David Hazony will be speaking at RAJE on October 21st 6PM | Free!!
“A religious roadmap for all of us, God-seeking or not” - Daily Beast
“An impressive vision of how to attain the good society” - Publishers Weekly
“A book of truth and beauty” - Yossi Klein Halevi, author of
At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden
“A book of genuine wisdom” - David Ellenson, President of Hebrew Union College
Finalist for the 2010 National Jewish Book Award
The Ten Commandments are probably the world’s most recognizable ancient text. Yet few of us can name all ten, and fewer still can say what they’re really trying to teach us. This talk will take us on a journey through the Ten Commandments, unlocking their original meaning and revealing the radical approach to life they embody—an approach that makes them just as relevant today as when they first appeared.
for more info email us at info@rajeon.com
David Hazony’s first book, “The Ten Commandments: How Our Most
Ancient Moral Text Can Renew Modern Life” (Scribner) was a finalist for
the National Jewish Book Award in 2010. An American-born writer based
in Jerusalem, his writings have appeared in The New Republic,
CNN.com, the Forward, Commentary, Moment, The Jewish Chronicle, The
New York Sun, Policy Review, the Jerusalem Post, and others. He is a
contributing editor at The Forward, and blogs frequently regularly at
Contentions, the blog of Commentary Magazine. From 2004-2007, he
served as editor-in-chief of Azure, Israel’s leading journal of public
affairs. Hazony received his Ph.D. in Jewish Philosophy from the Hebrew
University, where he focused his research on the thought of Eliezer Berkovits, including two major essays on his thought, and editing two volumes of Berkovits’ writings. He also translated Emuna Elon’s novel “If You Awaken Love,” which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in 2007
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