From the ERJCC Houston:  Plague & Perspective - Jewish Survival Throughout the Ages.

The Jewish people have encountered various iterations of plague throughout their existence. What was their response to these catastrophes, both physically and spiritually? How did they learn to cope and survive, and even sometimes find meaning in the direst of circumstances? This lecture series will explore the experiences of afflicted Jewish communities in the past and how these experiences can inform our understanding of today’s current crisis. 

Lecture #1 of 3 |  March 24  |  7:30 PM

Dr. Shaul Magid, Dartmouth College, in conversation with Rabbi Steve Morgen, Congregation Beth Yeshurun

Plagues and the Holocaust: Living with Divine Absence

Like many other peoples, Jews have often had to grapple with the rubrics of their belief in God with events that challenge that belief. The Holocaust, of course, may be the quintessential example in our time, but not the only one--historically, plagues did this as well. This talk with juxtapose rabbinic responses to plagues and some Jewish responses to the Holocaust as instances of "divine absence" that force Jews to contend with belief in our time.

Learn more about this series and register for this and other conversations in the series at the ERJCC Website.