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Modern Jews address contemporary issues by communicating across time and space, in words and practices, with other generations and other communities. Is this a "traditional" approach? How did Jews in early modern Europe think about "tradition"? How did they create traditions in the age of the European Enlightenment, how did they challenge them in the nineteenth century, and how do they argue about them today? We will explore these questions by
· looking at unity and diversity among Jews in early modern Europe;
· examining the implications of the European Enlightenment for their innovations;
· studying major movements, texts and practices that will allow us to understand Jewish perspectives on tradition and modernity in Europe, America, and the Middle East.
The resources of London as a vibrant multi-religious city will support our explorations and help us study Jewish perspectives on continuity and coherence within the context of current debates on the role of religion in modern societies.
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