Balancing Openness and Vigilance


 

Publication Date: June 2002

Publisher: National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (U.S.)

Author(s): Shari Cohen

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Values; Public Policy; Tolerance; Jewish Law (Halacha)

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author finds a major challenge in post-September 11 America: a need for greater vigilance toward terrorism and other emerging threats while maintaining the openness that is the country's strength and potential best hope for the future. She finds that the Sabbath, with a set of practices that stimulates the imagination, can offer insights and inform the political process.