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Program 688: The Jewish Experience

A discussion of the many problems confronting modern Jews, addressing such questions as: Is the concept of the Halakah an anachronism in the contemporary world? Does intermarriage threaten Judaism in the Diaspora? What does it mean to be a survivor? And is survival the ultimate value? Featuring Jerald Brauer, Haim Cohn, Emil L. Fackenheim, Alfred Gottschalk, David Weiss Halivni, Morris Levinson, Jacob Petuchowski, Philip Rieff, Nathan Rotenstreich, Gershom G. Scholem, Marie Syrkin, and R.J. Zwi Werblowsky. Jewish Traditions IV. Sept. 11, 1973. [CSDI program number 688; UCSB tape numbers A8377/R7, A8378/R7, A8379/R7, A8380/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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