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Questioning Religion as Identity

2011

Interrogating her mixed race and mixed religious background, Najla Said is an actress, playwright and the author of the memoir Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family.

05:20 min

05:45

Yovel Video #5: Sanctify the Year

The Torah commands us to sanctify each fiftieth year as yovel, Jubilee, but what exactly does that mean? Rabbi and writer Danya Ruttenberg explores how the spiritual and the political intermingle to create a fiftieth year where real change for Israelis and Palestinians is possible.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg Reads from "Surprised by God"

This is the audio of a talk that Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg gave at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership on June 2, 2009, on her book, "Surprised By God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion."

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09:44

Spirituality in Jewish Social Justice Activism: R' Shmuly Yanklowitz Interviews R' Danya Ruttenberg

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on the topic of "Spirituality in Jewish Social Justice Activism."

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Faith and Identity