Robert Rabinowitz, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow 

 


    

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