Multidimensional Judaism

by Yakir Englander, Susan Silverman, Elie Holzer

This issue focuses on Jerusalem-based artist David Moss’s work, “The Multi-Dimensional Jew,” which uses six key questions to engage with core Jewish values — self, community, history, God, home, family, and relationships. The artistic approach presses us to better understand how one realm of Jewish life influences another, and how deeply intertwined are our various Jewish selves. In addition to the six writers focusing on basic fundamental questions — What is behind me?  What surrounds me?  What is deep within me?  What is above me?  Whom do I face?  What is ahead of me? — educators weigh in on what it means to ask questions and, in the most general sense, how questioning itself informs Jewish learning. How would our educational programs and institutions look if we significantly altered the nature of the questions that inspired them? How would contemporary Judaism change if we were more thoughtful about the questions we ask? 

43 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 31, 2013