David H.—What is Jewish love? According to Shivi Greenfield, it’s very different from the sweet, abstract lovingkindness we normally talk about. As he puts it in his new book, A Jewish Tale of Love: On Defiance, Meaning, and the Fate of a People, Jewish love is a burden, often painful, a burning need to care. And this kind of love—this alone—has sustained Jewish life for thousands of years.
Shivi Greenfield will be speaking at the Z3 Conference
in Palo Alto on November 1 Click here for tickets.
My conversation with Shivi focused mainly on how that love has faded in recent generations, and what we can do about it—in communities, in politics, and even in our own families. This is one of the most important conversations we’ve had, and it’s a must-see.
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