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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
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
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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