Ideas Cafe: Why Be Jewish? Searching for New (and Compelling) Answers November 21, 2006

A Weekly Salon. A Jewish environment. Open to all voices.

Hungry for intellectual give-and-take in a relaxed setting? Then join us at the Ideas Cafe. Meet others over wine, cheese, and coffee at small, candle-lit tables and discuss vital current issues that affect Jewish and American life.

It’s a meeting of minds where spirited discussions move at a rapid pace— sometimes with surprising results. You'll find our sessions provocative, stimulating and fun– and above all, a great intellectual experience.

$10 per session at the door
$5 current Skirball students.

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Communal anxieties about assimilation and intermarriage have made Jewish continuity the primary concern of many Jewish organizations and institutions. Yet few of these outfits explicitly articulate why they value continuity. Why should people be Jewish today? Because God says so? To find personal meaning? To honor tribe and tradition? To not give Hitler a posthumous victory? And what is the payoff--or Jews, for mankind, for the planet?

This session will be led by Daniel Septimus

Official Website: http://ideascafe.org