And Then What?
Rabbi Dov Berish Ganz
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None!
OK. After graduating from MIT, you will probably get a good job in industry or academia and have financial security.
AND THEN WHAT? You might marry, have a family, live nicely, be respected by society and be healthy (one hopes).
AND THEN WHAT? Even if you stay married, you will likely end up working until that next vacation and then vacationing until you get back to work.
AND THEN WHAT?
What is the point of it all?
Drawing upon selected Talmudic texts (with English translation), Rabbi Ganz will present four seminars that explore how all people can live more meaningfully.
Contact: David Stiebel, stieb@mit.edu
MEANINGFUL PERSONAL CHANGE
Rabbi Dov Berish Ganz
The significance and difficulty of becoming a truly better person. The enormous potential impact on society of even one exemplary personality.
Mon Jan 7, 12-02:00pm, w20-PDR1
MAN’S G-DLY DIGNITY AND IMAGE
Rabbi Dov Berish Ganz
The Bible teaches that man was created in “G-d’s Image.” What does this mean, and what role does human godliness play in forming our deepest inner urges and needs?
Mon Jan 14, 12-02:00pm, w20-PDR1
IDEALISM AND COMMITMENT TO CAUSES
Rabbi Dov Berish Ganz
Understanding and defining genuine and artificial personal idealism. Does the pursuit of human perfection require an idealistic commitment to a cause?
Mon Jan 21, 12-02:00pm, w20-PDR1
HAPPINESS, CONTENTMENT AND ATTAINING GOALS
Rabbi Dov Berish Ganz
Most of us recognize that short-term thrills are not one and the same as enduring satisfaction. What are the building blocks of true inner happiness? How does setting and reaching goals play a role in attaining true contentment?
NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE: w20-407
Mon Jan 28, 12-02:00pm, w20-407
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