3: A People for a Land or a Land for a People?

In this third episode, based on a learning session from Pardes' Makhloket Matters Fellowship, we focus in on two Jewish perspectives on our relationship to the land of Israel-Palestine. Is the land an essential part of who we are as Jews? Or is it simply functional, and we could be happy anywhere we're safe and can study Torah? Turns out (spoiler alert!), both of these perspectives are embodied in our textual tradition and lived experience - and have been for a long time._____Transcript here.NotesThe Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Mahloket Matters MethodologyShaye J. D. Cohen - From the Maccabees to the Mishnah The Sabbath - Abraham Joshua HeschelHistory of Jews in Israel and North AfricaExtend Tours / Perspectives Israel / "Resilient listening" credited to EncounterNative American Oral Traditions course, Lisa BrooksWisdom Sits in Places - Keith Basso (Note: American English speakers generally say ah-PATCH-ee (or plug this /əˈpɑːʃ/ into an ipa reader). The Apache call themselves Indé, which means “the people.” Source here.)The Art of Gathering - Priya ParkerSources quoted from the Pardes Mahloket Matters Fellowship source sheet:Letter from a Cherokee named Aitooweyah to the Principal Chief of the Cherokees, John RossPaula Gunn Allen (1939 - 2008), a Native American poet of Laguna Pueblo and literacy critic, activist, professor, and novelistRav Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook - The Lights of the Land of Israel, Chapter 1Tosefta Avoda Zara, 4:3Babylonian Talmud, Megillah 29aLeo Pinsker - Excerpt from Auto-Emancipation, 1916Other voices to listen to: Rashid KhalidiBassam Abun-Nadi: PreOccupation: A Not-So-Brief History of PalestineAmira Mohammed, Ibrahim Abu Ahmad: Unapologetic: The Third Narrative Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.