Based on his Evolve essay, Rabbi Langer will review the current U.S. immigration crisis and elaborate on how you can advocate effectively for a just policy.
There is no charge required to register for an Evolve web conversation. Participants can interact with the speaker, making comments and asking questions.Â
About Rabbi Armin Langer, Ph.D.
Armin Langer is a DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor at the Center for European Studies, University of Florida. Before joining UF, he held visiting fellowships at Brandeis University’s Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and the Center for German Studies at the University of Virginia. His research interests are migration, identity politics and populism in Europe and the U.S.. He is the author of a monograph on German-Jewish integration, co-edited an anthology on Jewish-Muslim entanglements and has written numerous articles for academic and non-academic publications. Armin earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Humboldt University of Berlin and pursued studies in philosophy and Jewish studies in Budapest, Jerusalem, Potsdam, and Washington, D.C. He received ordination as a rabbi from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He has taught and led services in Jewish communities in the U.S., Mexico, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Hungary.
About Evolve
Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations is an initiative of Reconstructing Judaism. We seek to promote the ongoing evolution of the Jewish community by launching collective, communal conversations about the urgent issues of our day. To that end, Evolve brings multiple voices together to listen to one another’s point of view and to interact respectfully. In an era when it has become ever more difficult to remain open to viewpoints that differ from our own, Evolve cultivates covenantal conversations even when we disagree. In this way, we hope to enhance the ongoing evolution of Jewish civilization.
Learn more on our Evolve website.
Evolve does not endorse every viewpoint presented on its platform. Its goal is to cultivate groundbreaking, constructive, respectful conversations about urgent issues of concern. Evolve makes space for a wide range of viewpoints and seeks to support constructive debate while abiding by the values of tzelem Elohim (regarding and treating all people as created in the divine image), kavod (respect), redifat shalom (pursuing peace) and makhloket leshem shamayim (disagreements for the sake of heaven).
