Hello, this is a religion class discussion. Please follow the instructions to answer the questions effectively and correctly. Must choose TWO quotes from the reading you chose.
ALSO TYPE in a casual way and manners because it is just a discussion not paper.
Instructions:
Over the past two weeks you read two short passages by two very famous Jews – Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Abraham Heschel. For your discussion board, I would like you to choose one these readings and discuss your thoughts and reaction to it. In your response you can respond to any of the following questions:
why did you choose this particular reading? what interested you about it?
did you find the reading beautiful? or disturbing?
what did you learn about Judaism from this reading?
is there something about the reading that confused you or that you would like to know more about?
Was there an idea or opinion in the reading that you strongly agreed or disagreed with? Why do you agree/disagree with it?
Your response must be at least 250 words and include two direct quotations from the reading (along with the page numbers for the quotes).
READING 1: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shabbat-a…
And the bibliographic information for the reading:
Heschel, Abraham Joshua. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man. Noonday Press, 1951.
READING 2: IN PDF BELOW
And here is the bibliographic information:
Sacks, Jonathan. Future Tense: Jews, Judaism, and Israel in the Twenty-First Century. Schocken, 2012.
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