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Faith

Why Is a Jewish Atheist Different from All Other Atheists?

The tradition of Jewish nonbelief is as rich, powerful, and distinctive as that of faith

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

The God Who Dwells in Doubt

The philosopher Bertrand Russell was famous for his paradoxes, but he left the greatest one to the rest of us

David Wolpe

Haredi Faith: Theology and the Draft Controversy

Reliance on miracles is not a sustainable political theology

Yehoshua Pfeffer

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Sunday, Nov 3 | 7:30 pm ET In Person & Streaming

I’m Jewish. Do I Have to Believe in God?

It’s a question as old as monotheism itself: Are Jews a race? A culture? A people? A religious group?

And where, today, might God fit in? In Faith, SAPIR’s most recent volume, one of America’s preeminent rabbis, David Wolpe, describes the paradox of maintaining belief in the face of skepticism, and leading philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein considers how to live an ethical life as a self-proclaimed Jewish atheist. They are joined by Rabbi David Ingber for a thought-provoking discussion on whether belief in God is crucial to living a Jewish life.

This event is presented in partnership with 92NY.

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