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David Starr

David Starr

David Starr directs Tzion, and is a Research Associate at Brandeis. He served as Scholar in Residence at Gann Academy. David is writing a biography of Solomon Schechter.

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David Starr is the Executive Director of Tzion, a Program for Israel Literacy, and a Research Associate at Brandeis University. He served as Scholar in Residence for Israel Education at Gann Academy. He was the founding Dean of Me'ah He lectures on topics related to history and religion. David is writing a biography of Solomon Schechter and a study of Me'ah.


Programs

1
Jews and American Politics
What values guide Jewish political thinking and behavior? Explore this subject through the lens of American Jewish history and current affairs.
2
What Should We Learn from the Holocaust?
What lessons—morally, politically, spiritually—should we learn from the destruction of European Jewry?
3
Millenials and the Future
Who is the next generation? What do they believe and what will they build? How should we be working with them now?
4
Religion and Politics
How should the worlds of God and Man interact with one another without either completely dominating the other?
5
The Past and Future of Zionism
Zionism was the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, one that sought to concentrate and normalize Jewish life. How has it succeeded, and how has it failed? What challenges confront the movement today?
Genres
  • Torah / Tanach / Text
  • Talmud / Mishna / Gemara

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Articles
Jewish Historical Studies: Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England 1 May, 2017:
Against the Certain: Solomon Schechter’s Theology and Religion in His British Years, 1882-1902
Modern Judaism 1 October, 2015:
Saving the Union: Abraham Lincoln and Solomon Schechter
Videos
The Six-Day War
Tzion in Israel
Booking Our Speakers

Weekday/Sunday programs are approximately one hour. Shabbat Scholar-in-Residence usually includes two talks, sometimes three.

Usually: The event price includes honorarium and all expenses, including international and domestic airfare and local expenses. We ask venues to provide home-hospitality for one night (for weekday/Sunday programs), or two nights (for Shabbat programs), or for multi-day programs, one night for each day of the event. If your venue is unable to provide home hospitality, an additional charge of $150 per night will be assessed to cover speaker expenses.

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