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Steve Greenberg
Rabbi Steven Greenberg is a Senior Teaching Fellow at CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. He appeared in "Trembling Before G-d," a documentary about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews. He is the author of "Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition", which explores biblical, rabbinic, medieval and modern Jewish responses to same-sex relationships.
Burnt Feet, Snake Charm, and Satanic Lessons
Three Rabbinic Stories about Tzedakah
- Saturday 1:30PM–2:45PM Gold Streak
The rabbis taught in the context of a living community. Their deliberations were made palpable by their ongoing interaction with people. The stories rabbis tell in the Talmud demonstrate, expand and sometimes resist their penchant for rules. With these three Talmudic legends, we discover not only the roots of their moral thinking but also their awareness that sometimes life can explode the very categories of our moral judgment.
The Process of Halachic Change
Homosexuality as a Case Study
- Saturday 4:30PM–5:45PM Foxfire
In the process of challenging the Orthodox community to reconsider its standard approach to homosexuality Rabbi Steven Greenberg has explored how the process of halachic change works. From myth to method and from principle to pragmatics, Greenberg marks the ways internal to the system that can work to change attitudes, practice, and even law. We will study texts that put the halachah in theological, psychological and historical contexts that leave room for innovation and renewal.
Creating Welcoming Communities
LGBT Jewish Inclusion
- Saturday 6:45PM–8:00PM Ballroom Ten Mile
Have lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Jews "made it" in the Jewish world? Since 2006, the Conservative Movement opened two of its seminaries to gay and lesbian students, the Reform Movement ordained the first openly transgender rabbi, and Reconstructionists elected the first openly gay leader of a national rabbinic body. But too many LGBT Jews are still excluded from full integration into Jewish communal and institutional cultures. Come discuss the future of LGBT inclusion in Jewish life with one of the first openly-gay Conservative rabbinical students, the proud mother of a gay son, the first openly-gay Orthodox rabbi, the founder of Storahtelling, and the staff of Jewish Mosaic.
Contemplating Cezanne
Eat, Drink, and Change the World!
- Sunday 9:00AM–10:15AM Foxfire
Paul Cezanne once wrote: "The day will come when a carrot freshly observed will spark a revolution." The revolution has begun and people are beginning to inquire into the most ordinary of topics -- food and into the more mundane of activities -- eating. What can Jews offer this growing conversation and how can we be ethically and spiritually responsive to the many questions posed by the producing, distributing, and eating of food.