Both/And Thinking: Lessons from the Ancient Rabbis
CLASS SESSIONS:
10:00 AM on Sundays: 10/29/23; 11/12/23; 12/3/23
In our increasingly polarized world, people are calling for more connection and collaboration. Doing so requires us to move away from our traditional either/or approaches to competing demands and instead embrace both/and thinking. These ideas offer us a valuable lens now to help us navigate our responses to the current war in Israel and Gaza.
Both/and thinking is not new. Our Rabbis exemplified these approaches as they navigated debates and dilemmas. In this three-session class, we surface aspects of both/and thinking through the discussions of our ancient Rabbis. We will introduce key rabbinic debates, unpack processes for both/and thinking…. and even ask ourselves how we might apply these insights into our world today.
TUITION: $30/member, $45/non-member
Rabbi Adam Zeff
Rabbi Adam Zeff has served as Rabbi at the Germantown Jewish Centre since 2010, after previously serving as Assistant Rabbi (2007-2010) and Student Rabbi (2002-2007). At GJC, Rabbi Zeff loves telling stories, teaching Torah, singing and playing music, working for justice, and talking, laughing, and learning with the people around him.
Wendy Smith
Wendy Smith is the Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management and Faculty Director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the University of Delaware. She earned her PhD in organizational behavior at Harvard Business School, where she began her intensive research on strategic paradoxes—how leaders and senior teams effectively respond to contradictory, yet interdependent demands. Her research has won multiple awards and has been featured in outlets such as the Harvard Business Review. Her new book, Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions To Solve Your Toughest Problems makes 25 years of academic research accessible to anyone grappling with competing demands.
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Registration for this class has closed. For questions, please email Maria Pulzetti at studentrabbi@germantownjewishcentre.org.