The article was published in the journal CrossCurrents.
An article by Geoffrey Claussen, professor of religious studies, Lori and Eric Sklut Professor in Jewish Studies, and chair of the Department of Religious Studies, was published in the journal CrossCurrents.
The article is titled 鈥淜indness, Compassion, Love, and Generosity at a Time of Mass Killing: The Musar Teachings of Rabbi Amy Eilberg.鈥
In the article, Claussen analyzes the musar (virtue/character-focused) teachings of Rabbi Amy Eilberg, the first woman ordained as a rabbi within Conservative Judaism. He focuses on how Eilberg’s work has emphasized kindness, compassion, love and generosity and how her writing has developed in response to extreme violence and suffering in Israel/Palestine since Oct. 7, 2023.